Team
Susan Stanworth
Susan started working in Financial Markets in 1991, as a Fixed Income Sales for Swiss Bank. She later joined Deutsche Bank in Amsterdam and after a few years moved to New Zealand, where she worked for Deutsche Bank in Auckland, New Zealand.
After returning to the Netherlands in the year 2000, she got the opportunity to start a new career as a Treasury Specialist with ING Bank Amsterdam where she advised both professional and retail clients in hedging their currency and interest rate risk. Since then she also worked for ICC Consultants and finally Rabobank Rotterdam, advising and supporting entrepreneurs in how to hedge their currency, interest rate and commodity risks.
In 2020, she decided to dedicate herself to giving training courses about what she calls 'the most interesting sector in the economy' the Financial Markets.
Lex van der Wielen
Lex worked with ABN AMRO Bank on the Asset and Liability Management department and as Commercial Paper Broker. Then he joined ING Bank as Head of a Treasury Desk. He also worked for the Dutch State Treasury Agency where he was responsible for setting up a market risk management department.
In 2006 he has founded the Financial Markets Academy. since 2014 he is also associated with the University of Amsterdam.
Lex is the author of a number of text books in the area of the financial markets. His books differ from other books by the clear and simple way in which they describe the sometimes difficult concepts. He is a passionate teacher and strives to share his enthusiasm with his students.