Nazim Mahrour

Senior FX and derivatives professional at Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking, heading the foreign exchange structuring group. Previously an option trader at Société Générale (1996-2007), covering vanilla and exotic FX options and equities structured products. École Polytechnique graduate who represented Algeria at the 1991 International Mathematical Olympiad, earning an Honourable Mention.

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• Represented Algeria at the 32nd IMO (1991, Sigtuna, Sweden), scoring 0/0/0/7/2/0 = 9 points, ranked 226th of 312 with an Honourable Mention - the mathematical ability that later carried into an options/derivatives quant career.1991
• École Polytechnique background plus 1991 IMO entry and 1996 start as SG option trader form a coherent timeline: elite French math education at ~18 in 1991, then entry into quant trading - strongly corroborates that the IMO contestant and the SG banker are the same person.2026
• Taught 'Options et produits dérivés' as a practitioner lecturer in the Master Ingénierie statistique et financière at Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas (listed as Société Générale), positioning him as a recognized derivatives specialist who teaches the subject.2024