Nic Barron

Senior derivatives documentation specialist with extensive Financial Services and Capital Markets experience supporting counterparty onboarding, trading readiness and complex OTC derivatives documentation. Extensive hands-on experience reviewing and interpreting ISDA Master Agreements, Schedules, Credit Support Annexes and associated trading documentation, coordinating documentation requirements across Legal, Trading, Credit Risk, Compliance, Operations and counterparties. Experienced in managing documentation through the end-to-end lifecycle, resolving outstanding issues, tracking dependencies and approvals, and supporting counterparties and trading businesses through to execution and operational readiness.

Brings comprehensive knowledge of structured OTC derivatives across Equity, Credit, Interest Rate and Foreign Exchange products, supported by extensive Middle Office, documentation governance and trade lifecycle experience. Proven ability to manage multiple onboarding and documentation workstreams, maintain accurate status reporting and coordinate complex dependencies across Front Office, Legal, Credit, Operations, Risk and Technology. Strong attention to detail, commercial judgement and organisational capability, with extensive experience delivering high-quality outcomes within fast-paced global investment banking environments.

EMEA Equity Derivatives Group – Structured & Exotic Trading Legal Templating Manager (Vice President) - JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - London UK

(2021-04 - 2025-10)

• Supported EMEA Structured & Exotic Equity trading businesses across the end-to-end documentation lifecycle, providing specialist support for ISDA documentation, structured products, confirmations, counterparty requirements and trading readiness.
• Partnered closely with Legal, Trading, Credit Risk, Operations and Technology to interpret and implement negotiated ISDA Master Agreement terms, Schedules and Credit Support Annexes, coordinating documentation and operational dependencies required to support transaction execution and trading readiness.
• Led process optimisation across EMEA Structured Equity confirmations, reducing outstanding documentation from over 400 to approximately 50 within six months and sustaining performance improvements for more than four years through enhanced controls, status reporting, automation and scalable documentation processes.
• Managed documentation governance, operational risk and control frameworks supporting Structured Equity documentation, including responses to internal and external audits, independent testing and monthly SOX control testing.
• Drafted, reviewed, interpreted and performed second-line quality assurance of complex OTC Equity Derivative confirmations and structured transaction documentation, ensuring alignment with negotiated legal terms, commercial intent, regulatory requirements and operational controls.
• Reviewed ISDA Master Agreements, Schedules, CSAs and associated legal documentation to identify applicable contractual terms, outstanding requirements, approvals and operational dependencies required before trading activity could proceed.
• Developed and maintained Equity Product Template Libraries, Standard Operating Procedures, documentation standards and governance controls, supporting consistent application of agreed templates, approval requirements and escalation criteria across EMEA.
• Planned and managed the annual Book of Work (BOW) for documentation automation and standardisation initiatives, defining business requirements, securing stakeholder approval, partnering with Technology teams and leading end-to-end User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and regression testing, including the implementation of AI-assisted documentation quality and language review capabilities.
• Developed MI, KPIs and workflow reporting to provide clear visibility of documentation status, outstanding actions, dependencies, escalation points and delivery timelines across documentation portfolios.
• Acted as principal EMEA documentation contact for Trading, Legal, Credit Risk and Operations, coordinating resolution of documentation comments, contractual issues and operational dependencies to support timely execution and trading readiness.
• Performed Know Your Customer (KYC) and legal agreement term reviews against ISDA Master Agreements, validating contractual eligibility, legal entity information and regulatory requirements before transaction execution.
• Managed high-volume documentation portfolios and competing contract deadlines, tracking documentation status and outstanding actions and ensuring accurate, timely completion of documentation reviews.
• Led training, mentoring, documentation reviews and offshore knowledge transfer activities, developing colleagues and promoting documentation quality, governance and operational excellence across global teams.
• Built strong cross-functional relationships with Legal, Trading, Sales, Credit Risk, Audit and Operations, successfully resolving complex documentation, governance and transaction issues.
• Coordinated documentation through the execution lifecycle, liaising with Legal, internal stakeholders and counterparties to resolve outstanding points, obtain completed documentation and ensure executed agreements were accurately recorded.

Governance, Risk and Controls (GRC) – Operational Risk Manager - NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY - Swindon UK

(2018-07 - 2020-12)

• Managed operational risk and controls across Treasury front-to-back trading and operations functions within the Finance Governance, Risk & Control team.
• Developed and enhanced the Treasury GRC risk framework through strong partnership with First- and Second-Line Risk teams and Treasury Senior Leadership.
• Maintained the Treasury operational risk and controls profile, ensuring alignment with internal policy, regulatory requirements and risk management standards.
• Produced monthly presentations and risk reporting, metrics, and incident analysis for Treasury leadership.
• Conducted risk and control assessments, executing independent testing of business processes to identify control gaps and recommend mitigation actions.
• Managed risk incidents, errors, and near misses, including root cause analysis and corrective action tracking.
• Supported horizon scanning activities and event management to proactively identify emerging operational and regulatory risks.
• Led Treasury participation in Annual Firmwide Risk Scenario Analysis exercises, including scenario preparation, workshops, impact assessments, event management, and governance approval processes.
• Acted as Treasury Business Continuity Manager, overseeing BCP updates, operational resilience planning, and scenario testing exercises.

Business Support Officer (CONSULTANT) - NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY

(2018 - 2018)

Adoption (Career) Break

(2017-02 - 2017-12)

Vice President - JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - LONDON UK

(2005-08 - 2017-02)

Governance, Oversights & Controls CIB Inter - Affiliated Services (IAS) Offshoring - JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - LONDON UK

(2015-03 - 2017-02)

• Partnered with Global Legal, Tax, Risk, Compliance and Operations teams to strengthen governance, documentation oversight and control frameworks.
• Enhanced governance and operational control standards, improving risk management, documentation transparency and regulatory compliance.
• Implemented a centralised project governance framework, reducing aged projects by 75% within three months through improved reporting, prioritisation and stakeholder engagement.

Global Operations People Agenda EMEA Networking Manager & Networking Budget Manager - JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - LONDON UK

(2009-01 - 2017-02)

• Managed a global networking budget of USD 150K annua