FX & FINANCIAL MARKETS EDUCATION

Chris joins the group of mentors with over 20 years-experience in global markets. From his time at Barclays Capital Markets where he became Chief dealer of the London trading desk and eventually Global Head of Spot he has learnt the importance of education, development and training for existing and new entrants into this incredibly dynamic world. As head of the academy Chris’s expertise has been instrumental in building a successful and potent brand that now makes Corellian one of the best providers of financial market education in the world.

For thirty years Maurice has traded a broad spectrum of asset classes; his specialist strategy has brought him to the attention of some of the biggest position takers in the world. With experience at UBS and Dresdner as a proprietary trader, he is currently using his economics and technical analysis skills to create daily strategy that is utilised by some of the largest institutions in the industry.

Richard Adcock MSTA is an award winning technical analyst and specialises in Candlestick analysis, combining it with momentum and trending techniques to establish both long and short term strategies. Richard has held key roles with Investment Research of Cambridge Ltd, Credit Lyonnais, HSBC and UBS, where he managed both the rates and FX technical teams.

Roger has worked in the Financial Markets as a spot FX trader and manager for over 37 years. Initial spells at ANZ and Swiss Bank Corporation saw him develop his skills covering a broad range of currency pairs including those in the old European Monetary System (EMS). In 1998 he moved to NatWest (latterly RBS) eventually becoming Global Head of Spot FX in 2004 managing teams in Edinburgh, New York, London, Amsterdam, Singapore, Sydney and Hong Kong.

Katharine is a regulatory compliance consultant with expertise in technical areas of the rules such as Conduct, CASS, the Individual Accountability Regime (SMCR) and Outsourcing. Katharine has worked in financial services for thirty years in insurance, banking, distribution, and regulation. During that time Katharine developed a passion for supporting smaller financial services firms because they so often find they are expected to be across a broad range of regulations sometimes to a technical depth that takes time to understand and implement. So Katharine setup Leaman Crellin Limited, to do the leg work and provide practical roll out ready documents in their online shop. Her regulatory compliance consultancy practice specialises in providing practical and proportionate solutions for all sizes and types of FCA and PRA regulated business.

Ritchie has Masters Degrees in Physics and Internationl Affairs, which combine nicely for a career trading FX Options.  He worked for many years at Merrill Lynch and then Bank of America, in London, New York and Hong Kong, trading large option portfolios in both developed and emerging market currencies. As well as managing sizable risk positions during historically tumultuous markets, these roles also entailed educating many colleagues and a steady stream of graduate trainees about understanding FX Options – experience which Ritchie has brought to the Corellian Academy to continue educating others.

As a MIT alumni Bronia brings a superior expertise to the Corellian brand. From MIT she began her career as an FX Options trader at O’Connor and Associates.  She remained at OCA through mergers with SBC and UBS working in Basel and London concluding her engagement at UBS as co-head of FX Options. She co-founded Volbroker, the world’s leading electronic FX options platform through the merger with ICAP.  She joined Bank of America as Head of FX Options, finishing there as Head of FX-North America before taking a “sabbatical” to raise her children. Bronia recently rejoined the workforce as a high school mathematics teacher and is looking forward to joining the two worlds of Education and Capital Markets.

Nick is a 35 year veteran of financial markets, specializing in foreign exchange on the trading desks at Citibank, RBC, Chemical and Bank of America. He led various trading teams in the US and Asia before moving across as a global macro and FX Portfolio Manager on the hedge fund side.

As CEO of the Corellian group Graeme is driven to make sure the academy products are of the highest quality. He started his career in finance in 1988 working for Bank of America. He has continued to build a solid and successful career utilising a strong ethics driven business model. Graeme has since held senior roles at UBS and Merrill Lynch where he was Managing Director in charge of trading. He is determined that the academy itself delivers a strong and unmatched education platform that can benefit a large global audience no matter what the subject matter.

Peter started his financial career at M.W. Marshalls in 1986, specializing in the institutional broking of Spot FX currencies. He progressed his way through the company, attaining Director status and this continued into the business taken over by ICAP Plc in 2000. He left ICAP in 2014 to join London Capital Group as Head of FX, furthering his knowledge of the E-FX markets. This also enabled him to concentrate on the Risk aspects of the industry. Together with Graeme, Peter has spent the last 4 years building Corellian.

Lee began his career at Lloyds bank in 1985 training in various Cash, Forward and OBS products. He began his trading career in 1989 specialising in Forward FX and FRA’s before being appointed head of FX Forwards in 1995. Lee has had a successful and dynamic career to date with many highlights; he has played a part in the globalisation of the Lloyds bank trading business, helped navigate multiple major financial crisis and the planning and execution of the highly complex ring-fencing legislation process for Lloyds in 2018. Since being appointed head of FX and Repo for Lloyds Bank Capital Markets, he has successfully guided Lloyds through material projects such as Brexit and was instrumental in planning and executing the regulatory interpretation and management processes for the Group. 

Lee left Lloyds after 34 years in March 2020 and joined Corellian Global shortly after as C.O.O. looking to assist the Corellian Academy as it looks to implement a much wider group of products and achieve a more global client base and footprint 

As CEO of Corellian North America office David brings over 30 years experience trading and running teams in financial markets. Prior to joining us he was both head of sales and emerging markets at BBH. David began his trading career back in 1987 with First National Bank of Chicago then moving to Bank of America with stints in Madrid, Frankfurt and London before settling in New York and becoming Chief dealer. David’s expertise and experience have allowed Corellian to grow their business stateside and along with his newer focus on Global Code of Conduct has been instrumental in growing the Corellian brand on the global stage.

Chris joins the group of mentors with over 20 years-experience in global markets. From his time at Barclays Capital Markets where he became Chief dealer of the London trading desk and eventually Global Head of Spot he has learnt the importance of education, development and training for existing and new entrants into this incredibly dynamic world. As head of the academy Chris’s expertise has been instrumental in building a successful and potent brand that now makes Corellian one of the best providers of financial market education in the world.

John brings over 25 year experience in financial markets to the Corellian team. He has held senior positions in FX trading and management at JPMorgan Chase, Merrill Lynch and Standard Chartered Bank. In his role as Head of New York spot trading at each institution, John was deeply involved in training and development of all new and existing staff. His risk taking experience covers a broad spectrum from market making / liquidity provider to proprietary, multi currency and multi product strategies. John’s role as COO or North America will help to enhance our local and global footprints and will add his own personal expertise to the quality of the rest of the Corellian global network.