Alexander Ries

Alex is a financial market professional who combines broad expertise and proven skills in the wealth management, risk management and trading arenas with 30 years of Asian market exposure. Now Global Head Operational, Technology, and Cyber Risk, CIB at Standard Chartered, he was the Founder and Managing Director of Bamboo Capital and has held senior derivative trading and structuring roles at Banque Paribas in Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney. In 2000, after a string of successful years with Paribas, Alex decided to leave banking to pursue his interest: an expert in trading strategies, with a passion for automating and eliminating human biases from financial decision making, he very successfully traded his own capital until 2008 when investor interest led him to open a hedge fund. At Banque Paribas Alex was promoted in quick succession from Sydney to Singapore and then on to Hong Kong where he held the pivotal role of Head of Interest Rate Derivative Trading for Asia. During this time he led a team of 4 senior traders and worked with a revenue budget of USD20mio. He successfully led and steered the desk through the tumultuous period of the merger between Paribas and BNP. Key Competencies: In depth understanding of financial risk; Strategic thinker, Organiser and planner; Strong leadership, team building and mentoring skills; Strong communicator; Works effectively across diverse cultures; Broad working knowledge of computer programming languages. With a specialisation in Modelling of Economic Decisions, Alex started his career at Paribas Capital Markets in 1992 in Sydney as it offered a dynamic environment in which to apply theoretical knowledge. Alex graduated with an MSc in Applied Maths and Computer Science from one of France’s elite engineering schools. He is French/British by birth, born in Ethiopia and educated in France. He holds Singapore PR.