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J. Patrick Mead

Wayland,MA

Summary

Investment professional looking to leverage background in investment management and trading along with formal education to pursue teaching opportunities in economics. Avid consumer of both macro and micro economic analysis, research, and strategy throughout career. Demonstrated ability to apply analysis and research to successful investment and trading strategies. Strong public speaker due to requisite internal and external presentations.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Investment Officer

MFS Investment Management Company
07.2005 - 06.2025

Responsible for the primary and secondary trading for emerging markets fixed income including fx, swaps, derivatives as well as fixed income securities. Traded both hard currency and local currency mandates with assets under management of USD 18bn at peak and turnover of over 2x. Worked closely with portfolio managers and analysts to relay market technicals, relative value and idiosyncratic opportunities. Externally, developed and maintained relationships with both trading and syndicate desks along with sales and consultants. Internally, worked to enhance relationships with compliance, legal, middle office and marketing.

Senior Fixed Income Trader

Santander Investment Limited
07.2002 - 07.2005

Responsible for market making to both institutional and retail clients as well reaching budgeted net profits. Led desk in profitability as well as volume traded in final two years. Developed and maintained relationships with other sales side desks as well as Santander's branches in the Americas. Involved in trading hard currency denominated securities as well as local fx and derivatives.

Consultant

MarketAxess
06.2000 - 07.2002

worked with the team developing the electronic platform for emerging markets fixed income secondary trading. leveraged contacts from sales side and buy side to provide material input that resulted in the ultimate product achieving and maintaining dominant market share for over twenty years.

Senior Trader - Emerging Markets Fixed Income

Bank Boston Robertson Stevens
06.1997 - 03.2000

responsible for market making to institutional and retail accounts as well as meeting profitability targets. Led desk in profitability and volume for hard currency trading in last two years. maintained and furthered relationships with institutional clients as well as the banks's regional branches in latin america.

Education

Master of Arts - Economics

Boston University
Boston, MA
05-1986

Bachelor of Arts - International Relations

Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
05-1984

Skills

  • Bloomberg, Microsoft Excel, TradeWeb, FXall, FXconnect, MarketAxess, LiquidNet, TrueMid, CharlesRiver

Certification

Series 7, 63, and 24 (not active)

Languages

Spanish
Professional Working

Timeline

Investment Officer

MFS Investment Management Company
07.2005 - 06.2025

Senior Fixed Income Trader

Santander Investment Limited
07.2002 - 07.2005

Consultant

MarketAxess
06.2000 - 07.2002

Senior Trader - Emerging Markets Fixed Income

Bank Boston Robertson Stevens
06.1997 - 03.2000

Master of Arts - Economics

Boston University

Bachelor of Arts - International Relations

Syracuse University
J. Patrick Mead