Our mentors

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.