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idmind.healthNon Executive Director
Sep. 2024
GOV.UKResilience & Disaster Recovery Consultant
Aug. 2024 - Dec. 2024Managing and consulting within the Security domain programme: - Legacy Assessment, Policy, Resilience, Remediation
KonfirCISO / DPO at Konfir | Government Certified Employment & Income Verification
Jul. 2024
Identity Middle EastCyber Security Lead COP28 UAE
Mar. 2023 - Jan. 2024Established and chaired the Cyber Security working group (UAE Govt, Host country organisation and UN) ensuring alignment across all stakeholders. Drove awareness and implementation of the UAE Cyber Security governance framework and policies. Assessed and evidenced Digital Hybrid suppliers security maturity, and compliance. Risks, issues, and mitigations management. Led Cyber and Technology Resilience. Developed the Cyber Security Incident Response Process and Crisis Cell, through scenarios, planning and table top exercises
Lloyds Banking GroupTechnology Resilience Manager
Nov. 2022 - Mar. 2023London, England, United KingdomInitiated and led the Resilience programme from inception through planning and delivery of Policy, Recovery Planning, Resilience tooling, Service Now based assessment customisation and MI dash-boarding. 300+ critical services. Championed resilience awareness, across Cyber, Operations and Technology.
IdentityCyber Security Consultant
Aug. 2022 - Oct. 2022London, England, United KingdomCyber security consultancy for the virtual/hybrid event. Delivery of Cyber Assurance playbook and high level plan. Cyber Assurance consulting for COP28 tender.
SkyProgramme Manager Technology & Cyber Resilience
Mar. 2022 - Jul. 2022Initiated and led the Resilience programme from inception through planning and delivery of Policy, Recovery Planning, Resilience assessment of critical services and Group wide mobilisation and alignment across Cyber, Operations and Technology
CGSDirector of Cyber Security
Jan. 2022
IdentityCOP26 Cyber Security Lead
Aug. 2021 - Dec. 2021Cyber Security Digital Lead COP26. Supplier Assurance, Security Testing, Cyber Incident Response, Cyber Awareness
TescoCyber Security Consultant
Mar. 2021 - Jun. 2021Cyber Risk Committee Governance Reporting and Security frameworks for a blue chip Retail group
XceptorDelivery Consultant Project Manager
Dec. 2020 - Mar. 2021Created a light touch governance framework and embedded global standards for the Delivery team for this high growth fintech
FintechInterim Chief Technology Officer
Jun. 2020 - Dec. 2020London, England, United KingdomInterim CTO consultancy Fintech startup
Wimbledon GuildVolunteer
Mar. 2020 - Dec. 2021London, England Metropolitan AreaCOVID19 pandemic support for vulnerable people in the London borough of Merton
Royal Voluntary ServiceVolunteer
Mar. 2020 - Nov. 2020London, England Metropolitan AreaCOVID19 pandemic support for the community
Legal & GeneralHead of PMO Governance Cyber Security Programme
Jun. 2019 - Dec. 2019Mobilising and leading a team providing governance for a multi-year Regulatory facing Cyber Security Programme for a large and general UK insurance business, encompassing the complete spectrum of security domains
EburyConsultant
Mar. 2019 - Apr. 2019London, United KingdomDeveloping a Cyber, Fraud and Privacy programme for an international payments, risk management, global Fintech
Reliance acsnHead of PMO / Programme Manager
Jan. 2018 - Jan. 2019London, United KingdomCreated, established and embedded the governance and control operating model for the new PMO Programme managed the portfolio of projects whilst championing collaborative tools, standards and the knowledgebase
Managed concurrent global projects through to completion whilst improving P&L Pre-sales support for key prospects
Recruitment, line and man management of the Project Management team
BarclaysCyber Security Strategy Lead
Jun. 2017 - Dec. 2017London, United KingdomManaging a Cyber Programme delivery for a major UK Banking Organisation. Delivering operating model improvements for a regulatory facing programme.
Leading a consultancy team delivering a new Security strategy for a major European Insurer
MencapProgramme Manager
Dec. 2016 - Jun. 2017London, United KingdomLeadership and delivery of the highest profile and largest investments of the Digital Readiness (enablement) programme for this leading UK charity. Delivering a range of projects to allow the business and its highly mobile workforce to scale from 5000 to 8000+
Delivery, management and benefit realization of key projects including: - Windows 10 rollout laptop/desktop replacement, service management operating model reboot, asset management, AD redesign, Office 365 BYOD & Security essentials. VOIP telephony, Data Centre Migration, HR self service enablement, Patching policies and implementation. 7 figure budget responsibility.
WorldpaySecurity Programme Director
May. 2015 - Dec. 2015London, United KingdomSecurity Programme Director at Global Leading Fintech Payments champion
Created and embedded the Security Programme for the new platform based on the Secure System Development Lifecycle methodology (SSDLC) from inception through approval at programme and ‘C’ level
Engaged with platform and non-platform PMO/PMs to provide communication and dependency management for projects and activities
Led the PCI Data at Rest Encryption proof of concept through vendor selection to investment approval and delivery into the platform
Overall responsibility for delivering a significant security budget into the platform to ensure comprehensive cyber security delivery
Managed the delivery of PCI DSS v3.1 compliance assessment and planned the delivery for full compliance and Report on Compliance (ROC)
Successfully delivered the highest standard of build security for the platform environments in the organisation to date
Engaged and managed all stakeholders within the programme to ensure visibility, clarity and consensus on cyber security activities delivering into the programme
Represented the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) within the programme and all governance forums including programme management, change boards, delivery meetings, programme advisory boards, and any other ‘C’ level forums as required
Managed (matrix and direct) 25 resources, programme SMEs, PMs and external resources as an when required to deliver the security programme
Directed and maintained the programme plans to ensure adherence to programme governance and communications including status reports, highlight reports and regular updates via leadership meetings and ad-hoc briefings
Provided strategic direction for the new platform for the planned cyber security activities through to go live including (but not exclusively) : - infrastructure assurance, secure code review, PCI gap assessment, vulnerability & configuration management, penetration testing
British Arab Commercial BankHead of IT, IT Security & Business Continuity
Mar. 2013 - Aug. 2014London, United KingdomHead of IT, IT Security and Business Continuity (EXCO executive) reporting to the CEO: - to provide leadership, strategy and vision; reinvigorate delivery for all IT services; address the growing project portfolio; lead the Bank’s strategic development with total budget authority (CAPEX/OPEX) Delivered IT Strategy; initial stabilisation then business enablement, transition from ‘keeping the lights on’ to enabling the Business Guided C level stakeholders through the case for the introduction of a Business Change function, gained acceptance to deliver a re-vitalized program of works based on: - Business Capability modelling, IT coverage/gap/fitness analysis, to deliver a Risk based prioritization of projects Delivered: re-organized IT, recruitment (post skills assessment); guided team through downsizing; addressed policy gaps; governance, procedures, roles, objectives, performance reviews/ awards. Significant savings Fully implemented Project governance (tailored PRINCE2) across the entire project portfolio IT Service Management (ITIL) governance, procurement, formal change control and Service Desk principles (and solution) implemented Delivered Payments/Sanctions Filtering program; Project re-organization (governance, vendors, consultants, internal FTEs) and executive leadership to go live (Misys Payments Manager, Firco Due Dilligence, Firco Continuity.) Strong Vendor management/negociation delivering major savings Completed major remedial programs addressing outstanding Audit and Penetration Test actions Reviewed the key pain points of IT Service; targeted investment in Virtual Server/Desktop (VMware) and core banking infrastructure to underpin IT Strategy and Program of Works. Led the re-work of the IT budgeting process introducing additional controls/improvements Led IT Security and Business Continuity gaining support for automated cloud based cascades. 4 hour RTO reduction Championed a unified communications approach delivering major savings
British Arab Commercial BankProject Management Office Consultant
Dec. 2012 - Mar. 2013London, United KingdomSubject matter expertise provision on PMO best practice & governance standards (PRINCE2 tailored) Delivering cultural and process change at British Arab Commercial Bank to improve program and project governance and quality delivery.
The Carbon TrustProject Manager
Oct. 2012 - Mar. 2013London, United KingdomProject Manager. The Carbon Trust. Business Process Improvement, Solution Selection. Delivering front to back integration processes aligned with the new target operating model to insource the Loans back office from an onshore outsourced provider
Metro Bank (UK)Project Manager
Jun. 2012 - Aug. 2012London, United KingdomProject Manager, Margin Lending, new product leveraging Temenos T24
PMO standards development for this new retail bank
UnicreditBusiness Analyst
Jun. 2011 - Jan. 2012London, United KingdomBusiness Analysis, Functional Consultancy delivered for this OTC derivative novation and migration to a European operations Hub and centralized architecture (Murex, Calypso). Full lifecycle involvement from Business requirements through development, testing (Integration, System, UAT) to Business sign off. Managed and guided functional and technical developments and deployments all project phases to Go-Live. IBM iSeries Consolidation Project requirements definition. Provided consultancy on the project to upgrade their European hub from v5.3 to an offshore hub v7.1. IBM iSeries Upgrade/Consolidation , Business Process Change, OTC Migration , Quality Center
NordeaProject Manager
Aug. 2010 - Apr. 2011London, United Kingdom | Stockholm, SwedenProject Managed this major core banking change from Business Case development through solution scoping, solution selection, proof of concept and initial build as a blueprint for a global rollout to the International Branches of this Nordic Bank. Risk, Issue, Dependency management and guidance for Senior management stakeholders (Business and IT). Provided consultancy through the initial phases of the project. Requirements gathering, Project Managed the IBM iSeries procurement (major IBM i hardware upgrade was required) and managed the IBM i vendor from purchase through statement of work to deliver the IBM i infrastructure (OS and WebSphere MQ) for the business applications. International multi location team management in London, Stockholm, Copenhagen. Payments Manager, BankFusion, IBM iSeries procurement/upgrade, Sharepoint, Quality Center
Huma Business Intelligence LtdBusiness Associate
Sep. 2009 - Jul. 2010London, United KingdomResponsible for strategic business development management, including lead & opportunity creation. Delivered new business and major sale
Raiffeisen Bank RussiaProject Manager & Business Analyst
Oct. 2008 - Mar. 2009Moscow, RussiaBA role reporting to both the Project Director/Program Manager and Project Manager. Hybrid Project Manager / Business Analysis role reporting to both the Project Director/Program Manager and Project Manager for this large corporate and retail bank. Provided Quality Assurance reviews for the project Director on all aspects of the program and projects Production of detailed migration and transition plans. Represented the bank at the IBM Montpellier labs performance test to prove Midas Plus 1.4. Usability and user experience.
MizuhoProject Manager / Business Analyst
Oct. 2007 - Oct. 2008London, United KingdomProject Manager & Subject Matter Expert (MidasPlus, Message Manager, iSeries, High Availability). Migration of operations technology from the European entities to a greenfield hub target operating model based in London. End to end full lifecycle involvement Formal review and assessment of PID, including Business Case, Brief, Plans, Risk Management Strategy, Quality Management Strategy. Business Requirements and specifications production. Working closely with operations department stakeholders to deliver requirements, and functional specifications. Utilized across all work streams (Operations departments, Business, Functional, and Technical) as the subject matter expert on Midas/Midas Plus. Migration consultancy on strategy, planning through to delivery. Team leading, front line support for the Operations Business entities, through UT, SIT and UAT as single point of contact for dry runs and go-live in London and Amsterdam.
Consultant and trainer to project team and BAU (business and technology staff) on system configuration and deployment of hardware and software.
Development and delivery of change control procedures for the project deliverables into Mizhuo formal change control standards.
Raiffeisen Bank RussiaProject Manager / Business Analyst
Jul. 2006 - Sep. 2007Moscow, RussiaManaged the delivery of Technology infrastructure changes for Midas Plus V1.2
Project Manager for Midas Availability project (to make Midas/Midas Plus available 24/7 for 11 time zones across Russia). Delivered major reductions in overnight processing times. Approx 40% saving in processing
Lloyds Banking GroupProject Manager
Sep. 2004 - Jun. 2006London, United KingdomMidasPlus Program, Project Manager. Phase 2 Fixed Income migration Securities consolidation Reporting to board level managing a team of 25 Developed Test Strategy, Quality Planning, Re-engagement criteria, QA review and Delivery process MidasPlus Project, Business Analyst Technology. Consultancy and Project subject matter expertise to Halifax Bank of Scotland from planning to go-live for the first large scale MidasPlus implementation in London
Project managed the integration of MidasPlus and Midas Message Manager into the high availability strategy using new MiMiX browser based autonomics version with remote journaling
Hypo International Real Estate BankProject Manager
Apr. 2003 - Jul. 2004London, United Kingdom / Dublin, Ireland / Munich, Germany / LuxembourgProject Near Project Manager. Providing core banking technology expertise and project managing a number of projects for the new bank carve out of HypoVereinsbank Real Estate entities. Project Management responsibilities for the implementation of the front office risk control system (Atlas | Front Arena | Prime) in two Treasury locations; Dublin and Luxembourg. Project Managing the implementation of a new HR system (Snowdrop Evergreen) for head office in Dublin and branch in London Consultancy on interface issues primarily focusing on front to back office systems Consultancy on SWIFT interface build for the new bank SAP configuration.
HypoVereinsbankSpecial Projects Project Manager / Business Analyst
Jul. 1998 - Mar. 2003London, United KingdomSpecial projects consultant, Regional Service Center Europe. The RSCE provides IT hub services to Hypovereinsbank (Unicredit) European entities. Continuous Linked Settlement (Global FX settlement concept) to cost rationalize the group’s settlement processing and reduce settlement risk, costs, IT feasibility, budget control. End to end full lifecycle involvement. Business Continuity/High Availability project for iSeries/Midas hub, design, build and implement the hot MiMiX backup for the RSCE. Lead role during the live disaster recovery. Euro implementation for European entities and worldwide support. Responsible for rollout/implementation, test co-ordination of compliant back office IT systems Unified Solutions Project; Strategic review of core banking IT solutions for HVB/Bank Austria entities following the HVB/BACA merger in 2001. Costs, operational and business gap analysis to develop project Atlas concept for worldwide rollout of the RSCE target operating model Project managed the process and IT separation project for HVB Real Estate Capital, front to back office segregation of the property Loan portfolio and related business Security review for iSeries hub systems, recommendations and implementation to internal and external Audit standards Consultancy on iSeries Midas hub formation for RSCE sites (Athens, Dublin, London, Milan, Paris, Riga, Vilnius) Project managed/project consultant on various Midas upgrades/release rollouts from DBA2 to DBA4.01 Project managed/project consultant on numerous Midas related implementations; e.g. BPH Krakow, Vilnius, Zagreb; Overnight Index Swaps, Derivatives SWIFT confirmations Project managed on iSeries (AS/400 system i) overnight performance review resulting in a 30% saving in processing time.
Raiffeisen Informatik GmbH & Co KGSenior Implementation Consultant
Apr. 1997 - Jun. 1998Vienna, AustriaMidas DBA2 installation and build of standard base system for RAISA. Implementation project new bank setup, Midas DBA, RZB Singapore. Implementation of Midas DBA Securities Trading in RZB London. Midas system setup for RZB New York Finance company, Raiffeisen Bucharest, Volksbank Malta, Raiffeisen Kiev. Knowledge of Midas upgrade Data migration tools, including MKI Bridge software. Midas software installation and configuration expert. Technical Training and consultancy for RAISA Midas team. Midas EMU conversion concepts. WAN Midas Implementation and support of systems worldwide using TCP/IP and FTP. Experience of AS/400 CISC to RISC conversion. AS/400 sizing for new bank setup. AS/400 performance tuning for Live Midas sites. Development of Midas and AS/400 security concept for RAISA. Development of automated tools to help ensure system parity in all Midas DBA locations. Technical Consultancy to standardize a centrally supported Midas DBA solution for the RZB Banking Group. Experienced user of Lotus Notes. Expert and trainer AS/400 Client access using TCP/IP
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