1. Brent St. John
357 N. Grenola St., Pacific Palisades CA 90272
Tel: 310 874 9707 Email: gbrentstjohn@gmail.com
Executive Profile
Innovative executive with 30 years of experience in a wide range of financial services
disciplines, primarily derivatives, investments and financial risk management.
Skill Highlights
Specific areas of expertise include: equity/credit/index/foreign exchange derivatives
(listed and OTC), investment management, asset allocation, capital markets, and real
estate finance.
Core Accomplishments
Created new derivatives investment products for OneTwoTrade. Designed unique
hedged investment strategy for the BK-Proof fund. Created unique investment equity
derivatives-based strategies for Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts at Citigroup. Executed
the first synthetic compensatory call option sale transaction at Merrill Lynch.
Professional Experience
Vice President, GL CAPITAL PARTNERS, Los Angeles (2014 - 2015)
• marketed GL Capital’s Beyond Income mutual fund to RIAs in the western US
• worked with research desk to develop VIX options investment strategies
Chief Risk Management Officer, ONETWOTRADE, Los Angeles (2010 - 2012)
• OneTwoTrade sells (over the internet) short term binary option investments on 50
different asset classes (single equity, major equity index, and currencies)
• designed risk management strategy using option straddles to prevent significant
losses from occurring
• created new investment products (binary credit default swaps, compound options)
Chief Investment Officer, BK-PROOF FUND, Los Angeles (2009 – 2012)
• created and designed an investment fund whose assets were a portfolio of single
tenant NNN leased (to large publicly owned companies) retail real estate
properties where the credit risk of the tenants was mitigated/eliminated by the use
of single name credit default swaps and/or equity put options
• the fund’s pro forma annual return over 10 years was 8% - 14% and standard
deviation was 2%, with no credit risk in the portfolio
Director, CITIGROUP PRIVATE BANK , Los Angeles (2004 - 2008)
• equity and credit derivatives specialist supporting private banker teams
• also provided customer risk advisory services on interest rates and currencies
2. • investment management for high and ultra high net worth clients, using both open
architecture and proprietary Citigroup products
• specialized in alternative investments (hedge funds, market-linked notes)
• did the first equity derivative transaction ever done on Google stock (a $75 mm
collar transaction), shortly after Google’s IPO
• did the first transaction where vested nonqualified stock options were contributed
to a grantor retained annuity trust
• did a $275 mm derivative transaction on UPS stock
• pioneered the use of credit default swaps in the HNW market to hedge earnout
risk and deferred compensation risk
• did the first transaction writing covered calls on vested nonqualified stock options
Vice President, MERRILL LYNCH, Los Angeles (2000 - 2004)
• financial advisor working with high net worth clients in California.
• specialized in exchange fund and equity derivatives transactions
• did the first synthetic sale of compensatory options ever done at Merrill Lynch
Director, BANK OF AMERICA PRIVATE BANK, Los Angeles (1996 - 2000)
• originated and developed a derivatives sales capability for B of A’s Private Bank
• executed primarily monetized equity collars and interest rate swaps
• worked with bankers and credit staff to introduce derivatives to the HNW market
• created an entirely new revenue stream which grew to approximately $3mm per
year
Vice President, FIRST INTERSTATE BANK, Los Angeles (1993 - 1996)
• provided private banking services (primarily credit) to high net worth clients
Partner, TRINITY PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS, Los Angeles (1989 - 1993)
• provided training and performance enhancement systems to large financial
institutions and technology companies (Citi, B of A, DEC, HP)
Vice President, CITIGROUP, Los Angeles/Dubai/Jeddah/Tehran (1976 - 1989)
• provided debt and equity for large commercial real estate transactions
• corporate finance (syndication, securitization, M&A) for Fortune 500 companies
• ran the commercial foreign exchange trading desk
• provided trade and construction financing for large Saudi Arabian firms
Education
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO, London, Ontario
Master of Business Administration
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Bachelor of Science
ASHWORTH COLLEGE, Los Angeles, CA
Honors Accounting Certificate
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