Originally from Germany, Burkhard has 15 years of experience in structured credit and FX exotic trading at leading banks in Asia. He led Credit Solutions Trading at Commerzbank and developed EM FX exotics trading at Nomura. From 2022 to 2024, he was with Helicap Securities, last serving as its CEO before working at Citi in complex credit portfolio steering & remediation. He holds a PhD and MSc in Neuroscience from Oxford and an MBA from INSEAD.
In his free time, he enjoys reading.