Stephen Wakefield

• Assisted in complex deal reviewing for Resets and Refinancing of CLOs, optimising profitability.
• Managed high volume transactions for improved client service.
• Drove sales growth by cultivating strong client relationships.

• Corporate Trust – Front office – Debt Capital Markets
• Increased Revenue on the Repack Desk from circa £200K a month to over £2M.
• Expert in the SWIFT Payments system.
• Expert in reading/documentation review for Legal and Operational liabilities and Risks.
• Business acknowledged SME (Subject Matter Expert) and Primary Trainer in a team of 12 and larger team of 25 – on Repack, Standalone Bonds, Custody and Liability Management Events.
• Also worked on Escrow, Account Bank, Pledged Custody and Structured Transacions.
• Expert on Settling of Bonds in the Debt Capital Markets in Europe and for any subsequent Corporate Actions.
• Escalation point for Client Service Managers in London.
• Escalation point from Operations Departments in Malaysia and India for Settlement of Bonds and documentation Queries.
• Increased Revenue on the Repack Desk from circa £200K a month to over £2M.

• Trust and Agency Services – Front office – Capital Markets
• Account Manger for 45+ clients predominatley the Netherlands but also Africa and South East Asia for institutional investors, banks, insurance companies, governments and multinational corporations.
• Negotiation and execution of Custody Agreements and the input and verification of settlement of Bonds into Custody Accounts.
• Review, negotiation and execution of capital market documentation including Agency Agreements, Indentures, Trust Deeds, Closing memorandums and offering documents for high yield bonds, MTN programmes, ECP programmes.
• Escalation point for any settlement issues both on the syndicated settlement and non-syndicated settlement side.
• Management of OTC client settlements.
• Annual review of documentation between the clients and ourselves and review of Service Level Agreements between ourselves and different operations / branches of DB.
• Attend and participate in internal meetings to identify and propose enhancements that would have a positive impact on the client or/and the business and supporting management/sales with client meetings.

Agency and Trust – Front office – Capital Markets

• For Capital Market Issuers domiciled in Europe, North and South America, East Asia, Africa and SPVs in various locations.
• Extensive knowledge of client master Agreements including ISDA, CSA and derivative documentation - reviewing and negotiation.
• Reviewing Stand Alone Bonds including Convertible, Exchangeable, Pre-IPO, High Yield and Reinsurance/Catastrophe Bonds.
• Interact with outsourced Opertional teams including Dublin, India and Poland.
• In contact with the various stakeholders across the company including finance, operations, legal and risk.

• Corporate Trust – Front office

• Agency and Trust - Operations
• Closing Frankfurt warrants (collating documents, setting up new warrants, green lights).
• New trade verification for MTN and ECP issues & collating end of day figures.
• Exchanges (Global to Definitive form) and Funges.
• Put options (collating details of Bondholer Puts and sending swift messages to clearers).