Arthur Mutuku Mulwa

Page 1 of 3 Arthur Mutuku Mulwa Mobile: - Email:- PROFILE Finance professional with a background in Commodity Trading, Business Analysis and Risk Management. Strengths lie in financial modelling, analysing, interpreting and condensing information, and quick decision making. I particularly enjoy working in a team environment, leveraging the strengths of the team to provide appropriate solutions for clients. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Consultant (02/17 – Present) Nairobi, Kenya Africa Risk Institute (02/17 – Present)  Training of students, and preparing them for exams in derivatives and risk management  Preparation of custom courses in derivatives and derivatives risk management Entrepreneur (01/14 – Present) Nairobi, Kenya ARMU Logistics - Founder (02/15 – Present)  Created transport and logistics company, and a technology platform to support the business  Secured logistics subcontracts for various large scale contracting works in Kenya  Secured contract to manage agricultural logistics for a large Kenyan cooperative society  Advising quarry owners on possible expansion projects using financial modelling Real Estate (01/13 – Present)  Managing rental property housing 30+ tenants  Created system for managing rental payments and expenses  Created framework for interacting with repairmen and utilities  Picking out land for investment purposes Nairobi Securities Exchange (02/16 – 04/17) Nairobi, Kenya Risk Analyst (02/16 – 04/17)  Created risk framework for NSE Derivatives Market  Formulating back testing, stress testing, default handling policies and procedures for derivatives market  Monitoring of derivative market fidelity funds including calculation of member contributions  Training market participants on managing of derivatives risk  Presenting on risk matters to Management and Board Committees  Preparing and maintaining enterprise wide risk register  Preparing enterprise wide risk management policy  Supporting commodity exchange initiative through advising on best practise and suitable structure for the Kenyan market Gardening Leave (04/13 – 01/14) London, UK Arthur Mutuku Mulwa P.O. Box- Nairobi, Kenya. || Mob : - || Email:- Page 2 of 3 Credit Suisse (08/06 – 04/13) London, UK Trader Iron Ore, Freight and Steel (07/10-04/13)  Ran the iron ore book during the London hours, including quoting clients and trading around book positions  Co-managed the dry and wet freight trading books  Managed portfolios consisting of futures, swaps and options on the commodity underlyings  Hedged book interest rate risk and, both spot and forward currency risks  Turned steel from a loss-making business to one generating $2M+ annually  Market maker on both steel and iron ore  Partnered with sales team to provide market colour and targeted trade ideas to clients  Provided daily updates to the commodities team on the state of the freight and steel markets, and short/long term price expectations  Represented Credit Suisse at freight and steel industry events Assistant      Trader, Gas and Emissions (09/09-07/10) Analysed current and historical data to pick up on trends and generate trade ideas Ran small prop positions Created a financial model for pricing forward contracts in the Emissions market Quoted clients and managed main book as coverage for main book traders Liaised with support staff on new business initiatives Business Analyst (04/07-09/09)  Business Analyst for the Commodities group – Oil, Metals, European Energy Desks  Involved in the Metals business from its inception, including scoping out, selecting and integrating the new systems into existing London technical infrastructure  Day-to-day support responsibilities: position and P&L reconciliation, deal modelling, system administration, user training - all within the OpenLink Endur system  Gathered requirements for front, middle and back office reports, system feeds and any other system functionalities  Involved in new business initiatives from IT standpoint Business Analyst (08/06-04/07, New York)  Business Analyst for the Commodities Group – US Power and Gas Desks  Supported traders using the Endur trading system  Scoped out projects to get a new trading system and to trade on new exchanges Morgan Stanley (06/05 – 08/05) New York, USA Summer Analyst  Developed a web reporting system for the Anti-Money Laundering department Project required use of Struts framework and Sybase database  Compiled business requirements and technical requirements documents Middlebury College Communications Office (02/03 – 05/05) Vermont, USA Web Assistant  Edited and maintained the college website using Microsoft Content Management Server Middlebury College Information and Technology Services (ITS) (05/03 – 09/03) Summer Consultant  Set up computers for the Middlebury Summer Language School Program  Provided Technical support for language school students and professors  Acted as the ITS liaison for the Chinese Language School Arthur Mutuku Mulwa P.O. Box- Nairobi, Kenya. || Mob : - || Email:- Page 3 of 3 Modern Computer Visions (12/01 – 08/02) Nairobi Kenya Training Assistant  Trained students of different age groups on how to use various computer software applications such as: Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Corel Draw, Microsoft Office, Windows and PageMaker  Repaired and maintained computers EDUCATION Middlesex University (2016)  Postgraduate Certificate: Mechanics of Derivatives and Financial Products, August 2016  Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science and Physics, May 2006 Honours: Dean's List – Fall 2002, Fall 2003, Spring 2006  Scholar of the Year 2001, Class Valedictorian 17th Nationally in the Kenya National Examination (KCSE), 2001 Middlebury College -)  Strathmore School -)  Vermont, USA Nairobi, Kenya SKILLS  Languages : Highly proficient in oral and written English and Swahili  Computer: Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word, Bloomberg, Reuters, Endur, Platts _________________________________________________________ INTERESTS RPF Rugby club (player/member), watching and playing football, running, poker, travelling REFERENCES Available upon request Arthur Mutuku Mulwa P.O. 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