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Elena Vasquez
Vice President, Risk & Compliance
elena.vasquez@email.com +44 7733 114 298 London, United Kingdom linkedin.com/in/elenavasquez-risk
Licences & Certifications
FRM Part I & II — GARP, 2020 FCA Approved Person (SMF16 — Compliance Oversight) — FCA, 2022 Certificate in Regulatory Compliance — ICA, 2019 Basel III/IV Internal Capital Adequacy (ICAAP) Practitioner — RiskMinds, 2023
Professional Summary

Senior risk and compliance professional with 7 years of experience at HSBC, specialising in market risk, regulatory capital, and prudential compliance across trading book and banking book activities. Reduced VaR breach frequency by 62% through redesigned limit framework and enhanced real-time monitoring. Deep knowledge of Basel III/IV implementation, FRTB, and FCA conduct regulation. Skilled at translating complex regulatory change into executable operational programmes.

Key Risk & Compliance Achievements
−62% VaR breach frequency after limit redesign, 2024
£0 fines Regulatory findings under direct remit, 5 yrs
FRTB SA Led desk-level IMA/SA readiness programme, 2025
18 policies Rewritten or authored under Basel IV transition
Experience
Vice President — Market Risk & Regulatory Capital Feb 2022 – Present
HSBC Global Banking & Markets, London
  • Owned the VaR and SVaR limit framework for the Rates and FX trading desks; redesigned breach escalation protocols that reduced breach frequency by 62% year-on-year.
  • Led HSBC UK's FRTB Standardised Approach readiness workstream — coordinating risk, technology, and finance teams across 4 countries to meet PRA timelines.
  • Authored 18 risk policies and procedures under Basel IV transition; presented final drafts to Group CRO and Board Risk Committee.
  • Managed team of 4 risk analysts; responsible for performance reviews, development plans, and daily oversight of reporting deliverables.
  • Acted as SME for 3 PRA supervisory information requests; all submissions made on time and without material follow-up queries.
Associate — Prudential Risk & Capital Mar 2020 – Jan 2022
HSBC Global Banking & Markets, London
  • Produced daily regulatory capital (RWA) reporting for the Markets division; identified and corrected a £420m RWA misclassification in the SA-CCR counterparty calculation.
  • Supported ICAAP stress testing cycle; built the market risk stress module in Excel/VBA covering 6 historical scenarios.
  • Represented the risk function in 3 cross-functional Basel III CRR2 implementation working groups.
Risk Analyst — Traded Risk Sep 2018 – Feb 2020
HSBC Global Banking & Markets, London
  • Produced daily P&L attribution and VaR reports for the Rates desk; investigated and resolved 15+ P&L explain variances in first year.
  • Automated month-end reporting suite using Excel VBA, reducing manual effort by 8 hours per cycle.
  • Completed GARP FRM Part I & II while in role; awarded internal risk scholarship.
Risk & Compliance Graduate Trainee Sep 2017 – Aug 2018
HSBC Holdings, London
  • Completed 12-month rotational graduate programme across market risk, compliance monitoring, and operational risk teams.
  • Awarded "Best Graduate Project" for conduct risk dashboard built in Power BI, deployed to 3 business lines.
Technical Skills
  • Market risk (VaR, SVaR, ES, stress testing)
  • Regulatory capital (Basel III/IV, CRR2, FRTB)
  • Murex (trade capture, risk ladder reporting)
  • Excel VBA (advanced — automated reporting)
  • Python (basic — risk data analytics)
  • Power BI (dashboard design)
  • Bloomberg Terminal
  • SA-CCR / IMM counterparty credit risk
  • FCA conduct regulation (MAR, SYSC, COBS)
Education
MSc Finance (Distinction) Sep 2016 – Sep 2017
City, University of London (Bayes Business School)
Licenciatura en Administración y Dirección de Empresas (equivalent: BSc Business) Sep 2011 – Jun 2016
Universidad Complutense de Madrid — Specialisation: Finance & Accounting, GPA 9.1/10