Anne Peden Td Email & Phone Number

Geneva, Switzerland & London, United Kingdom

Single family office working directly to the Principal

Global

Consultant in risk management, especially anti-money laundering, combating terrorist financing and fraud.

London, United Kingdom

Part-time Army Reserves member, supporting British and NATO exercises internationally. Liaison officer responsible for multi-national diplomats in support of UK Government trade interests at Department of International Trade events.Lead planner in discreet and sensitive VIP visit programmes, arranging and delivering key stakeholder engagement, logistics and protection operations safely, securely and without compromise within a multi-national and crisis environment.Achievements:1. Led and organised the first Military / Employer Engagement roadshow initiative (own idea) across the UK which won a Gold Award for Barclays Bank from the UK Government 2. First female officer to serve with Commando Engineers (1992 - 1998); and reached the position of Operations Officer

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Reported to the General Counsel: led a strategic review of the Legal and Compliance core system addressing internal and external regulations.• Pro-active day-to-day responsibility for multiple projects and tasks within Product Compliance and Intellectual Property teams• Created and maintained cross-departmental relationships to create operational efficiencies• Developed a compliance vision and roadmap to achieve strategic objectives• Developed project plans with SME's, documenting deliverables to address operational improvements• Streamlined internal processes to improve governance and risk management• Collaborated with senior stakeholders to gather business requirements, analysed data, mitigated risks and defined measurable KPIs

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Responsible for risk management over investment specialists, such as discretionary, advisory, FX and capital market trading desks including product distribution activities. Implemented risk and control frameworks and managed regulatory projects to address internal and external regulations; ensured clients were treated fairly and the business balanced commercialism with risk appetite. Managed teams in Switzerland, Monaco and Dubai. • Implemented quality assurance controls and monitoring, such as MiFID (Best Execution; Sales & Suitability); Market Abuse, AML/KYC, CDB, CTF, Fraud, Sanctions, RDR, Cross Border...to name a few• Managed risk events / issues and delivered pragmatic solutions• Delivered annual Risk & Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) for EMEA region• Identified areas for process improvements and shared best practices

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Created a team to enhance and promote capabilities of the investment specialists; produced analysis reports on portfolio asset allocation, managed investment department operational risks and created client-centric materials that increased bank revenues.• Delivered CISA/CISO project to expand product compliance distribution to / from Switzerland for 17 Mutual Funds• Reviewed and analysed company practices to develop optimal methods of operations and minimise risk exposure• Reviewed and analysed portfolio assets, created innovational client facing materials to support bankers and investment advisors

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Designed, managed and delivered regulatory projects that focused on innovative client experience improvements, risk mitigating solutions and shared best practice standards.• Led Legal project to streamline client onboarding documentation and financial crime processes. Still used today!• Led Change Strategy launching new Client Investment Statements which included global communications & training

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Conducted client facing due diligence risk assessments on external trust, fiduciary and family offices to ensure financial crime procedures, such as AML/KYC, were appropriately adopted. • Introduced and embedded new business risk and control frameworks to satisfy regulatory compliance

London, United Kingdom

Strategic partner and counsel to two key leaders; pro-active day-to-day responsibility for multiple projects and tasks; created and maintained cross-departmental relationships to enable leadership success in collaboration with stakeholders. • Led a £678 million Third Party Supplier governance project, that implemented supplier improvements and resulted in both cost savings and streamlining for the bank

London, United Kingdom

Identify risks and mitigating solutions on product compliance within strategic business units. Specialise in monitoring, developing and enhancing trade, transactions and electronic channel products. Implement audit and compliance tracking.• Created corporate product lifecycle and risk profiling and introduced end-to-end audit tracking of resolutions which had not existed before

Luton, United Kingdom

Managed flagship branch, 22 staff, controlled costs within budgets; handled customer enquiries; gave investment and mortgage advice; resolved problems• Transformed an under-performing branch into achieving then exceeding its sales targets and improved its operational processes to gain green-light audits

Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire

Specialised in advice to agricultural sector land & real estate ownership clients. Built strong customer relationships and delivered customer-centric solutions. Self-motivated financial advisor with extensive knowledge of insurance, investments, and UK taxation. Managed four insurance offices and exceeded sales targets. Extensive knowledge of the agricultural industry• Ranked in the top 10 consultants to qualify for the company Annual Gala Dinners based on increased sales and revenues.