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HSBCDelivery Director for Strategic Europe Initiatives
Feb. 2023 - Apr. 2024London, England, United Kingdom• Led Risk workstream for HSBC Germany's transition from Subsidiary to Branch under French Holding Company, overseeing 30+ skilled Risk professionals.
• Directed 24 Wholesale Capital Model adjustments, curated 2 comprehensive regulatory submissions, managed extensive Risk data enhancements, and facilitated multiple IT system updates.
• Implemented revisions to Risk Operating Model, ensuring seamless integration with regulatory frameworks and organisational objectives.
• Conducted thorough impact analysis and executed remediation strategies for retaining segment of French Retail Bank during divestiture.
• Addressed impacts across 62 Risk processes/areas, requiring adaptations to Operational Models, Policies, Processes, Systems, Data, Regulatory Reporting, and Risk models.
• Successfully remediated identified areas, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and meeting stringent year-end deadline for 2023.
• Acted as pivotal Risk Transformation lead for multiple significant HSBC legal entity restructuring endeavours.
• Orchestrated disposal of £27 billion HSBC French Retail Bank, managing sale to external buyer while retaining £7 billion loan portfolio.
• Played key role in aligning Risk strategies with organisational objectives and regulatory mandates throughout restructuring process.
• Demonstrated exemplary leadership and strategic acumen, consistently delivering exceptional results within demanding, multifaceted environments.
• Fostered collaborative relationships with cross-functional teams, regulatory bodies, and external stakeholders to ensure seamless execution of projects and initiatives.
• Maintained steadfast commitment to compliance and risk management principles, proactively mitigating potential risks and safeguarding organisational integrity.
HSBCHead of Regulatory Compliance Transformation
May. 2017 - Jan. 2023London, England, United Kingdom• Established and led the Global Regulatory Compliance Transformation team at HSBC, overseeing all aspects of Regulatory Compliance delivery.
• Managed an annual budget of $34 million for change initiatives, supervising around 85 transformation full-time equivalents across 6 locations, averaging about 25 global initiatives annually.
• Secured yearly funding for all transformation projects, including vital investments in IT infrastructure.
• Developed and nurtured the transformation organisation, prioritising skills and competency development.
• Engaged with diverse stakeholders at all levels, ensuring alignment and robust governance from the Executive Committee downwards.
• Effectively managed portfolio risks, issues, and dependencies to ensure the successful delivery of all initiatives.
• Implemented 16 enterprise-wide compliance applications within 6 years, enhancing operational efficiency and compliance effectiveness.
• Spearheaded the digitization of the compliance advisory function, establishing HSBC as a leader in compliance digitization.
• Delivered advanced compliance risk analytics models, enhancing risk management capabilities.
• Successfully introduced an enterprise-wide employee compliance ecosystem covering various areas such as personal account dealing, outside business interests, political contributions, etc.
• Led numerous regulatory and audit remediation initiatives, driving cost reduction and improving compliance posture.
• Oversaw the seamless migration to Agile methodologies, fostering greater agility and responsiveness within the regulatory compliance transformation team.
• Conceptualised and implemented the digitization of HSBC's regulatory visit tracking process, resulting in reduced workloads, improved consistency of regulatory messaging, risk mitigation through cross-jurisdictional knowledge sharing, and enhanced process discipline through Senior Management reporting on action management.
HSBCHead of Regulatory Compliance for IT
Sep. 2014 - May. 2017London, England, United Kingdom• Established and led the regulatory compliance organization for IT at HSBC, offering strategic guidance to IT leadership and serving as the primary liaison with regulatory authorities on cyber security, IT service resilience & recovery frameworks, data privacy, and controls.
• Pioneered the creation of a new RC organization focused on IT, overseeing operational model development, recruitment, and the establishment of new teams.
• Collaborated as a co-developer of the GSIB (Globally Systemic Investment Bank) IT Incident Management Playbook for HSBC executive management, providing comprehensive guidance on handling significant IT incidents.
• Acted as the regulatory liaison during material IT/cyber incidents, facilitating communication and coordination between HSBC and regulatory authorities.
• Provided support to Google in joint development of a financial services cloud offering, leveraging expertise in regulatory compliance and IT governance.
• Acted as the regulatory liaison for over 10 material IT/Cyber incidents, conducting stakeholder briefings, preparing presentations, managing meetings, and tracking post-meeting actions.
• Led the development of a data privacy and cross-border data migration approval process for change initiatives within HSBC, ensuring compliance with data protection regulations and managing regulatory notifications for up to 20 global initiatives per week.
• Provided expertise in local regulatory notification management where necessary, ensuring adherence to jurisdiction-specific requirements.
RBSHead of Compliance Risk and Controls Unit
Apr. 2011 - Aug. 2014London, England, United Kingdom
Deutsche BankHead of Compliance Change
Jan. 2007 - Dec. 2011London, England, United Kingdom
Deutsche BankMiFID Programme Manager for Compliance
Jan. 2006 - Dec. 2007London, England, United Kingdom
Deutsche BankMarket Abuse Directive Project Manager
Jan. 2005 - Dec. 2006London, England, United Kingdom
Deutsche BankVarious PM and BA roles
Dec. 2000 - Nov. 2004London, England, United KingdomInitiatives included creation of single client data source and new equities/fixed income settlement platform rollouts
Deutsche BankBusiness Analyst on Y2K and Euro conversion programmes
Jan. 1998 - Dec. 2000London, England, United Kingdom
Bankers Trust CompanyFobo recs
Jan. 1996 - Dec. 1998
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