Marita Ben Ari Resume

1. MARITA BEN ARI, CFA
788 Columbus Avenue Apt. 1D. New York, NY 10025
Telephone: 917-302-9052
Email: marita_benari@yahoo.com
Chartered Financial Analyst with 12 years financial markets and management consulting experience; structured problem
solver with proven ability to break problems into subcomponents, delegate research and analytical tasks to subordinates and
consolidate results; equally comfortable with bottom up analysis as with top down; seasoned portfolio manager with
experience managing equity index, currency and fixed income portfolios.
EXPERIENCE
TRAJECTORY ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC, New York, NY 2005 - Present
Vice President (2010 – Present); Associate (2005 – 2010)
 Successfully trained and oversaw associate level employees in all aspects of their position.
 Portfolio Management. Actively managed two risk-controlled liquid strategies as a senior member of the portfolio
team. Traded high-grade fixed income securities, equity index derivatives and foreign exchange instruments. Assessed
global macroeconomic indicators and prospective risks. Co-managed High Watermark Funds, a multi-asset target date
fund series.
 Research and Development. Co-developed an innovative risk controlled annuity design to an incumbent institution
firm. Designed/tested techniques for hedging complex cross-Greeks risks of living benefits insurance products. Build
multiple models (in Excel, VBA and MATLAB) that test and evaluate an advanced hedging application (driven by look-
back option replication), that can be utilized in various commodity markets. Supervised the writing of monthly fund
commentaries. Structured and built multi-factor quantitative models for proprietary trading and hedging strategies.
Designed analytical tools using Excel and Matlab that provide market insights across a variety of fundamental/technical
factors, and risk premium expectations.
 Business Development. Designed presentations of new investment products for prospective institutional clients.
Participated in business development effort to attract seed funding.
TA STRATEGIC CONSULTING / ERNST & YOUNG, Tel Aviv, Israel 2004 - 2005
Project Manager, Financial and Strategy consultant (2005); Associate (2004 – 2005)
 Project Finance. Managed financial team advising Israeli government on economic and financial aspects of $1.5BN
Light Rail Train BOT (Build Operate Transfer) project, the largest infrastructure project ever undertaken in Israel.
Conducted benchmarking study, constructed multilayer financial model to evaluate project capital needs, recommended
funding strategies and analyzed potential of Israeli banking system and capital markets to finance infrastructure projects
 Mergers and Acquisitions. Evaluated potential merger between Israeli commercial and mortgage banks
ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES, Israel 1995 - 1997
Lieutenant
 Commanded an officer training course for groups of 60 cadets, managed team of officers/instructors, and organized
course schedule
EDUCATION
TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY, Tel Aviv, Israel
M.Sc. Industrial Engineering and Management, Data Mining Major 2002 - 2003
Summa cum laude, cumulative GPA 4.0, ranked second in class of 2003. Research assistant to Prof. Oded Maimon;
Teaching Assistant, “Engineering Economy & Accounting” and “Production System Analysis” courses
B.Sc. Industrial Engineering and Management 1998 - 2002
Double major in computer information systems and management
Summa cum laude, cumulative GPA 4.0, ranked first in class of 2002. Recipient, scholarship for outstanding achievements
in the study of engineering.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 Fluent in Hebrew and English; Conversant in Spanish. Permanent Resident of United States and holder of EU
citizenship (French).