Federico Becerra

Current

Director at Euroclear

Past

Treasury Manager at Lhoist
Assistant Vice-president at The Bank of New York Mellon
Trading Coordinator at Marubeni

Administrator at Sogem

see less...

1 more...

Education

Solvay Business School
Universidad del Pacífico
Markham College

see less...

Recommended

7 people have recommended Federico

Connections

351 connections

Industry

Banking

Websites

My Company

Federico Becerra’s Summary

- Financial executive with broad experience in Global Custody Services, Treasury Front Office and Product Management
- Fluent in English, French and Spanish
- MBA with a background in Business Administration and Accounting
- Working experience for International companies in Peru, USA and Belgium

Federico Becerra’s Specialties:

Settlement/Custody services

Federico Becerra’s Experience

Director

Euroclear

(Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

May 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

May 2009 - Present - Treasury Front Office
Head of asset and liability management:
• Lead a team of four money market and foreign exchange dealers
• Develop and implement an effective framework covering asset & liability management (ALM), which covers liquidity risk management, interest rate risk in the banking book and hedging Framework
• Formulate, review and revise the group’s core risk policies for ALM and interest rate / liquidity risk.
• Ensure that interest rate / liquidity risks are adequately identified, measured, monitored, controlled and reported across the organisation.
• Implement ALM systems-related projects, including ALM methodology, risk adjusted performance measurement and ALM simulations.
• Analyse the results of ALM data / simulations and recommend strategies / actions plans.

May 2007 - Apr 2009 Banking Product Management
Cash and treasury services:
• held responsibility for all the liquidity management aspects: stress test, investment balances, etc
• worked with external third parties to assess partnerships and licensing opportunities
• developed cash services like the improvement of deadlines, remuneration of accounts, launch of new currencies, Foreign Exchange, etc
• sponsored the Target2 cash migration and Swift2008-09 launch
• assured compliance with regulator requirements
• performed competition analysis
Treasury Manager

Lhoist

(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Mining & Metals industry)

April 2006 — April 2007 (1 year 1 month)

Lime and Dolomite producer in Belgium

• Managed the day to day treasury activities, including Money Market, Foreign Exchange, CO2 quotas, etc
• Implemented suitable treasury tools to support the processes and controls, for example SAP
• Established the long term business planning model to support funding requirements.
• Produced market analysis on the different countries where the group had activity: Russia, India, China, Mexico, USA and Europe (market letter, FX moves, etc)
• Ensured compliance of risk management processes with internal and regulatory requirements
• Supported the design and implementation of a variety of ad-hoc projects such as in the area of mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance
Assistant Vice-president

The Bank of New York Mellon

(Public Company; BK; Financial Services industry)

August 1998 — April 2006 (7 years 9 months)

American Global Custodian in Belgium

Mar 2000 – Mar 06 Global Markets – Trader

• Provided treasury services (Foreign Exchange, Money Market and Derivatives) to clients
• Managed the position book of major and exotic currencies
• Created business analysis for system developments
• Managed standing instruction orders in Foreign Exchange: Developed the platform as well as the links with the existing systems
• Analyzed trends in currency markets: produced market letters, followed support and resistance levels in different currencies, client investments, M&A, etc

Aug 1998 – Mar 00 Commercial Department – Client Services Representative

• Administrated international clients’ securities portfolios.
• Monitored account activity: balanced and failed security trades.
• Prepared a model that allowed calculating the workload of the department.
Trading Coordinator

Marubeni

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)

January 1997 — September 1997 (9 months)

Japanese Trading Company in Belgium

Construction and agricultural machinery division – Trading Coordinator
• Negotiated for new business relations in Eastern Europe.
• Administrated contracts for European clients.
• Evaluated credit lines for clients: the analysis covered the company’s financial statements, structure, etc.
Administrator

Sogem

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Mining & Metals industry)

January 1996 — December 1996 (1 year )

Belgian Trader of Non-Ferrous Metals in Peru

Purchasing Division - Administrator
• Negotiated and administrated contracts for International clients
• Analyzed the financial risk exposure of developing countries
• Hedged precious and base metals (commodities)
• Calculated profit and loss results

Federico Becerra’s Education

Solvay Business School

MBA , Finance and European Affairs , 1997 — 1998

Graduated with Honors

Activities and Societies:

Alumni member
Universidad del Pacífico

BSC , Business Administration and Accounting , 1991 — 1995

Del Pacifico University is ranked top 1 in Peru for Business Administration and Accounting

Activities and Societies:

Theatre, TV seminars, Football team
Markham College

Secondary , O Levels in English, Maths, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, History and Geography , 1979 — 1990

Top 10%

Activities and Societies:

Swimming Team