Justin Mahwikizi

Justin Mahwikizi is currently working at The Royal Bank of Scotland in Chicago where he is on the Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage team focusing on Middle Office functions. Previously, Justin was at The Private Bank and Trust Company in Chicago Illinois where he started their FX operations unit as Head of Foreign exchange Operations. Prior to Private Bank; Justin worked for UBS Investment Bank in Stamford Connecticut and for HSBC Securities both in the foreign currency exchange world. Justin graduated from Temple University's Fox School of Business in December 2005 with a double major in Finance and International Business. Born and raised in the east African country of Burundi and after a childhood of travel, Justin came to the United States at the age of 13 where he attended the prestigious High School of Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, PA. He gained a strong interest in International Business from traveling while he was young and also due to the large international body of students that Valley Forge Military Academy had. He graduated from Valley Forge in 2001 and chose to attend Temple University's Fox School of Business due to its large international student body and the fact that they had a CIBER (Center for International Business Education & Research) on campus. Justin leaned towards a double major of Finance and International business where he learned how the global business world really worked. The Fox School of Business prepared Justin for the many challenges and opportunities that lied ahead through its many programs such as its Student Professional Organizations (SPO). Justin became a member of the Financial Management Association (FMA) where he got to put in practice his leadership, networking, and organizational skills. Justin currently lives in Homewood, IL with his wife Lauren and their son Austin Theodore.