Trading Operations & Post-Trade Controls | Clearing & Settlement | Digital Assets & Brokerage Infrastructure
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Trading and post-trade operations leader with 8+ years across clearing, settlement, and digital asset infrastructure, spanning LCH (LSEG), Tier-1 banks, and a crypto-as-a-service platform. Experienced in designing first-line controls, reconciliations, and inventory management at institutional scale, delivering ~99% settlement accuracy and incident-free launches of new assets and payment rails.
Zerohash
Jan 2022 — Present
Own end-to-end settlement and reconciliation workflows for institutional clients across spot, derivatives, and tokenised asset products. Designed operational control frameworks for new assets and payment rails. Architected workflows for tokenised fund subscriptions via on-chain USDC-to-USD conversion supporting a BlackRock-led fund (~$550M AUM). Led incident response for production events including a Cloudflare outage managing ~1,000 pending withdrawals. Built Databricks and Grafana dashboards tracking inventory, liquidity, and settlement KPIs across 15+ chains. Supported regulatory and licensing work for European authorisations (DNB VASP, AFM MiCA).
DX Compliance
Jan 2021 — Jan 2022
Led end-to-end onboarding and integration projects for regulated banks and fintechs on an AML transaction-monitoring and SAR reporting platform. Translated regulatory requirements into integration specifications. Produced runbooks and testing evidence to audit standards. Managed production incidents through triage, engineering coordination, and root-cause analysis.
First Derivatives / London Clearing House (LSEG)
Jan 2018 — Jan 2021
Led QA and systems validation for settlement and clearing changes at one of the world's largest CCPs. Managed a QA team of 4 direct reports. Established operational procedures and quality standards for settlement systems. Coordinated across trading, operations, technology, and risk teams. Performed current-state and future-state assessments of post-trade workflows.
First Derivatives PLC
Jan 2018 — Jan 2021
Delivered technology and operational-improvement projects for Tier-1 banks within strict audit and risk-management frameworks, focusing on trading, post-trade, and settlement processes. Supported regulatory readiness initiatives including documenting control changes and preparing testing evidence packs.
MSc · Enterprise Systems Engineering
? – 2017