Anastasios sent a message to Christopher J. Swift – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Hartford – Email Address that said:
Dear Mr Swift,
I decided to contact you for reasons that will become obvious if my email reaches you. I am very sorry if my initiative does not find you in agreement, but in the end this might prove to be a beneficial experience, not only for me but for The Hartford as well.
Until recently I was the Director of Portfolio Capital Analytics at Santander - a global bank - but on 07/29/2016 I was let go due to a reorganization. Also during the period 10/2006 to 05/2013 I was employed by AIG where I gained a lot of Economic Capital knowledge, among other things. Also, I am a very hands-on person. But unfortunately, a year ago our family was struck with a calamity. Our daughter who had been diagnosed as suffering from Arterial Pulmonary Hypertension, was taken by God during surgery on 08/06/2015. Of course this had an effect on me and the family, but with faith and strong unity, we survived.
On 07/25/2016, I saw an opportunity posted by The Hartford - Director, Economic Capital - and was literally thrilled because given my Engineering, Banking and Insurance background and my deep understanding of risk, I believe that I could do wonders for your company. I have conducted a lot of quantitative work and am very good at explaining things to people at all levels. Just to give you an idea, back in the nineties I was a Senior Reactor Physicist, heavily involved in risks and severe accidents. A small part of my responsibilities was providing training to nuclear power plant operators and engineers. I was praised several times for my overall approach and contribution and I can prove this today. In 2000, I switched to Wall Street because I felt that the newly emerging concept of risk (Basel Accords, Solvency) was a brilliant global initiative and I wanted to be part of it.
Within a few days (08/02/2016) I received a call from an HR lady who informed me that she would like to have me come to Hartford to be interviewed by several (7) people. I accepted very gladly and could not wait for September 1st to arrive for the interviews. That day, I thought that overall the interviews went very well. However I became totally aware that one of the interviewers stumbled at my statement that at AIG I did not validate liabilities for Economic Capital purposes because at that time we were not modeling liabilities for Economic Capital. My statement by no means implied I have not dealt with the liability side of things and that at AIG we did not deal with liabilities. On 09/13/2016 I received a call from the HR lady who informed me that they decided to move in another direction.
The reason I am addressing this email to you is to let you know I feel strongly that I can be extremely helpful to your company. I understand Economic Capital and its optimal allocation as well as profitability and the risks that go with it, in ways that probably few people understand, or perhaps few people bother to drill down to meaningful levels of decomposition (RAROC). It is about having information at our disposal that gives us an edge.
At this point I have applied for another position within The Hartford and again I want to stress that your company will benefit substantially from someone like me. I can bring lot of these innovative ideas on board and to this day I am puzzled why it is that this somehow did not become evident. I would be tremendously grateful if I were given one more chance and would also be more than happy to provide references from my colleagues regrading my work ethics.
Sincerely
Anastasios
