David GYSIN

En résumé

Entreprises

• Bunge S.A. - Trade Finance & Operations Manager

  2012 - 2016 In May 2012, Bunge East Africa Limited, acting as a subsidiary of Bunge, has been implemented in Mombasa, Kenya, giving the group the opportunity to serve the East African Community with the best of its trading expertise. Acting as Trade Finance & Operations Manager based in Mombasa, I was responsible for the implementation of the operational processes and to participate to the development of the Bunge strategy in East Africa.
  Main responsibilities:
  - Setup of execution, logistic and administrative structures for EA operations
  - Handling of operational activities
  - Organisation and coordination of execution processes between Bunge regional offices
  - Hiring and training of operational staff
  - Supervision of discharging operations (EA / WA)
  - Counterparty due diligence management
  - Implementation of best practice for EA imports requirements (policies, duties, tariff structures)
  - Set-up of local finance structure, account opening, treasury system and credit facilities
  - Bank relationship management
  - Negotiation of credit lines for import pre-financing and deferred payment terms set-up
  - FOREX management and position monitoring
  - Financing costs analysis for local origination and accumulation projects
  - Risk management
  

• NBAD - Trade Finance Account Officer

  2012 - 2012 The National Bank of Abu Dhabi is one of the dominant banks in the UAE and has significant operations in
  many Middle Eastern and European countries. In addition to its expertise in the Private Banking sector, NBAD
  GVA was very active in Trade Finance operations supporting corporate trading companies in their transactions
  funding.
  Main responsibilities:
  - Credit lines and transactions set-up ;
  - Negotiation and implementation of transactional financing structures for corporate clients ;
  - Transactions collaterals and securities management ;
  - Monitoring of bank's exposure related to TF operations and clients' positions monitoring ;
  - FOREX management and position monitoring
  
  - General account management and follow up ;
  - Contribution to the business development of the existing bank's clients ;
  - Risk management

• Afegra Trading S.A. - Trade Finance Manager

  2011 - 2011 Afegra Trading S.A., located in Geneva, was specialized in the origination of agri-products from CIS countries
  for destination Turkey, North Africa, and Middle East. During its time of activities, and in a period of political
  constraints, Afegra managed to capture an important part of the volume traded into Middle East.
  Main responsibilities:
  - Management and development of the Trade Finance department
  - Negotiation of credit lines for import pre-financing and deferred payment terms facilities
  - Bank relationship management ;
  - Management of bank guarantees and import LCs ;
  - Pricing negotiation for export instruments confirmation and discounting ;
  - Cash-flow / cash forecast and treasury management ;
  - FOREX management and position monitoring
  - Risk management

• Bunge S.A. - Trade Finance Officer

  2006 - 2011 My role within the Trade Finance Department of Bunge S.A., Geneva consisted of participating in the physical
  sales and purchases of commodities by arranging payment terms, issuing and receiving bank guarantees,
  assisting in cash management function and performing counterparty due diligence.
  Main responsibilities:
  - Set-up of payment terms for sales contracts depending on country and counterparty risk
  - Sale of receivables and negotiation of prices for deferred instruments confirmation
  - Generation of extra incomes through trade finance operations
  - Bank relationship management ;
  - Reduction of cash cycle and working capital utilization
  - Issuance and monitoring of bank guarantees (bid bonds / performance bonds)
  - Monitoring of bank / corporate guarantees (LOI, SBLC)
  - Cash position management ;
  - Implementation of a cash forecast module ;
  - Monitoring and follow up on outstanding payments ;
  - FOREX management and position monitoring
  - Counterparty due-diligence

• Bunge S.A. - Commodity Execution Specialist

  2003 - 2006 Based in Geneva, the oil execution desk was responsible for the execution of all soft-oil related activities for
  Bunge. My responsibility was to ensure that the commodity contracts are executed properly, on a timely basis
  and in pro-active contact with the various customers and service providers. The main duties consisted of
  various tasks including shipment files creation, administrative handling of purchases and sales, freight
  agreements as well as lay-time and insurance claims calculations.

• Rustal Trading Ltd - Commodity Execution Assistant

  2002 - 2003 I started out as a junior forwarder within the rice execution team of Rustal Trading Group, the largest private
  buyer of both Chinese and Thai Rice specialized in trading with the African and Middle East markets. The target
  of my employment at Rustal Trading was to manage various aspects of commodity execution including the
  check of import Letters of Credit, the track of vessels operations, the appointment of supervision companies
  and the issuance of documents needed for Letters of credit negotiations.

• Mediterranean Shipping Company - Trade Coordinator & Agency Support

  Paris 2000 - 2002 MSC is one of the leading global shipping lines of the world and expanded substantially to consolidate its
  position as the second largest container carrier in respect of container slot capacity and to the number of
  container vessels operated. The main responsibilities of my position as trade coordinator and agency support
  was to follow the trades and coordinate the various agencies between themselves. This task consisted in
  detecting the problems related to shipping documents, following the vessels positions on a regular basis and
  organizing the internal work of the local agencies.

Formations

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