Bank of America's London-based Jonathan Moulds, President, Europe, the Middle East, Africa (EMEA) and Asia.

Moulds beat off stiff competition in the final round of voting from last year's winner Huw Jenkins (UBS Investment Bank), Yugo Ishida (Nomura International), Bill Mills (Citigroup) and Stefan Jentzsch (Dresdner Kleinwort).

In his current role, Moulds has responsibility for managing and overseeing the bank's business and support activities in EMEA and Asia. These include Global Markets, Investment Banking, Portfolio Management, Card Services, Treasury Services, Wealth Management, Principal Investing, Leasing, Business Capital and Vendor Finance. Moulds is responsible for leading the expansion of the bank's commercial and investment banking products, services and overall franchise to its issuer and investor clients in EMEA and Asia.

Joining Bank of America in 1996, Moulds was instrumental in building the bank's presence in over-the-counter derivatives markets and for the integration of the Chicago Research and Trading platform. Following the Bank of America/NationsBank merger in 1998, he was appointed Global Head of Rates Derivative Trading. In 2001 he took over management of the Global Derivatives group responsible for Fixed Income Derivatives, Commodity Derivatives and the Chicago Research and Trading platform. In 2003 he was appointed Global Head of Liquid Products with additional responsibility for Foreign Exchange, Cash Rate products and the International Treasury business. In 2005 he assumed overall responsibility for Bank of America’s International Markets business, and in early 2006 was promoted to President, EMEA and Asia.

Moulds joined the Board of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) in 1998 and was appointed Chairman in 2004. He is a member of the recently formed Global Capital Markets Board.

A strong supporter of the performing Arts, Moulds currently sits on the Board of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and also serves as Chairman of the LSO Advisory Council. He has recently been invited to join Carnegie Hall’s newly formed International Council. He is a keen collector of fine musical instruments.

Moulds received 1,378 votes from Bank of America staff in the final round of the 2006 HereIsTheCityNews 'Boss of the Year' poll - over 30% of the total staff in the region he is responsible for. The newly-crowned financial markets Boss of the Year said that 'we have made great progress this year at Bank of America, as well as some great additions to the platform. I am delighted that this has been recognised'.


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