Shane Canavan
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
Finance Expert
London, United Kingdom
Toptal member since May 11, 2022
Shane is an experienced financial service professional. He has worked extensively with investors in creating innovative debt and financial risk management solutions that mitigate against adverse impact on the capital structure. Shane enjoys the diversity of work that freelancing allows, particularly the opportunity to partner with entrepreneurial management teams looking to create sustainable value.
Career Highlights
Education Highlights
Certification Highlights
Case Studies
Interest Rate Hedging Considerations
Negative Interest Rates
Pre-hedging Interest Rate Risk
Foreign Exchange Risk Considerations
Expertise
- Commercial Real Estate Finance (CREF)
- Cost of Debt
- Derivative Pricing
- Derivatives
- Economics
- Financial Risk Management
- Forex Analysis
- Interest Rate Risk
Work Experience
Director
Chatham Financial
- Integrated two global financial risk and capital market advisory teams after a merger that oversaw over $70 billion of debt and derivative activity annually.
- Novated and integrated hundreds of global relationships post-acquisition in a manner that demonstrated the additional value that the merger would create for clients.
- Gained expertise in pricing, structuring, and trading proper interest rate, foreign exchange, and inflation derivative products, including legal (ISDA), regulatory (EMIR, MiFID, Dodd-Frank), accounting, credit, and liquidity (CSA) considerations.
- Developed the market-leading proprietary debt and financial derivative management technology.
Director
JCRA | Part of Chatham Financial
- Undertook a private equity sponsored management buyout (MBO) of a global financial service firm as part of a senior management team. Oversaw introducing and executing many strategic initiatives that underpinned our high-growth strategy.
- Led a highly skilled team of financial professionals that oversaw advising a global client base of private equity, real estate, and credit investors on complimentary debt and financial derivative solutions.
- Performed global business development responsibilities that consistently delivered double-digit annual revenue growth across a diversified range of asset classes by effectively communicating value-add solutions tailored to individual needs.
- Applied expertise in pricing, structuring, and trading complex interest rates, foreign exchange, and inflation derivative products, including legal (ISDA), regulatory (EMIR, MiFID, Dodd-Frank), accounting, credit (XVA), and liquidity considerations.
- Conducted innovative hedging financial risk strategies across both the balance sheet and income statement in a manner complementary to investment returns.
- Acted as a trusted advisor to entrepreneurial management teams and investors on appropriate debt structures, counterparties, and pricing. Negotiated commercial terms with counterparties that were complimentary to investment requirements.
Education
Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA)
London Business School - London, United Kingdom
Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA) and Finance
Columbia Business School - New York, United States
Bachelor's Degree in Economics
London School of Economics and Political Science - London, United Kingdom
Certifications
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
CFA Institute
Skills
Finance
Debt, Private Equity, Private Credit, Derivative Pricing, Interest Rate Risk, Interest Rate Swaps, Cost of Debt, Bank Covenants, Risk, Cross-currency Swaps, Forecasting, DCF Valuation, Accounting, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Valuation, Portfolio Analysis, Asset Valuation, Cross-border M&A
Output Software
Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel
Data & Analysis Software
Financial Data
Other
Leadership, Commercial Real Estate Finance (CREF), Trading, Economic Analysis, Financial Risk Management, Derivatives, Economics, Forex Analysis, Foreign Currency, Leveraged Buyout (LBO), Strategy, Organizational Design, Operations, Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), Bloomberg Terminal, Management, Distressed Assets, Econometrics, Finance
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