Samia Ech-chahbe

Trade finance specialist

Experienced Trade Finance Professional with a history of originating, structuring, executing transactions for Global Commodity and Oil & Gas traders. Skilled in Trade Finance Sales, Structuring, Contract Vetting, Insurance Vetting, and Liquidity Management. Strong knowledge of commodity trading, and structuring Trade transactions backed by Technical Education from ISIFA Paris, and a Master in Management from Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de La Rochelle.

11 years’ specialist Trade and Commodity finance experience across major International Oil Traders and Financial Institutions.

Certified Documentary Credit Specialist (CDCS®) since May 2014.

Detailed knowledge of credit and collection policies, practices, and procedures. (UCP 600, ISBP 2013, ISP 98, URR

725)

Extensive experience of handling trade documents involved in Export/Import Finance, Guarantees, Pre-shipment and

Post-shipment finance.

Thorough end to end understanding of Conventional Trade Finance and Structured Trade Finance ("STF"), and

handling of

Deep understanding of the international and GCC landscape of State Oil Companies, Oil Traders, End Users.

Fluent in English (TOEIC 850) and French.

Master degree in Business and Management, specialty: Purchasing/Logistics

Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de La Rochelle

▪ Master Degree in Business and Management

France

Oct 2012