Benjamin is a highly-experienced financial services executive, with significant international exposure, specialized in strategy, regulatory projects incl financial crimes/AML/KYC, risk change, Chief Operating Officer / COO-office, innovation, stakeholder management, transformation, M&A integration, consulting.Australian-born global experienced professional with a career spanning bases: Sydney, Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, London. Achievements:• Director: authored the “Build a Digital Bank” proposition, supporting the buildout of digital banks – focusing on their risk management, governance, customer experience, program management.• Vice President COO Office: Asia Pacific Leader for M&A integration program of a US$32bn commercial asset finance business, managing 24 workstreams across Asia /US. Adding 180 staff (130 in Aust) and new commercial customer segment resulting in 3,000 new clients (1,600 in Aust) for the region.• Vice President COO Office: Regulatory Program Manager for risk/legal/compliance remediation program as part of a broader transformation program for the bank and front office capabilities, sales, client relationship and CRM.• Digital Banking Product Manager: for first-generation digital banking product “Royline”, and migration of 18,000 customers to our next-generation platform. • Innovation Consultant: bank’s inaugural Innovation team, instituted “innovation change culture”, bringing new products to market and positioning the bank as an innovator, including motivating customers towards online banking, reducing reliance on branch network and enhancing digital agenda. • Business Management & Strategy Manager: grow franchise, by implementin cross-sell initiatives to increase revenue with the newly merged bank ABN Amro.Boards:- Benjamin is a Advisory Board Member of a startup- He is also an Advisory Board Member of an NGO, focused on D&I for people with diff-abilities- Banking, Insurance, Asset Management, Sovereign Funds- Strategic Business Portfolio, Program, Project Management- COO office for Asia Pacific covering 14 markets incl Australia, New Zealand- Risk & Compliance Remediation experience (consent orders, audit responses) including Sales Practices Reform,AML/KYC/Financial Crimes in new entities established in Australia, New Zealand, China, and First Line of Defence and Second Line of Defence- Governance, Risk Management- M&A Integration Leader (sign-to-close, post-close)- C-Suite - Transformation- FinTech Digital Banking
Listed skills include Strategy, Mergers And Acquisitions, Banking, Investment Banking, and 18 others.
