Description

Senior Securities Financing (SFT) and Repo specialist with over 15 years of experience across Tier-1 banks and systemic clearing infrastructures, Ludovic combines deep market expertise with front-to-back transformation capability.

His expertise sits at the intersection of secured financing, liquidity management, collateral optimisation and balance sheet constraints (LCR, NSFR, leverage ratio). He brings a rare combination of trading desk execution, CCP exposure and cross-functional coordination across Front Office, Middle Office, Back Office and IT environments.

He supports financial institutions, treasury functions and market infrastructures on:

• Repo & Securities Lending platform build-outs

• Collateral, margining and clearing workflow optimisation

• Liquidity and balance sheet optimisation within ALM frameworks

• Regulatory metric integration (LCR, NSFR, RWA)

• Front-to-back transformation and system migration initiatives

Having operated both within Global Treasury functions and clearing houses, he understands the full lifecycle of Securities Financing Transactions — from execution and pricing to settlement, margining, substitutions and risk management.

He particularly focuses on high-impact initiatives where market expertise must align with operational architecture, regulatory constraints and capital efficiency.

His objective is to help institutions strengthen their secured financing infrastructure, enhance liquidity optimisation and deliver scalable, robust front-to-back processes in complex regulatory environments.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Spanish
Conversational

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km)

LCH LSEG GROUP
Senior Product Specialist – Repo, Liquidity & Collateral Management
BANKING AND INSURANCE
March 2022 - Today (4 years and 3 months)
Paris, France
Senior front-office market specialist role within a systemic European clearing house (CCP), focused on repo market development, liquidity structuring and collateral optimization.

Act as subject-matter expert on cleared repo structures and secured financing solutions for European market participants.
Engage with clearing members and institutional counterparties on funding and collateral optimization strategies.
Contribute to expansion of cleared repo balances across European jurisdictions.
Provide market intelligence on funding spreads, collateral scarcity and liquidity dynamics to internal product and sales teams.
Contribute to alignment between cleared repo execution and post-trade collateral management frameworks.

Project: Cleared Repo Product Enhancement & Lifecycle Transformation
Gathered and formalized functional requirements from clearing members and internal stakeholders
Coordinated cross-functional working groups (Risk, IT, Operations, Product)
Ensured alignment between business needs and IT implementation
Assessed impacts on margining models, collateral eligibility, substitutions and valuation processes
Contributed to functional validation and lifecycle processing enhancements
UBS
Deputy Head of Treasury – Head of Investment & Execution | Senior Repo & Securities Financing Trader
BANKING AND INSURANCE
April 2019 - March 2022 (2 years and 11 months)
Frankfurt, Germany
Senior leadership role within Group Treasury combining secured and unsecured financing, liquidity management and fixed income portfolio execution under ALM and regulatory frameworks.

Played a key role in the development and scaling of UBS’s Eurozone repo and securities financing platform post-Brexit, supporting a multi-tens-of-billions euro balance sheet within the EU regulatory environment.
Led execution across large-scale fixed income and liquidity portfolios (rates, credit, SSA, structured instruments), acting as a central execution hub for Treasury and ALM teams. Provided market intelligence on funding conditions, balance sheet optimisation and regulatory capital efficiency.
Oversaw secured and unsecured financing activities including repo, FX swaps and money market instruments, integrating collateral allocation, margining, cash positioning and ECB facilities into funding strategies. Ensured alignment with LCR, NSFR and leverage ratio constraints.
Maintained senior relationships with global dealer banks to optimise pricing, liquidity access and balance sheet capacity. Worked closely with Risk, Legal, Compliance, Operations and Technology to strengthen execution controls and infrastructure resilience.
Project: Eurozone Repo Platform Build-Out & Post-Brexit Migration
Contributed to the build-out and migration of the Eurozone repo platform within a Tier-1 treasury environment.
Coordinated Front Office, Middle Office, Back Office and IT stakeholders

Contributed to functional requirement input and workflow redesign across repo lifecycle processes
Ensured alignment between trading execution, collateral allocation, margining and settlement flows

Embedded regulatory metrics (LCR, NSFR, leverage ratio) into platform configuration and funding structures
EUREX CLEARING AG
Senior Vice President – Fixed Income & Default Portfolio Management
BANKING AND INSURANCE
December 2017 - March 2019 (1 year and 3 months)
Frankfurt, Germany
**Senior role within a systemic CCP responsible for management of defaulted fixed income and repo portfolios under stressed market conditions.

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Managed and executed the liquidation and hedging of fixed income and repo portfolios representing hundreds of billions of euros in exposure under default scenarios.
Managed liquidation and hedging of repo and cash bond exposures within CCP default management framework.
Direct exposure to margining models, collateral liquidation processes and systemic risk mitigation mechanisms.
Interfaced with clearing members and regulators in high-pressure market environments.
Project: Eurex Repo F7 Platform Upgrade & Clearing Workflow Enhancement
Contributed to the Eurex Repo F7 platform upgrade within a systemic CCP framework, supporting international clearing members.

Gathered business input from clearing members regarding functional enhancements
Coordinated with IT, Risk and Operations teams to ensure requirements were accurately translated into system changes
Assessed impacts on margining, collateral eligibility, substitutions and settlement workflows
Contributed to validation phases and implementation follow-up
Supported cross-border stakeholder communication and operational alignment