Stuart Gibson provides his curriculum vitae, including contact information, a summary of his skills and experience, and work history in trade finance spanning over 15 years. He has held several supervisory and managerial roles processing letters of credit, collections, payments, and account reconciliations. Gibson is computer literate in many trade finance applications and has experience training staff. His most recent role is as a Trade Finance Supervisor at Credit Agricole - CIB in London since 2011, where he supervises a client-facing team and ensures accurate and timely processing of trade transactions.

1. Curriculum Vitae
Stuart Gibson
Address: 91Riviera Drive,
Southend-on-Sea,
Essex, SS1 2QH.
Telephone Numbers:
Mobile: +44 (0)7539 235 034
Home: +44 (0)1702 625 295
Work: +44 (0)207 214 5968
Email: stuart.gibson@yahoo.co.uk (private)
stuart.gibson@ca-cib.com (work)
• An outgoing and approachable individual, hardworking and efficient.
• Highly motivated and diligent, with ambition to succeed. Enjoy development and implementation of new
ideas which I have done consistently throughout my career.
• Solid managerial experience always keen to encourage a positive and productive attitude in others as well as
strong technical skills which has enabled them to deliver on targets and support each other.
• Well-presented and articulate, as well as computer literate in most major applications including Windows,
Excel, Word, Works, PowerPoint, Midas, CS Eximbills, Eximbills, BankTrade, Swift Alliance, FS Manager, iMal
and many others.
• Thorough knowledge of best practice and industry standards: UCP500/600, URR522, and URC525.
• Completely focused on timeliness and accuracy.
Work Experience
Credit Agricole - CIB, London Nov 2011 - Present
Trade Finance Supervisor
• Supervise a small client facing team with full responsibility for processing, supervising and monitoring
Import and export L/C issuance and amending, inward and outward remittances, sundry deposit and
suspense account transactions, reconciliations and processing/supervision of Collections and
Reimbursements, discounting, invoice forfaiting, syndications, participations, tailored structured trade
finance solutions.
• Ensure exceptions are as low as possible with vigorous follow up,
• Manage account reconciliation, 1st and 2nd level document checking (with single checking limit of
£500,000.00 for single checking, no limit for second checking), payment monitoring/processing (inc.
discounts),
• Ensuring all payments made on time and accurately,
• Risk assessment & management
• Train and support staff,
• Focus on corporate customer account maintenance and relationship management, customer interaction and
advise.
• Maintain / update procedures on an ongoing basis
Deutsche Bank, London (Contract) Dec 2010 – Nov 2011
Trade Finance Expert
• Reviewed and implemented new procedures and operations to improve the department's efficiency,

2. • Guarantee Issuance, amendment and monitoring.
• inward and outward remittance monitoring, sundry deposit and suspense account transactions monitoring,
reconciliation monitoring
• Ensure exceptions as low as possible with vigorous follow up and ensure all payments made on time and
accurately
• Accounts opening and KYC monitoring, monthly balancing and account reconciliation, payment
monitoring/processing, reporting, account reconciliation,
• Corporate customer account maintenance, bank-wide reporting, management and processing/ supervision
of Collections and Reimbursements.
British Arab Commercial Bank, London (Contract) Nov 2009 - Oct 2010
Trade Finance Supervisor
• Import and export L/C issuance, amending and monitoring.
• Processing/supervision of Collections and Reimbursements
• Inward and outward remittance monitoring, sundry deposit and suspense account transactions monitoring,
reconciliation monitoring
• Accounts opening and KYC monitoring, monthly balancing and account reconciliation, 1st and 2nd level
document checking, payment monitoring/processing (inc. discounts),
• Monthly reporting and quarterly reporting, supervise and control monthly balancing (P&L, Balance Sheet
and Cash flow reports) and quarterly commission sharing and account reconciliation,
• Involved in training and support of staff of 9.
Development Bank of Singapore, London, (Contract) Mar 2009 – Sep 2009
Trade Finance Manager
• Worked closely with CEO to develop and Implement new procedures and operations, eradicated manual
processes through computerization, improved efficiency, reduced errors,
• Responsible for all aspects of trade operations and monitoring of numerous trade products (as mentioned
above)
Took a sabbatical in July 2008 to spend some time with my new baby son and began my employment again in
March 2009.
The Bank of London and the Middle East, London (Contract) Jan 2008 - Jul 2008
Operations Officer (Given this was a new bank the role went beyond the title of “Operations Officer”).
• Developed and managed the Trade Services department within the Operations Area, including developing all
relevant work procedures and processes.
• Limited potential for development due to lack of approvals from Head Office.
British Arab Commercial Bank, London 1999 - Jan 2008
Trade Finance Assistant-Manager (A Signatory) 2003 - Jan 2008
Trade Finance Senior Clerk (B Signatory) 2001-2003
Trade Finance Clerk 1999-2001
Trade Finance Junior 1999-1999
• Import and export L/C issuance and monitoring,
• Monitoring inward and outward remittances, sundry deposit and suspense account transactions,
reconciliation and exceptions management, document checking etc
• Monitoring accounts opening and KYC, reconciliations and handling reporting
• Payment monitoring/processing (inc. discounts),

3. • Involved in ongoing training of the team,
• Corporate customer account maintenance, customer relationship management, customer interaction,
meetings,
• Management and processing/supervision of Collections and Reimbursements,
• General Office Administration, Payments Processing Clerk, L/C processing/amendments, Document
Checking, reimbursement control.
Education/Examinations:
Certified Documentary Credits Specialist (C.D.C.S.) - 2000 to 2012 (I.F.S. Approved)
3 A-Levels (ABB) - Thomas Tallis Sixth Form (Sept 1997- May 1999)
13 GCSE (9 A’s, 2 B’s, 1 C, 1 D) - Eaglesfield School (August 1992 - June 1997)
City and Guilds Diploma:
• Providing Business Services - Enterprise
• Providing Business Services - Career & Industrial
• Providing Business Services - Vocational Studies
• Self and The Environment