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Michael Bach Nielsen

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Director at Nordea Markets
📍 London Area, United Kingdom

Michael Bach Nielsen is a Director at Nordea Markets, specializing in fixed income derivatives, liability driven investments, and collateral management. He holds a Global Executive MBA from INSEAD. Colleagues have described him as an invaluable and hard-working team player, skilled at simplifying complex financial products for others.

Outside of finance, Michael has a long-standing parallel career as a Captain in the Royal Danish Air Force reserves. He serves as a Team Leader within the Helicopter Wing, responsible for training permanent staff for international missions and acting as a liaison officer during large NATO exercises.

He balances his role as a finance director with his military responsibilities as a Captain in the Royal Danish Air Force.

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Experience
28 Years
Current Role
Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
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Priorities

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Liability Hedging
A core specialty from his experience, focusing on managing risk for liability driven investment (LDI) strategies.
Derivatives Trading
Has extensive experience trading complex derivatives, including interest rate, inflation, and asset swaps, from his time at Schroders, AEGON, and Nordea.
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Career

Work history

12-2012
Director
Nordea Markets
1-1998 - 1-2019
Captain, Helicopter Wing Karup Reserves
Royal Danish Air Force
2-1996 - 12-1997
2nd Lieutenant, Mandatory Military Service
Royal Danish Air Force
6-2010 - 2-2012
Structurer, Structured Solutions Group
Schroders
11-2005 - 5-2010
Investment Dealer, Multi Asset Group
AEGON Asset Management UK (now Kames Capital)
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Education
2013 - 2014
Global Executive MBA (GEMBA)
INSEAD
1998 - 2004
MSc (cand.polit.) & BSc
Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen
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