BUSINESS STRATEGY & RISK MANAGEMENT
About
26 years international
management experience
with the HSBC Group,
primarily in the Investment
Bank, across the Americas,
Asia, Europe and the
Middle East.
An Investment Bank COO,
focused on developing and
executing business
strategies to fix, optimise
or turn around underperforming businesses or
functions. Involved across
the spectrum of mergers
and acquisitions, from
advisory, to due diligence,
and ultimately, leading
integration strategies and
strategic disposals
Core competencies
include: Strategic
Planning, Business
Management, Risk
Management, Corporate
Governance, and
Transformational Change
Relevant Work Experience
BUSINESS STRATEGY
- Involved in the strategy and due diligence for 3 HSBC Group
acquisitions and 3 strategic disposals - Bermuda – COO, Global Markets: responsible for integrating the
Dealing Room post-acquisition of Bank of Bermuda; remediating
the Audit; Culture and Training - Oman – Led the Retail Banking integration of Oman International
Bank, responsible for Integration strategy, People, Process,
Technology and Training, into a newly incorporated local legal
entity - UAE – Stood up an Integration team to manage the integration of
Lloyds Bank Jumeirah Office
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
- Post-acquisition of the Bank of Bermuda, implemented the HSBC
Control Framework; demised all legacy Primary Trading Systems
and implemented all Group policies, procedures, processes and
technology - Responsible for implementing Global Markets equity solutions to
the Wealth Management client base in Hong Kong - Responsible for Strategy, Business Development, Operations and
Risk and Controls strategy across 19 ASP countries, as COO,
Institutional Client Group, Asia - Target Operating Model Design and implementation, for Coverage
of Asset Managers, Hedge Funds and Central Banks - Business Management of a USD 850m ICG Asia revenue
generating sector - Set-up the Financial Institutions Group sector in Bermuda
- Relationship Manager for primarily Banks, but also a number of
Non-Client Counterparties, Central Exchanges, Brokers
RISK MANAGEMENT
- Led the Investment Bank’s Financial Crime Risk Strategies to
remediate the US Federal Reserve Board and US Department of
Justice Deferred Prosecution Agreement against HSBC - Commenced in the UAE in a Regional role and after 18 months,
moved to HK to lead the programme for the Investment Bank in
Asia - Supported design of a Risk Management operating model,
including a cultural change programme - Built-out the Risk Management framework across Middle East and
Asian countries, comprising: Governance; Policy Implementation;
People; Process; Technology, Cultural change and Training - Posted to Manila as Country COO and Remediation Officer, ahead
of a visit by the ‘Monitor’, a representative of the US Department of
Justice and Federal Reserve Board - Design and Implementation of a strategy to remediate Financial
Crime risks and issues for Investment Banking Sector clients
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
- Member of the C-Suite and a principal member of all relevant
country, regional and global Governance forums, in respect of the
different roles I held during my HSBC career
TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE
- Ran multi-million USD Programmes in Asia, Europe, the Americas
and the Middle East
• Managed cross-jurisdictional teams of 100+; managed annual
budgets in excess of USD 20m
Qualifications
- L.LB Law
- Chartered Institute of
Bankers Stage 1 - FT Non-Executive
Director Diploma - Member of the Institute
of Directors