24, rue du Cherche-Midi 75006 Paris, France
BENJAMIN KIEFFER
Cell Phone : +33 6 60 67 24 98
[email protected]
Date of Birth: 06 January 1982 Nationality: French
Financial Engineer - Ecole Polytechnique & Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
FORMATION 2004 - 2005
2001 - 2004
1999 - 2001 1999
Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. France. Graduate engineering programme. Economics & management department, financial engineering specialization. Civil servant, member of the “Corps des Ponts” (engineering corps of the French administration) Ecole Polytechnique. Master’s degree in France’s top university for the sciences. Applied Mathematics, Economy, Computer Science and Mechanics. Major in Engineering Sciences, Simulation and Modelling. Advanced preparatory classes for the entrance examinations to the French Grandes Ecoles (Mathematics and Physics). [France] Baccalauréat (“A” levels) in sciences with very high honors. [France]
WORK EXPERIENCE Feb. 2007 - today
BNP Paribas – Equity & Derivatives, Paris. Associate. Global Structuring Group. Mutual Funds, Multi-Assets and Emerging Markets Structured Products. Research on new payoffs and underlyings. First Finance – Financial Training, Paris. Consulting expert practitioner in charge of the training course “Structured Equity Products: Structuring & Main Uses” (Advanced Level).
July 2006 - Mar. 2007
BNP Paribas – Equity & Derivatives, Paris. Analyst. Mutual Funds Structuring.. Capital guaranteed products, options on dynamic baskets, portable alpha structures, etc.
Jan 2006 - July 2006
Natexis Banques Populaires, Paris. Intern: Exotic interest rate derivatives desk. Quantitative research. Main field of research: transition densities for several diffusion models in the Markov-Functional framework. Application to the hedging of bermudan swaptions.
Jul. 2005 - Dec. 2005
Deloitte Capital Markets, Paris. Intern. Auditing services for financial institutions. Research on hedging strategies with transaction costs for equity options.
April 2004 - July 2004 Sept. 2001 - April 2002
Imperial College, London. Cranial flow and arterial wave intensity: analysis of data from the cerebral circulation on patients, modeling and simulations. Best Undergraduate Thesis of the Year. French Air Force. Leadership training as a cadet officer in the Special Forces (8 months)
SPECIAL SKILLS Languages
English: fluent. German: intermediate level [ “Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung”]. Italian: basic knowledge
Computer skills VBA, C++, Java, Caml, Scilab, Matlab, Latex, Html, MS Office, Reuters, Bloomberg.
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 2003 - 2004
Member of the Ecole Polytechnique’s Board of Students.
Athletics
Marathon (personal best 2h55), Ultra Running (100km, The North Face Ultra-Trail du MontBlanc), Triathlon (Ironman finisher).
Aerial Sports
Skydiving (500 jumps), Paragliding.