Learn to trade with ZISHI Cornerstone

Simon Hart

Head of Training, ZISHI

Simon runs ZISHI training workshops, plus consultancy and coaching projects. He has trained delegates from many of the world’s top industrial and manufacturing companies and is particularly skilled in explaining complex strategies in a simple manner. Simon was a derivatives trader for many years and his experience of risk-averse trading has been of particular value to audiences and clients around the globe.

Bill Beagles

Head of Training, ZISHI

Bill has decades of trading experience of all asset classes, including equities, fixed income and commodities. He has acted as a legal expert in a number of derivatives-related cases and is the author of ‘Equity and Index Options Explained’. When asked what he feels the biggest shift is in learning over the past 10 years, Bill says, “a move towards using a blended (digital and physical face-to-face) methodology.”

Robert Russell

Global Head of Professional Qualifications, ZISHI

With over 20 years’ experience in finance, Rob’s trading roots have seen him traverse a variety of senior roles. He went onto develop OSTC Group’s educational arm of the business and the first-ever regulated, portfolio evidenced, Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Financial Trading. Rob’s current position sees him developing new qualification programmes and overseeing relationships with Universities, Colleges, Schools and Professional Sports Governing Bodies.

Antoine Vassal

Head of Delivery, Professional Qualifications, ZISHI

Antoine’s career has seen him negotiate the world of law and trading to create a pioneering programme for a leading proprietary trading house in London. In 2018, Antoine co-founded Minerva Capital Markets, where he created the first BSc Honours Degree in Financial Trading and Investment Management and developed key partnerships in sports career transition for top athletes.

Hannah Pickard

Head of Education, ZISHI

Hannah has a wide range of experience in Futures markets, from energy to soft commodities, metals and interest rates, and focused much of her activity on world-leading exchanges including ICE, CME and EUREX. In 2018 she joined OSTC’s central knowledge suite, ZISHI. As Head of Education, Hannah supports all educational initiatives and offers hands-on support for our global network of universities

George Lake

Business Development Executive, ZISHI

As ZISHI Cornerstone’s Business Development Executive, George manages Volcube, a unique options market-making simulator that has been incorporated into many leading UK and overseas university programmes. Managing relationships with Volcube university clients, George plays a key role implementing ZISHI’s accredited trading qualifications into syllabuses worldwide.

Alki Antonopolou

Learning Designer, ZISHI

Alki has always had an innate interest in how people learn. Her main role is to design meaningful learning experiences with the learner always front and centre and using the team’s resources efficiently. Coming from an analytical background, her strength lies in the analysis stage of the learning design cycle and always having an eye on the bigger picture and all stakeholders’ needs.

Lesley Campbell

Head of Metals

Having advised financial institutions like the World Bank and London Metal Exchange, Lesley’s extensive metal market experience has particular emphasis in physical metal hedging, pricing and warehousing. She helps train new candidates in the fundamentals of trading. Through a blend of ZISHI’s educational tools and courses plus hands-on, applied learning, Lesley provides candidates with the strategies needed to find an edge.

Gengshen Yao

Chief Representative Asia Region, ZISHI

Gengshen joined OSTC in London in 2008. He became a self-backed energy trader, before moving to China as Chief Representative Asia Region of ZISHI Cornerstone in 2016. Gengshen works closely with the OSTC China trading floor in Hangzhou. He is actively developing the strategic training partnerships for ZISHI Cornerstone and coordinating training programmes for Chinese commodity exchanges, China Futures Association (CFA).