Summary
Charles Chin is a seasoned FICC front-office technology leader with 11 years in hands-on delivery and 17 years of broader experience across solution delivery, business analysis and IT for FX, commodities and rates trading. Currently Director for FX at Mizuho in New York, he combines deep product knowledge of Murex-based trading and risk platforms with practical delivery experience running cross-functional scrum teams and stakeholder engagement across global trading desks. He has a strong track record implementing front-to-back solutions, CI/CD for pre-trade rules, and regional platform standardization across London, Singapore and North America. A former people manager who built an in-house commodities academy, he brings both technical rigor and talent development to complex migration and change-the-bank programs. Rooted in financial engineering training and actuarial background, he pairs quantitative discipline with pragmatic execution—true to his GitHub motto that chance favors the prepared mind.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Portfolio Management, Asset Allocation, Portfolio Management, Asset Allocation at Princeton University
Bachelor of Business (Honours), Specializations in Actuarial Science and Business IT, 2nd Class Upper, Bachelor of Business (Honours), Specializations in Actuarial Science and Business IT, 2nd Class Upper at Nanyang Technological University
Master of Science in Financial Engineering, Credit Value Adjustments (CVA), Master of Science in Financial Engineering, Credit Value Adjustments (CVA) at National University of Singapore
English, Chinese, Malay, Chinese