1. SEAN BERNARD KAVANAGH
4 Curling Lane, Badgers Dene, Grays, Essex RM175JB
Mobile:07855801340
Email: seanbkavanagh@btinternet.com
Linkedin: https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/sean-kavanagh/16/219/272
Professional Profile
Extensive experience creating and developing new business models in demanding financial roles. Readily able to
acquire new skills on different trading platforms to remain relevant to changing customer needs. Always maintained
excellent business relationships with both colleagues and customers. Liaising closely with my compliance team, I
constantly kept up-to-date with the latest financial regulations and strove to improve culture and conduct at my
former firm Kyte Broking Ltd. Had a good overview of the role of compliance and my firm's internal policies and
procedures.
Objectives
Looking to secure a challenging new role within compliance, where my skills, knowledge and expertise gained
through front office trading should offer important transferable skills to benefit your organisation. I seek to become
a highly professional and enthusiastic compliance officer as I move away from front office responsibilities. Have an
unblemished history of showing loyalty and commitment to my employers and am keen to forge a new career while
maintaining the same hardworking ethics which have served me so well.
Key Skills (I.T & Foreign language)
MS Office Suite, Trading Technologies, Easy Screen, CME EOS, Bloomberg, Reuters, CQG.
Highly proficient in french. Regularly read literature in french helping to maintain degree standard fluency. I also
enjoy listening and watching french current affairs. This too serves as an enjoyable way to stay tuned to a
language I would enjoy using more. I also enjoy basic conversational italian.
Key Competencies
Team building & Leadership  Balanced client advice
Excellent communication/negotiation skills  Simplifying outwardly complex option strategies
Identifying business opportunities  Fully competent on numerous trading platforms
Risk analysis for both company & clients  Delivering substantial cost savings
Increasing revenues  Building and managing key client relationships
Proven ability to work under pressure  FCA Rules & Financial Market Regulations
Career History and Select Achievements
KYTE BROKING LIMITED, LONDON JAN 2012 – Aug 2016
Position: Senior Futures & Options broker
A global derivatives brokerage which gave me the opportunity to construct a new business after MF Global folded.
Give daily advice to global institutions including one of the biggest global funds (Millenium Asset Management).
Have constantly endeavoured to maintain the highest of standards involving best execution for my clients but
stripping costs where inefficiencies have been discovered. Engaged to facilitate current business and introduce
new business in a strict regulatory framework. This has often involved numerous trips abroad and successfully
acquiring the Millenium business after one particularly successful trip to Singapore. Constantly been a positive
influence in the trading room promoting team morale and improving intra-desk cooperation.

2. MF GLOBAL U.K, LONDON SEP 1999 - NOV 2011
Position: VP - Futures & Options
Helped maintain a high-volume, very successful global exchange traded derivatives execution and clearing desk.
Centrally involved with KYC procedures involving potential new client business. Promoted new business ideas
highlighting an increasing move towards screen trading and promoting various platforms to maintain an active
presence in these products. Using skilled screen order execution coupled with good fundamental technical analysis
was able to consistently promote successful client business. This involved producing daily technical reports on the
main markets my clients traded (Bund, Bobl, Schatz, Treasuries).
Gained my own client base organically through gaining trust with junior traders who have gone on to have
successful careers. Having developed into an established broker, on numerous occasions I have shared my
knowledge with scores of graduate trainees allowing them to gain a foothold in this industry, most of whom have
gone on to forge important careers themselves. It's a pleasure to say that these colleagues over the years remain
friends and in some instances they have gone full circle and ended up working alongside me again. In the rare
instances where staff performance was not up to scratch my recommendations were integral in exiting under-
achievers.
TULLETT & TOKYO / MAN GROUP (Post merger), LONDON APR 1993 - SEP 1999
Position: Link Manager
Employed as link broker relaying orders from 30+ colleagues onto various trading floors in Asia, London and US.
Was one of first traders to use Liffe After Pit Trading platform so always embraced new technologies.
TRADITION UK LIMITED, LONDON SEP 1991 - FEB 1993
Trainee Money broker
Hot house money broking outfit which established my first step on a career ladder within the City.
KLEINWORT BENSON, LONDON MAY 1991 - SEP 1991
Operations Assistant
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
1988-1991 BA (Hons) Economics and French Second Class. Nantes, France & Middlesex Universities
2007-Present CF30 Customer
2001-2007 CF21 Investment Adviser
1993-Present FCA (FSA) Approved Person
1996-Present Qualified Eurex Trader
Personal Interests
Endurance cycling (charity bike rides for o2e), regularly hike in Highlands, experienced holiday skier, enjoy
occasional rounds of golf, current affairs, sci-fi literature. Enjoy watching most sports and particularly Test cricket.