Zhong DONG

After trading FFA, I realise it is important to understand more about the fundamental of the derivates. Joined the company as marketing team and promoted into the chartering department to work on Supramax. Accumulated experiences about the chartering and operating vessels during the period. Also in charge of the IOS trading for both hedging purpose and speculation. Well understand the relation between physical and derivative.

Forwards Freight Agreement is financial instruments for trading in future levels of freight rates, for dry bulk carriers and tankers. I have been given tremendous responsibilities including providing report regarding last trading day, updating data on daily basis and giving technical support to the new trading strategy on the day.

2:1 awarded. This programme provided me a solid foundation on knowledge base in economics and prepared me as economists. During the three years studies, my awareness of business motivated me to 'specialise' myself to a quantitative analyst by choosing some challenging units such as econometrics and management statistics. I also chose some management unit to familiar myself with the real business world.