Selected by Brummell magazine as top 30 Inspirational women, City Pioneers- 2018
2. The fact-finding phase, implementation and post go-
live outcome of MiFID II. We have helped the buy side
and the regulators come together to discuss the first
proposed HFT definition in MiFID II which thankfully
was changed.
3. The electronification of the fixed income bond
market. K&KGC structured the buy side’s first wish-list
of features for electronic bond trading technologies
in November 2013. K&KGC followed up this project
by assisting the buy side to monitor the viability of
bond trading solutions in development.
4. Created the first buy side trading community in
Derivatives.
So, what’s next for the Buy- side Trading Community?
As we turn 10 years old in 2019, we have lots of vision and
plans for the future. We have worked extremely hard to
create, form and build this community and together with
the buy side and our strategic partners continued support,
we can continue to grow the community.
Watch this space!
My career highlights to date:
There have been many high points in my career as I have
enjoyed working both in large corporates and in small start-
up firms. I have enjoyed working with a diverse number of
colleagues, clients, business partners, many of which are now
friends, who constantly challenge and stimulate me every day.
My lowest points in my career:
One of the lowest points in my career is not linked to failures
within my career, economic recessions or big dips in the
financial markets but tragedies.
Proud mother to daughter, Eva
On the September 11 th 2001 terrorist attacks in New York I was
being introduced to the teams at the Goldman Sachs Asset
Management offices in London and saw the planes flying into
the World Trade Centre (WTC) on the TV screens which were
situated around the floor. People in the office were screaming
and shouting as Goldman Sachs is located very close to the
attacks and many staff had friends/relatives and colleagues in
the WTC and lost loved ones.
I will also never forget the London 7/7 2005 terrorist attacks as
fortunately I was in Paris on a brief business trip and my friends
and family were frantically messaging me. I was very lucky that
I wasn’t travelling in London on that day.
Which career path would you have taken if you didn’t work
in the financial markets?
I really enjoyed business law at university so I would have taken
that route to complete a law degree and then a conversion
course.
My career background
When I graduated from university with a BA (hons) in European
Business with Spanish in 1998 I was in a fortunate position to
receive multiple offers in various disciples as my degree had
a broad range of business topics. I decided to help my older
brother set up his technology company as he was working at
Mercury Asset Management at the time and not long after, a
graduate role came up at Reuters Business Insight. This was
a fantastic first role into finance which led me onto Goldman
Sachs Asset Management where I worked in the third-party
distribution team. The role was varied involving marketing
fund performance versus benchmarks, assisting with product
launches with my focus being in Spain and South America.
When I left GSAM and went to FlexTrade in 2004, I started to
get more involved in electronic trading and I volunteered to
help with the FIX Global publication on the editorial board.
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