Christer Helin

• Front Office role with a broad range of responsibilities mainly related to Risk Management, Liquidity Management, Cash- & Pension Fund Investments. • FX Management – Hedging cash flows for the holding company as well as for individual subsidiaries using forwards, swaps and FX structures. • Main contact point with counterparty banks. Building, negotiating and maintaining bank relationships and regularly assessing financial counterparties in order to evaluate where to direct business.

• Managerial direct line responsibility for a team of up to 20 controllers split into sub-teams in four countries and nine locations within CEMEA&I. The direct reports included managers and well as individual contributors. • Responsible for OPEX control activities for all Headquarter Functions as well as selected Sales Units, including budgeting, monthly closing, forecasting, monthly reporting, internal cost allocations and being commercial approver for all investments/headcount additions.

 Team Leadership: manage and motivate a multi-functional team of five direct reports  Drive internal finance and control processes to be compliant with internal audit requirements and SOX.  Drive initiatives to improve systems landscape, Budget (yearly) & Financial Forecast (monthly): overall coordination with 11 Market Units including; time planning, preparation of regional guidelines, consolidation, analysis  Analytics on Actuals and Forecasts

 Responsible for group's FX cash flow & balance sheet hedging activities, policies and guidelines.  Treasury reporting, forecasting, budgeting and planning of FX effects and financing costs.  Responsible for the month-end closing process for all FX related activities in accordance with hedge accounting (IAS39 and FAS133). Main contact point with external auditors.  Main contact point with counterparty banks.  Driver of process improvements related to hedging, trading platform and treasury system.

 Financial Forecast, Annual Budget, Actual Performance, Monthly Performance Reviews, Finance processes enhancements, Credit Management.  Re-engineered and led the Monthly Financial Forecast Process for Region CEEMEA. Leading and motivating Market Unit controllers through sometimes challenging and time-pressing tasks and reports.  Managed the Annual Budget process.  Credit Management Project– Developed and Rolled-out a new Credit Management Process in the CEEMEA Region and Market Units

 Traded debt instruments and interest rate structures with Nordic financial institutions consisting of leading banks, funds and insurance companies. The unit had P&L responsibility.  Generated trades through development of trading and investment ideas and presented these to clients.  Acquired new clients in the region through visits and cold calls presenting UniCredit and its products.

 Performed complex analysis and modelling on reinsurance products and the related exposures in order to maximize profit and minimize operating losses.  Made operational and strategic recommendations to senior management.  Drove and participated in business specific projects.

Drove the New Product Process for derivatives traded by the bank.