Phil Simons Phil Simons, Global Head Fixed Income Sales – Derivatives, Funding & Financing at Eurex. Philip has 30 years experience in the financial industry where he started life as a swaps trader before moving in to the clearing world, initially heading up the clearing business at UBS followed by Cargill. Philip later moved into the custody and collateral management space at J.P. Morgan before joining Deutsche Börse Group. Philip initially joined as head of the Clearing Sales and Relationship Management Section and is now Global Head of Fixed Income Sales for the Trading & Clearing of Derivatives, Repo and securities Lending products at Eurex, Eurex Repo and Eurex Clearing. Philip is responsible for building strong relationships with clients, attracting new trading and clearing members as well as the development and promotion of new products and services.