Simon Derrick is a managing director of The Bank of New York
Mellon and is head of the bank’s Currency Strategy team. Simon established the
team over a decade ago and has been responsible for its development into one of
the pre-eminent voices in the FX markets. His views on Chinese currency policy matters
and on developments within the Euro-zone are frequently quoted in the financial
media.

Prior to heading up BNYM’s currency strategy team, Simon ran
The Bank of New York’s European FX sales team for four years. Previously, he
worked in sales and proprietary trading roles at Midland Bank (now part of HSBC),
Banque Indosuez (now part of Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank) and
Citibank. He is an honours graduate in geography from University College
London.