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Frédéric Blanchi
Executive partner, Commodity Structured Trade Finance, Paris
Tel: +33 (0)1 40 41 66 70 Mob: +33 (0)6 18 75 31 90 Skype: cofarco Download vcardFrédéric founded Cofarco in April 2009 after serving as the Global Head of Metal Trade Finance at Natixis in Paris. Prior to that he was Head of Marketing, Base Metals Derivatives at Natixis Commodity Markets in London. Frederic has 20 years’ experience in corporate and investment banking and specialises in asset-based lending for the commodities industry.
Frédéric holds a […]Frédéric founded Cofarco in April 2009 after serving as the Global Head of Metal Trade Finance at Natixis in Paris. Prior to that he was Head of Marketing, Base Metals Derivatives at Natixis Commodity Markets in London. Frederic has 20 years’ experience in corporate and investment banking and specialises in asset-based lending for the commodities industry.
Frédéric holds a degree in banking, finance, and insurance from the University of Paris Dauphine. He has arranged a number of landmark commodity finance transactions and insurance policies throughout his career, spanning a large spectrum of clients and types of risks. -
Mircea joined Cofarco as a Commodity Finance Analyst in April 2011. He helps assess, place, manage, and monitor Cofarco’s finance and insurance transactions. Prior to joining Cofarco, Mircea obtained an MBA from the MIT Sloan-Fudan University International MBA programme and spent a year in China setting up an academic competitive cluster for France’s Rhône-Alpes region. He holds a […]Mircea joined Cofarco as a Commodity Finance Analyst in April 2011. He helps assess, place, manage, and monitor Cofarco’s finance and insurance transactions. Prior to joining Cofarco, Mircea obtained an MBA from the MIT Sloan-Fudan University International MBA programme and spent a year in China setting up an academic competitive cluster for France’s Rhône-Alpes region. He holds a Master’s in Management with a major in Corporate Finance from Grenoble Ecole de Management.
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Emmanuelle Biehler-Marghieri
Director, Paris
Tel: +33 (0)1 40 41 66 72 Mob: +33 (0)6 26 68 15 08 Download vcardEmmanuelle joined Cofarco in April 2023 as Director of the Paris office. Prior to joining Cofarco, Emmanuelle was Head of the Political Risk Department at DIOT SIACI. Emmanuelle has developed expertise in advising clients and prospects on how to protect their business by optimising the best available solutions for transferring risks associated with political risk insurance, including […]Emmanuelle joined Cofarco in April 2023 as Director of the Paris office. Prior to joining Cofarco, Emmanuelle was Head of the Political Risk Department at DIOT SIACI. Emmanuelle has developed expertise in advising clients and prospects on how to protect their business by optimising the best available solutions for transferring risks associated with political risk insurance, including political violence and war.
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Lucy Drummond-Brady
Vice President, Head of London
Tel: +44 (0) 203 743 3879 Mob: +44 (0) 7493 131 725 Download vcardLucy joined Cofarco in December 2019 after over eight years of broking and advisory experience in the Structured Credit and Political Risk market for JLT with a particular expertise in arranging credit and political risk solutions for financial institutions.
Lucy joined Cofarco in December 2019 after over eight years of broking and advisory experience in the Structured Credit and Political Risk market for JLT with a particular expertise in arranging credit and political risk solutions for financial institutions.
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Outmane Farhour
Relationship Manager, Geneva
Tel: +41 (0) 22 575 60 65 Mob: +41 (0) 78 410 86 03 Download vcardOutmane joined Cofarco in December 2018 as a Relationship Manager in Commodity Finance. He is in charge of developing, placing and managing Commodity Structured Trade Finance deals and Credit Insurance transactions for Cofarco’s Swiss branch. Prior to joining the team, Outmane worked for JP Morgan as an Analyst in Switzerland within the Private Banking division, Corporate Action […]Outmane joined Cofarco in December 2018 as a Relationship Manager in Commodity Finance. He is in charge of developing, placing and managing Commodity Structured Trade Finance deals and Credit Insurance transactions for Cofarco’s Swiss branch. Prior to joining the team, Outmane worked for JP Morgan as an Analyst in Switzerland within the Private Banking division, Corporate Action department. Additionally, he had previous experience in Risk Management and Financial Analysis within various international companies. He holds a Master’s degree in Management with a major in Corporate Finance from Grenoble Ecole de Management and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Grenoble.
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Axel Swiderski
Trade Credit & Political Risk Insurance Broker, London
Tel: +33 (0)1 40 41 66 75 Download vcardAxel helps assess, place, manage and monitor the company’s finance and insurance transactions. He completed two 6-months internships in 2017, at BNP Paribas as a structured products sales in Paris and Singapore. In 2018, Axel obtained a Master’s degree in corporate finance and banking from EDHEC Business School. He further completed a 6-months internship at Cofarco before joining the […]Axel helps assess, place, manage and monitor the company’s finance and insurance transactions. He completed two 6-months internships in 2017, at BNP Paribas as a structured products sales in Paris and Singapore. In 2018, Axel obtained a Master’s degree in corporate finance and banking from EDHEC Business School. He further completed a 6-months internship at Cofarco before joining the team permanently as a Commodity Finance Analyst in January 2019. -
Strong of 18 years at Société Générale in Commodity Finance, of which 9 as head/deputy head of Trade Commodity Finance for the Asia-Pacific region, Damien has an extensive knowledge of the trading and banking industry in Asia. Based in Singapore, Damien will ensure a day-to-day contact with the Company. He graduated from ESLSCA in Paris.
Strong of 18 years at Société Générale in Commodity Finance, of which 9 as head/deputy head of Trade Commodity Finance for the Asia-Pacific region, Damien has an extensive knowledge of the trading and banking industry in Asia. Based in Singapore, Damien will ensure a day-to-day contact with the Company. He graduated from ESLSCA in Paris.
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Véronique Herguido Lafargue
Compliance, Paris
Tel: +33 (0)1 46 83 90 31 Mob: +33 (0) 7 86 12 58 29 Download vcardVéronique started working as compliance officer for Cofarco in September 2015 and more recently took on the responsibility of General Secretary for the firm. Prior to that Véronique spent 16 years at Archon in Paris, an investment firm part of the Goldman Sachs Group, for which she acted as compliance officer until October 2013.
She also acts as the General Secretary for ACIFTE a […]Véronique started working as compliance officer for Cofarco in September 2015 and more recently took on the responsibility of General Secretary for the firm. Prior to that Véronique spent 16 years at Archon in Paris, an investment firm part of the Goldman Sachs Group, for which she acted as compliance officer until October 2013.
She also acts as the General Secretary for ACIFTE a French professional association of Financial Advisors regulated by the AMF.
Véronique graduated from Bordeaux Montesquieu University with a Master Degree in law.
