Etienne
Alexiou

Chief Investment Officer
Belay Capital

Etienne is co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Belay Capital. As CIO, Etienne oversees the Fund’s investment activity, and manages investment strategy and risk. Etienne began his career in banking at Deutsche Bank, Sydney in 1995. His first trading role being in the lively markets of AUD and NZD foreign exchange. In 2001 he moved to Deutsche Bank, London with primary responsibility for Japanese FX forward trading. By 2006 Etienne was responsible for FX forward trading in Europe and the emerging Eastern European markets. On his return to Deutsche Bank Australia he took on a proprietary trading role which led to his running the AUD interest rate swap derivatives business for Deutsche. He ended his employment with Deutsche Bank to take up the challenge of building a presence in AUD and NZD interest rate derivatives for Barclays Bank in 2010. After more than 15 years of Global Markets trading in foreign exchange, interest rates, commodities, credit and equities Etienne then moved on to Balance Sheet Trading at ANZ. This further broadened his market risk experience in purely non-franchise risk trading. Etienne holds a Bachelors Degree in Commerce from UNSW and Post Graduate Certificate in Applied Finance from Macquarie University.