Garrett Wilson
Mountain View,USA
Summary
Strategic finance expert within the Alphabet ecosystem with over 20 years of experience in global financial institutions. Expertise in maintaining financial consistency while architecting high-stakes customizations across diverse product areas, effectively aligning financial success with organizational goals. Proven track record in managing a $250 billion FX hedging program and executing derivatives strategies for multi-billion dollar debt issuances in various currencies. Results-oriented leader in foreign exchange, interest rate, and commodity derivatives, recognized for fostering collaborative global teams and providing strategic market insights to senior leadership.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Head of trading - FX & short-term Investments
Alphabet Inc/Google LLC
Mountain View, CA
01.2017 - Current
- Head of global team managing trading across G10 and EM for Cash-flow, Balance sheet, Net Investment
- Prepare & present Macro currency analysis on valuation, attribution, correlation, regression, technical
- Spearheaded FX framework to align hedge instrument with expected payoff on macro currency views
- M&A advisory & deal contingent hedging/structuring, post-integration absorption & team management
Director/Head of Strategy, FX/Interest Rate/Credit Derivatives
GE Capital/GE Financial Markets
Dublin, Ireland
01.2004 - 01.2016
- Price & execute electronically/manually across 100+ currencies FX spot, forward, swaps, options, NDF
- Execute strategies on acquisition/divestments to hedge exposures using forward/option structures
- Hedge G20 Debt issuance with cleared & bilateral IRS, cancellable swaps, swaptions, caps and floors
- Restructure Derivative portfolios using assignments, compression & recouponing to manage credit risks
- Structure unilateral & bilateral CSA agreements, thresholds, collateral type, minimum transfer, triggers
- Calculate & minimize portfolio VaR impact and allocate incremental FX/IR trades to optimize exposure
- Manage Strategy team performing annual reviews, goal setting, salary discussions, awards & succession
Money Market trader/Assistant Vice President
The Norinchukin Bank
New York, NY
01.2000 - 01.2004
- Arbitrage trading Eurodollar Interest Rate futures, manage liquidity & hedge delta within VaR limits
Finance, Accounting & operations department
Highfields Capital Management LLC
Boston, MA
01.1999 - 01.2000
Assistant Treasurer/Assistant Trader
Toyo Trust & Banking
New York, NY
01.1994 - 01.1999
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
University College Dublin
Dublin, IrelandSkills
- DCM across G20 and EM currencies
- Cross-currency swaps
- Interest rate swaps, caps, floors, cancellable swaps, swaptions
- Credit derivatives
- Commodity derivatives
- Global macro analysis
- Risk Management using financial derivatives
- Foreign Exchange trading & hedging
- FX-Algo trading expertise
- GEN-AI tools development
- CSA agreements
- Risk management & contingent hedging for M&A
- Emotional awareness, presentation, collaboration
- Balance sheet derivative strategy
- Technical analysis
Accomplishments
- Leader of trading & analytics staff members, across multiple timezones to deliver 24h trading coverage across FX & Interest rate derivatives hedging
- Author of quarterly FX forecasts for VP-level executives, with over 75% accuracy rate, and consistently outperforming Wall Street strategists over multi-year time horizon
- Author of FX Framework 2.0 covering Global FX markets, and forecasting current US Dollar debasement & geopolitical backdrop
- Author of Interest rate hedging framework 2026 to allow for transition from Alphabet asset based balance sheet, to liability intense one
- Achieved consistent FX results outperformance versus all metrics
- Recognized by peers, nominated and appointed to Federal Reserve board of advisors 2025
Certification
- Advanced Interest rate Derivatives course / Goldman Sachs
- Board member Federal Reserve Bank FX Committee
- Board member Alphabet EMEA Captive Insurance company
Timeline
Head of trading - FX & short-term Investments
Alphabet Inc/Google LLC
01.2017 - Current
Director/Head of Strategy, FX/Interest Rate/Credit Derivatives
GE Capital/GE Financial Markets
01.2004 - 01.2016
Money Market trader/Assistant Vice President
The Norinchukin Bank
01.2000 - 01.2004
Finance, Accounting & operations department
Highfields Capital Management LLC
01.1999 - 01.2000
Assistant Treasurer/Assistant Trader
Toyo Trust & Banking
01.1994 - 01.1999
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
University College Dublin
Best ESG solution finalist • 01/2021 Adam Smith Best Corp FX • 01/2020 Global Finance
Developed FX trading bank fee-related donation construct towards multiple ESG initiatives for underprivileged groups in US