James Donahue

James Donahue comes to Battea with over 20 years of experience within the financial industry. From 1996 to 2010, he served as Director of Foreign Exchange Trading within Bank of America-Merrill Lynch’s Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities Division. James’s responsibilities included market-making and proprietary risk taking in European, Asian, North American, and Emerging Market currencies throughout his tenure. The following four years, he focused his efforts on building out Westpac Institutional Bank’s, an Australian banking leader, presence within the GFX market space. His prior experience includes trading and risk management within debt markets for both BNP and J.P. Morgan. He earned a Bachelor’s degree from the Catholic University of America.