Michel Semaan

Michel Semaan oversees clearing for both the euro and sterling repo markets. With more than 25 years of financial markets experience, Michel held leadership roles in several financial entities. Responsible for trading as well as the implementation of regulatory and legal issues. Michel had several trading and managerial roles in the market making divisions of Nomura International Plc and Crédit Agricole CIB and BBVA across products. Closely involved in securities financing trading, collateral management and risk management issues across the spectrum, including regulatory interface and oversight, liquidity policy and implementation, and industry systemic issues. Michel built and expanded business lines with core trading expertise in close liaison with sales, coverage, and other functions such as risk, compliance, legal, fiscal, and infrastructure. He represented Nomura, CACIB and BBVA at the ERCC and was elected to ICMA’s board for the year 2019. Michel is a finance graduate from Univer