Francesca Taylor

Francesca Taylor has been a major player in the international derivatives markets for over 25 years and has recently relocated to Dubai, UAE. Francesca is also the founder and ex-CEO of Taylor Associates (International) Ltd, a financial training company based in London, which provides training and education to a range of financial and non-financial organisations. She has extensive experience in the derivatives clearing and OTC post trade space working with key market providers of...See more

Francesca Taylor has been a major player in the international derivatives markets for over 25 years and has recently relocated to Dubai, UAE. Francesca is also the founder and ex-CEO of Taylor Associates (International) Ltd, a financial training company based in London, which provides training and education to a range of financial and non-financial organisations. She has extensive experience in the derivatives clearing and OTC post trade space working with key market providers of infrastructure services, notably Capco, CLS, DTCC, Deriv/SERV, Markit and Omgeo, both in the UK and North America. She has worked with CME and Bloomberg in NYC and ICE in Chicago to create TV and web based tutorials in traded options and future markets. Francesca has a BSc (Hons) in geology from London University, an MBA from Imperial College and an AMCT from the Association of Corporate Treasurers. Francesca is the author of the bestselling Market Know How: Finance and Markets and Mastering Exchange and Currency Options , 2nd edition, also published by FT Prentice Hall. A range of expert practitioners have also contributed chapters outlining their thoughts and views on the finance markets in their specialist areas: Penny Davenport and Gavin Nolan, Markit "Benchmarking in the OTC derivatives markets" Bill Hodgson, The OTC Space "When worlds collide, central clearing and the OTC market" Emilie Mazzacurati, Point Carbon "Carbon derivatives and environmental products" Ray McKenzie, ICE "The impact of electronic trading on the FX market" Eric Salomons, DFSA "Regulations in the derivatives markets" See less