Michael Rabinovitz Bio
- 1. Bi og ra fic Michael Fox-Rabinovitz, CFA, CAIA, FRM CAREER AT A GLANCE 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011 Enron PricewaterhouseCoopers Risk Capital Mgmt CITIGROUP Private Bank MGN Group UFS Group 1996 1999 1999 2000 2000 2002, 2004 2006 2006 2008 2008 2010 2010 Present Trader, Structured Consultant, Financial Risk Head of Emerging VP Portfolio Mgmt and Chief Investment Managing Director Products and Energy Management Group Markets Practice/ Investment Analytics for Officer/Portfolio North America and Derivatives Trading Senior Analyst Global Markets Strategist Emerging Markets Columbia, MBA, 2002 2004 Innovative Investment Management Executive with global experience in portfolio construction, asset allocation, investment analysis and risk management. Proven ability to lead global teams, build new business lines and coordinate complex projects in fast-paced, rapidly changing work environments. Bilingual in English and Russian, some Spanish and French, basic German and Hebrew. Portfolio Strategist/CIO/CRO Speaking Personally... Q Portfolio Asset Investment Risk How has your international experience shaped the way Construction Management Analysis Management you conduct business today? A. I have been very fortunate to have a career that has allowed me to work in all corners of the globe, from Argentina to Russia, from Canada to Central Asia and from Brazil to Mongolia. Exposure to different attitudes Investment Strategy and frameworks of doing business has engrained in me the skill never and Policy Development to make assumptions regarding what is important to a business and the path it will and should take to get to the final goal. Appreciating and understanding how cultural, societal and psychological nuances directly translate into business methods and practices has made me a Emerging Energy Alternative Structured Markets Commodities Investments Products much more effective global investment professional. Q A. Why is thinking of global implications when making decisions so important in todays marketplace? World economies have become tremendously intertwined, and DYNAMIC RESULTS IN nowhere is this more evident than in the financial markets. With instant EVERY ROLE access to information and trading around-the-clock, there is no longer such a luxury as thinking and acting locally; events and information impact global and local markets almost instantaneously. The butterfly Grewby broadening existing$500MM in 1遜 years AUM from $200MM to effect theory has become a reality, and I have made it a rule to never mandates, bringing in new ones, and make a final investment decision without clearly understanding the expanding geography of firms client base. range of possible factors likely to impact it no matter how obscure or geographically distant they may seem. Oversaw and coordinated Q analytical and research activity across three What has been the greatest lesson your career has global offices with 25 employees. taught you? A. Having witnessed financial giants like Enron and Bear Stearns crumble, Increased Citibank AUM by and Citibank teeter on the verge of bankruptcy, experiencing countries like $500MM by utilizing IRF (Integrated Risk Argentina and various CIS states going through defaults and revolutions, Framework) to enable clients to consider and watching global markets in a death spiral chisels an indelible lesson their liquid and illiquid holdings together in on the brain- the only thing that is constant is change. As an investment one portfolio. Led and risk professional there is nothing more dangerous than complacency, team of 15 in development and having personally lived through and experienced rapid, sudden, and implementation of unexpected and dramatic changes serves as an excellent antidote for enterprise-wide market and credit-risk- that. It is important to not be afraid to make a decision and take a risk, management system for Perez Companc, but it is twice as important not to dismiss any risks, no matter how remote or S.A., a multibillion-dollar Argentine energy impossible they may seem, the price of that is not simply failure it is possible conglomerate generating annual profits of destruction of your business. $350MM. 20 W. 87th Street, Apt. 3B New York, NY 10024 (917) 544-7521 mfoxrabinovitz@gmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/michaelfoxrabinovitz