Salomon Sebbag

Salomon Sebbag is a highly accomplished financial markets professional with over three decades of expertise in interest rate derivatives trading, risk management, and emerging markets strategy.

He spent 27 years at JPMorgan, rising to Managing Director and leading major trading operations in London and Istanbul. During his tenure, he played a critical role in navigating both stable and crisis periods, trading a wide range of products, including FX spot & forwards, FRAs, IRS, OIS, basis swaps, cross-currency swaps, and bonds. He later took on leadership roles managing Turkey trading operations and serving as Head of EM FX Forwards Trading for EMEA, where he guided high-performing teams and drove significant market growth. Salomon also led weekly EM risk meetings at JPMorgan, ensuring effective risk management across the firm's emerging markets activities.

His trading expertise delivered outstanding results, including a personal record of $75 million in annual revenues during his best year at JPMorgan, with minimal drawdowns over his 30-year career. After JPMorgan, Salomon joined Morgan Stanley as a Senior Trader and Advisor, contributing to the firm’s emerging markets expansion with his strategic insights and disciplined approach.

Beyond trading, Salomon is a passionate educator, currently lecturing on Financial Markets at Cambridge Business School, Université Paris-Dauphine, and ESCP, the latter ranked among the world's best Master's in Finance programs.

He holds an engineering and computer science degree from École Centrale Paris and a finance degree from Université Paris-Dauphine. As a multilingual finance leader fluent in French, English, Hebrew, Spanish, and Arabic, he brings a truly global perspective to both trading and education.

With a legacy of market leadership, strategic innovation, and knowledge-sharing, Salomon Sebbag continues to shape the future of financial markets and inspire the next generation of finance professionals.