Babak Abrar
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MD - Head of Distribution - France, Geneva, Monaco & Israel at Natixis Investment Managers
Lausanne, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
> Leading a team of 12 sales and 7 supports covering Wholesale & Retail intermediaries in France, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, Monaco and Israel
-> 17 years’ experience in the financial industry with 12 years of relationship-building across the Swiss, French and Monegasque Financial Intermediaries (wholesale, retail and institutional)
-> Directly responsible for the firm’s institutional investors (pension funds and consultants), private banks and family offices in the French-speaking part of Switzerland.
-> Former “Solution Provider” Sales… until I discovered I was actually a CHALLENGER Sales
-> Expertise across long only and alternative (liquid and illiquid) investment management processes
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Natixis Investment ManagersCompany NameNatixis Investment Managers
Total Duration10 yrs 7 mos
TitleMD - Head of Distribution - France, Geneva, Monaco & IsraelDates EmployedMar 2016 – Present
Employment Duration2 yrs 7 mos
LocationGeneva Area, Switzerland
TitleSVP - Head of Wholesale France, Geneva, Monaco & Israel
Dates EmployedMar 2014 – PresentEmployment Duration4 yrs 7 mos
Location Geneva & ParisTitleSVP - Sales Manager - Switzerland & IsraelDates EmployedOct 2013 – PresentEmployment Duration5 yrs
LocationGeneva Area, Switzerland
TitleSVP - Sales Manager - Switzerland
Dates EmployedMar 2013 – Present
Employment Duration5 yrs 7 mos
LocationGeneva
TitleVP - Sales Manager - SwitzerlandDates EmployedMar 2008 – Present
Employment Duration10 yrs 7 mos
LocationGeneva Area, Switzerland
Establishment in 2008 the Swiss office of the distribution arm of Natixis Global Asset Management, one of the largest asset management companies in the world with more than 20 investment managers in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & CieAVP - Institutional Client
Company Name Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie
Dates Employed2005 – Feb 2008Employment Duration3 yrs
LocationGeneva Area, Switzerland
European Marketing Coordinator of the AM marketing services of LODH offices ie in Netherlands and in France. Junior Sales of institutional clients based in the French speaking-part area of Switzerland. Fixed income requests for proposal (RFP) specialist for institutional clients and financial intermediaries. Co-writer (together with the fixed income specialist) of the quarterly revi... See more
JP MorganFinancial Legal Entity Analyst - Internship
Company NameJP Morgan
Dates Employed2004 – 2005
Employment Duration1 yr
Preparation of the Financial Management Reports (monthly) and Financial Board of Directors Reports (quarterly). Creation of a monitoring tool in order to process and reconcile Inter-entities accounts' payables and receivables. Monitoring of the daily variance of the banks' P&L and Balance Sheet and investigate/resolve any issue. Assist the team in the monthly transmission of t... See more
Nestlé SuisseMarketing and Sales Analyst - Internship
Company Name Nestlé Suisse
Dates Employed2003 – 2004
Employment Duration1 yr
Development of the new price strategy for all the products of the chocolate division through consumer behavior analyses, demand elasticity determination, historical analyses. Creation of a price monitoring tool and development of the demand forecasting tool through a multivariate regression tool. Extensive work in project development and management.
Education
HEC Lausanne - School of Business
HEC Lausanne - School of Business
Degree NameMaster of Science in Business and Management Field Of StudyMajor in Finance and Marketing
Dates attended or expected graduation 1999 – 2004
Iowa State University
Iowa State University
Field Of StudyAdvertising