From Banking to Algorithmic Execution

HSBC & ANZ Leadership

Twelve Years in Corporate Banking

Direct oversight of regional sales divisions and wealth management pipelines, establishing strict compliance and risk protocols.

Capital Preservation

Managing high-value portfolios taught us that capital preservation is the absolute prerequisite for sustainable market participation.

A disciplined career built inside HSBC and ANZ managing large sales organizations. This institutional foundation shapes our risk-first approach to modern CFD trading systems.

A Structured Timeline

Twenty years of continuous growth across banking, brokerage operations, and regional community leadership in Southeast Asia.

2023 - 2025

Senior Market Analyst, Asia
ICM Capital

Converted leads and IB relationships into revenue across Southeast Asia; built trader communities and led regional roadshow strategy.

2019 - 2023

Head of Vietnam
ICM Capital

Set up the Vietnam business from scratch — operations, staff, compliance — and built ICM Trading Academy to grow the direct client base.

2018 - 2019

Technical Analyst & Live Streamer
Tickmill Vietnam

Built market awareness through livestreamed technical updates and offline client consultation.

2015 - 2017

Country Manager Indonesia & Freelance IB
FX Fair & FXTM

Set up FX Fair's Indonesia business from zero; built an independent IB book of ~700 funded clients across five SEA countries.

2010 - 2015

Regional PL Sales Manager
ANZ Bank Indonesia

Manage Personal Loan sales activities for East Indonesia region across 1,500 sales force

2008 - 2010

Retail Banking Branch Management
ANZ Bank Indonesia

Branch level retail banking management role to ensure given targets, requirements, and developments are all well delivered

2007 - 2008

Micro Finance Branch Manager
HSBC

Responsible for branch's end-to-end credit process in order to deliver a healthy portfolio

2003 - 2007

Assistant Manager Credit Card
HSBC

Managing all credit card sales channels: Exhibition, Direct Selling, and Tele Sales within the given budget

2001 - 2003

Early career — sales & distribution
Chevron Texaco, Astra Komponen, JDH Erindo Jaya

Reseller network management and FMCG distribution — the sales fundamentals everything after was built on.

Skill and Ability Highlights

Market entry from zero

Built two brokerage market presences (FX Fair Indonesia, ICM Vietnam) with no existing infrastructure.

Sales-force leadership

IB network design

Education-led acquisition

Bilingual field access

Regulatory & Compliance

Managed teams from 1,500 down to individual IB relationships — comfortable at either scale.

Recruits, trains, and retains retail IBs — not just direct clients.

Built trading academies and roadshow formats that convert education into funded accounts.

Basic Vietnamese and Chinese, full professional English — operates the room without a translator. Native Indonesian speaker.

12 years in regulated banking before ever touching a CFD broker's compliance obligations.

Trusted Advisor to Brokers and Trading Communities

Arnald serves as a Country Manager and Senior Market Analyst , bridging the gap between international CFD brokers and local trading networks. His seminars and educational initiatives focus on sustainable trading business models.

Through structured education, algorithmic trading systems, and rigorous risk management, he empowers Southeast Asian traders to transition from speculative retail habits to disciplined, long-term market execution.