Ahmed Kachenoura

Ahmed Kachenoura is Head of Global Equities at RBC Capital Markets. In this role, Ahmed has global oversight of all aspects of client coverage for traditional cash equities and equity derivatives including sales and trading, origination, new issue distribution, risk management and research, as well as electronic trading. He is a member of both the RBC Capital Markets Operating Committee and the U.S. Operating Committee.

Ahmed joined RBC Capital Markets in August 2012 as Head of EMEA Trading based in London. In August 2013, he moved to New York to become Head of Trading for GELP Americas and Local Head of the U.S. business before being promoted to Head of Global Equity-Linked Products. In 2018, he was appointed Co-Head of Global Equities. Ahmed has a proven track record in building and managing businesses and has held various senior roles over the past two decades within Equity Derivatives in trading, sales, research and risk management.

Ahmed is actively engaged in promoting culture and diversity and in giving back to the community. He is a member of the RBC U.S. Diversity Leadership Committee. Ahmed is actively involved in supporting RBC’s charities and has participated in RBC events for the Ronald McDonald House New York, including Skate with the Greats. He has also been a huge supporter of RBC Race for the Kids, where he has served as a team co-captain.

Ahmed holds an engineering degree from Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Economique (ENSAE), and a Masters from Paris IX-Dauphine University in Cognitive Science. Prior to joining RBC, he spent 17 years at Credit Agricole CIB where he started his career as a Quant and held several Front Office leadership positions in Equity Derivatives.