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New York, New York, United States

Financial Planning and Operational Initiatives: responsible to oversee budgeting process and monitor financial performance with the CFO, maximizing profitability and net contribution Business Planning: partner with CEO to create and and oversee the U.S business plan, ensuring key business initiatives align with strategy. Responsible for resource allocation to ensure business optimizationStrategic Planning: collaborate with Executive team members to define and execute the company’s strategic vision. Demonstrated strong presentation skills to convey complex concepts clearlyProject Integration: work with global project and product teams to execute projects, coordinating with Sales, Trading, Operations, Compliance and FinanceEfficiency Enhancements: managing a culture of continuous improvement developing policies and processes to meet product and service standards Cross Functional Collaboration: mentoring staff across all support teams ensuring departments are communicating effectively Risk Identification: as Head of Risk, responsible to foster a risk control culture on the Sales and Trading floor through strong relationships with desk heads. Oversee all trading limits, trading controls, and counterparty risk reviews. Escalation and lead for all error and problem management issuesLeadership: working closely with the Executive team to set clear goals, motivate staff, provide support and resources needed to achieve objectives. Legal & Regulatory Compliance: working closely with the CCO, CFO and legal counsel to ensure firm is operating in accordance with laws and regulationsVendor Management: responsible to build and maintain relationships with banks, clearing brokers, insurance brokers, and third party vendors

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Leadership and Project Management: led a team of 50 professionals overseeing Settlements, Middle Office, Asset Services and Treasury. Completed the migration of 40% of Global Operations from Singapore to India and successfully coordinated the setup of the office. Working closely with Administration & Facilities on the office fit out, and HR managing all aspects of hiring and budgeting.Operational Management: developed and implemented local policies and procedures to meet service standards. Set KPIs and implemented Metrics team to measure performance. Managed operational risk during critical transition periods to minimize impact and identify solutions.Strategic Partnerships: managed the agent bank network across global markets, maintained relationships with third party vendors and audit partners. Responsible for annual price negotiations with clearing agents.Project Implementation: successfully led a dedicated team to implement a new post trade platformTeam Development: tasked to keep low level of attrition rate. Mentored the new management team ensuring a successful transition when relocating to New York

Singapore

Leadership and Operational oversight: As the Head of Settlements, I managed a team of 30 professionals responsible for settling trades in global markets. Responsible for all transaction processing, client inquiries, SBL and FX.Resource Management and Staff Development: responsible for all department resourcing and allocation, conducted staff appraisals, and focused on staff development to foster a skilled and motivated teamStrategic Planning and Project Execution: prioritized the book of work with a specific focus on enhancing the post trade platform to drive operational improvements. Responsible for strategic planning and all change initiatives.Leadership in Migration Projects: led the migration between agent banks for the Singapore and Hong Kong markets, account operator model for an exchange member broker/dealer. Led all discussions with stock exchanges and regulators.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

As the lead for the Settlements and Corporate Actions team I was responsible for the timely completion of all daily tasks I facilitated strong collaboration between the Settlements and Corporate Actions teams as well as with Trading and Support functions I successfully implemented a trade matching process that significantly improved straight through rates, increasing the daily success rate from 60% to 97% I managed the project book of work with a specific focus on new fund launches and the implementation of new marketsI took responsibility for Audit matters ensuring regulatory compliance, vendor management and providing management reportingAs the lead for escalation and problem management matters, I handled incident reporting and and conducted risk mitigation to address potential operational risks

Batchelor Of Arts (Ba) Business Management & Accounting Degree

Areas of focus - Human Resource and Management Practice, Management of Company Finance Organisational Change Management, Bridging Course.

Series 24 - General Securities Principal Exam (Gp)

The Series 24 exam—the General Securities Principal Qualification Examination (GP)—assesses the competency of an entry-level general.

Series 7 - General Securities Representative Examination (Gs)

The Series 7 exam – the General Securities Representative Qualification Examination (GS) – assesses the competency of an entry-level.

Series 27 - The Financial And Operations Principle Examination

The Series 27 exam—the Financial and Operations Principal Qualification Examination (FN)—assesses the competency of an entry-level.

Series 99 - The Operations Professional Examination

The Series 99 exam—the Operations Professional Qualification Examination (OS)—assesses the competency of an entry-level representative.

Cmfas - Institute Of Banking & Finance, Singapore

1. Module 1B - Rules/Regulations for Dealings in Securities 2. Module 6A - Securities & Futures Knowledge

Investment Management Certificate (Imc)

1. UK regulations & Markets 2. Investment practice

Investment Administration Qualification (Iaq)

1. Introduction to Investment administration 2. International Settlements 3. Financial Services Regulatory environment