Harvard Club of Hawaii

Harvard Club Brownbagger

Financial Shock & Awe — Views from a Practitioner

Bring your fiscally-minded friends and join us on Wednesday, May 17th, for a highly informative talk on the often strange world of derivatives, options, swaps and the like. Our guest is Ichiro Sekimitsu, an experienced financial products professional with 31 years of trading and business management experience in interest rate and currency derivatives.

Most recently, "Ichi" was a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer for Asia Pacific Rates and Currencies at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Tokyo. Prior to this, he was the Head of Trading for Asian currency debt products in Hong Kong and Head of Derivative Trading for European currency swap and option products in London.  He started his financial markets career in Chicago in 1984. Prior to joining predecessor companies of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, he was a Senior Auditor at American Express Company in San Francisco. He is currently a consultant to a Japanese real estate company with operations in Honolulu. Ichi holds an MBA from IMD Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland and a BS in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College.

Date: Wednesday, May 17th, 2017

Time: Noon - 1:30 pm
Place: The Ohana Room at Architects Hawaii, Ltd, through the courtesy of Harvard Club member David Miller. It's on the 29th floor of the Makai Tower of Pacific Guardian Center, 733 Bishop Street.

Cost: FREE
Lunch: Bring your own sandwich, bento, beverage, etc.
RSVP by email to arkie@arkoehl.com