George Handjinicolaou is Deputy CEO of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), and also Regional Head of EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa).  George's extensive involvement with all aspects of derivatives markets dates back to the early 80's and during his long career he has covered most of their dimensions.  

Before joining ISDA, George was the founding member and managing partner of Etolian Capital Management, LLC, a proprietary trading and investment advisory firm.  From 2002 to 2005 George was also the founding partner of Etolian Capital Group, LP, a market-neutral biased, relative value hedge fund specializing in credit and capital structure arbitrage.   Prior to forming Etolian Capital, Mr. Handjinicolaou was Managing Director at Merrill Lynch with responsibility for the Global Fixed Income Emerging Markets business (2000-2002), while from 1998 to 2000, he was Executive Vice President and Head of Fixed Income for the Americas at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson with responsibility for all of the firm's fixed income activities in the Americas. From 1986 to 1998, George was involved with the fixed income derivatives trading in a variety of functions, including Head of Global Swaps Group at Security Pacific/Bank of America, and Head of Fixed Income Derivatives for the Americas at UBS.   In the early eighties (1983 to 1986), and for a brief period in the nineties (1994-1995), he was with the World Bank Group, including serving as the Treasurer of the IFC.

Over the years, Mr. Handjinicolaou has been an active member of the financial community, has served on the Board of Directors of ISDA and Brokertek, and on the Advisory Boards of Polytechnic University, and the International Association of Financial Engineers (IAFE). He has also taught at N.Y.U. and Baruch College and has published several articles. He holds a BA in Economics from Athens University, and MBA and Ph.D degrees from NYU.