Gail Rolland has been working as a financial markets trainer and consultant for the past fifteen years.  This follows a period of some ten years working in the markets themselves for several international banks in both London and New York.  During this time her hands-on experience covered many areas including FX and money markets, fixed income and derivatives, as well as providing an in-depth knowledge of the infrastructure of the banking and finance industry.  Before entering consultancy Gail studied for a MSc in Personnel Management and Business Administration in order to gain a solid theoretical base to add to her practical knowledge to ensure the best possible foundation for offering consultancy and training solutions within the industry.  As a consultant she has devised and presented training courses and presentations on many aspects of the financial markets to groups ranging in size from large conferences of 100 plus delegates to extremely tailored one-on-one training to meet a particular need of a market participant.  Topics she would regularly present cover the whole spectrum of financial markets through from providing an introduction to financial markets to more advanced sessions on, say, portfolio management strategy or credit derivatives and risk management, along with training for market examinations such as the ACI Dealing Certificate, Diploma and Operations Certificate in the fixed income area she works with  ICMA on both the newly launched Financial Markets Foundation Course and the IFID Certificate, for which she is the Distance Learning e-tutor.  She regularly delivers training in London, Europe, the United States and Asia which means she is able to provide a very international perspective on what is happening in the global markets today.  Her training assignments normally comprise tailored courses but she has also run public courses under the sponsorship of companies such as Risk Waters Group and Wall Street Technology and she is also a visiting lecturer on post-graduate finance courses at Reading University.

On the consultancy side she has provided management consultancy, particularly focussing on human resource management and business development, to many different organisations.  Projects have included training needs analysis, skills audit, employee deployment strategy, as well as developing training programmes with a particular emphasis on blended solution learning.  She has also worked with providers of financial training software such as Intuititon and Zoologic, providing both editorial and content development expertise, and has further been involved in the development of bespoke e-based training material for specific clients. 

Other consultancy assignments include strategic market sector analysis, and advising on the viability of location choices for establishment of both front and back office functions. 

Topics on which Rolland Consultancy regular offers training will typically include the following:

• Overview / Introductory courses such as introduction to banking, capital markets, risk management, technical analysis

• Financial market infrastructure including courses designed to illustrate how financial institutions work, how departments relate with one another, and to give participants a chance to consider the workflow of various market roles

• Capital markets, including market practice, valuation, portfolio management etc.

• Derivatives and risk management

• Credit risk and derivatives

• FX & Money, including coverage of the ACI Dealing Certificate, Diploma and Operations Certificate

• Operations and compliance

• Selling and presentation skills

• Specifically tailored graduate programmes