Awards 2009: Judges
THE TECHNICAL ANALYST
AWARDS 2009
Sheraton Park Lane, London W1 - 12 March 2009
**The Awards 2009 is now closed.
Details for the Awards 2010 will be available soon.**
 Emmanuel Acar - Founder and Director, Directional TradingEmmanuel Acar is the director of Directional Trading Limited. He worked for almost sixteen years in FX dealing rooms. At Bank of America, he headed the London Risk Management Advisory desk. Prior to this, Emmanuel worked at Citibank within the FX Engineering Group. He was a proprietary trader and portfolio manager for close to ten years at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, BZW and BNP's London Branch. Emmanuel has a PhD from City University and has been active in the development of proprietary trading models since 1990. |
 Rob Brand - Head of DPM Equity, ABN AMRORob Brand, Vice President at ABN AMRO, holds a Masters degree in Financial Business Economics from the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Rob is a chartholder of the Financial Risk Management certificate (FRM) at the Global Association of Risk Professionals and chartholder of the Chartered Market Technicial certificate (CMT) at the Market Technician's Association. Rob has direct responsibility for stock selection and sector allocation at ABN AMRO Discretionary Portfolio Management and is leading a team of portfolio managers. |
 Matthew Clements - Editor, The Technical AnalystMatthew Clements is editor of the Technical Analyst magazine. Previously he worked in the City for Prebon Yamane where he was head of market research, publishing fundamental and technical analysis to the firm’s clients. He holds a BSc and MSc in Economics from the University of London and is a member of the Society of Technical Analysts (MSTA). |
 Buff Dormeier - First Vice President, Wachovia SecuritiesBuff Dormeier is PIM Portfolio Manager and First Vice President Investments at Wachovia Securities. Prior to joining Wachovia Securities in 2006, Buff worked with Charles Schwab (where he was responsible for setting-up their Technical Analysis Team) and PaineWebber. In 2007, Buff received the Charles Dow Award, which recognizes research papers that break new ground or make innovative use of established techniques in the field of technical analysis. |
 Tom Dorsey - Principal and Founder, Dorsey, Wright & AssociatesThomas J. Dorsey has extensive experience in the equity markets, particularly in the field of risk management. He is the author of numerous books on the Point & Figure methodology and appears regularly on Bloomberg Television, CNBC and Fox News. He has a degree in Business Administration and Economics from Virginia Commonwealth University. |
|
 Robin Griffiths - Director, Cazenove Capital ManagementRobin Griffiths joined Cazenove Capital Management in early 2008, prior to which he was head of asset allocation and technical research at private wealth management company, Rathbones, in London. Robin was previously with HSBC Investment Bank and is one of the global financial markets best known and most respected technical analysts. |
 Rami Habib - The Kyte GroupComing soon... |
 Avi Hooper - Fund Manager, Blackfriars Asset ManagementAvi Hooper is emerging market debt fund manager at Blackfriars Asset Management (until recently called WestLB Mellon Asset Management) in London. Avi advises on technical analysis across multiple asset classes including emerging market equities, fixed income, commodities and currencies. |
 Julian McCree - Erste BankJulian McCree, a graduate in Business Finance, has been a proprietary trader for over 15 years trading in interest rate, foreign exchange and commodity markets. He has spent time working for HSBC, Fuji, Citibank and a private commodity trading company, Manro Haydan, before taking up the position of Senior Proprietary Trader at Erste Bank in London where he has worked for the last three years. |
 Trevor Neil - BetagroupTrevor Neil became a commodities trader at Merrill Lynch in the mid 1970’s before going on to work at LIFFE giving technical analysis support to floor traders. In 2000 he became head of technical analysis at Bloomberg where he was responsible for training and technical analysis software development. He is principal trainer for the Technical Analyst. |
 Rashpal Sohan - RathbonesRashpal Sohan graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science with a first class degree in Actuarial Science. He joined Rathbone Brothers Plc in 2005 as an asset allocation analyst working with Robin Griffiths, the head of asset allocation. He specialises in the use of quantitative techniques in the analysis of global markets, with particular emphasis on building models for system trading and investment purposes. |
 Alex Spiroglou - FUTEX GroupAlex Spiroglou is a Cross Asset proprietary trader at the FUTEX Group, He is also a Director & Partner for FUTEX Investment & Trading Academy. Mr. Spiroglou’s previous employers include a Global Macro Hedge Fund and he has held derivative trading positions within various Brokerage firms. He holds a Bsc in Banking and International Finance from Cass Business School in London, and eight professional licenses including the Diploma of Technical Analysis administered by the Australian Technical Analysts Association. |
 Jean Paul van Straalen - Senior Portfolio Manager, Fortis InvestmentsJean Paul van Straalen, holds a Masters degree in Business Economics from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Jean Paul is a chart holder of the Financial Risk Management certificate (FRM) at the Global Association of Risk Professionals and chart holder of the Chartered Market Technicial certificate (CMT) at the Market Technician's Association. Jean Paul is co-responsible for managing the Global Equity Value Fund based on quantitative stock selection and providing quantitative based solutions for analysts and portfolio managers. |
Nicole Elliott - Senior FX Technical Strategist, Mizuho Corporate BankAwards 2009
