Kia Oboudiyat is the Head of Global Foreign Exchange Sales for Asia Pacific at Northern Trust. His role includes managing existing, and developing new FX relationships, targeting the growth of both custody and third-party FX solutions, direct dealing and FX Algos to institutional clients.
Kia joined Northern Trust in Chicago in 2014 and relocated to Sydney in 2016. Kia has over 15 years’ experience across capital markets and Investment Operations.
Prior to joining Northern Trust, Kia worked in Sydney, New York and Miami for Macquarie, holding various product and business development positions in the institutional brokerage, equity arbitrage and credit trading businesses with a focus on FX and emerging markets.
Kia holds a Bachelor's degree in Finance together with a Bachelor's of Law from Macquarie University. flow. Kia is responsible for promoting the full suite of FX products including passive and dynamic hedging, outsourced