Bryan Kent Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Managing Director and Head of Basel Financial Control & Review May 2013 – Present Manage 10 staff in New York. Responsible for creating and managing a new function to perform independent reviews of spreadsheets used in the calculation of regulatory capital. • Established new team to perform spreadsheet reviews conforming to Basel requirement that all spreadsheets used in the calculation of regulatory capital be independently validated and appropriately controlled.• Partnering with Operational Control to create firm wide control standards covering all User Tools including spreadsheets, databases and data queries. Managing Director and Head of U.S. Broker Dealer Operations Nov 2011 – May 2013 Managed 150 staff in New York, Dallas and Mumbai. Responsible for U.S. broker dealer clearance, tri-party repo, service level agreements, corporate actions, wires, account on-boarding, client service, trade settlement, billing, reporting, vault operations and broker loan services. • Developed operating model and established appropriate governance and leadership focusing on trade settlement, client service, risk mitigation and continuous improvement in efficiency, productivity and control.• Partnered closely with the business to provide direction and leadership and to deliver exceptional service to clients while ensuring that operational risk was thoroughly identified, assessed, monitored, managed, and reported. Consultant – project manager for conversion to new reconciliation system May 2011 – Nov 2011

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, De

Head of Investment Banking Operations Manage a staff of 110 professionals, located in NY and Brazil, supporting broker dealer and capital market operations, equity financing, collateral management, OTC credit, fixed income and equity derivatives, exchange traded futures and options, agency and securities lending, corporate actions, domestic and international security settlements/custody, and commercial loan trading. Relevant responsibilities and accomplishments include:Member of Executive Management Committee.Partnered with Compliance to create a robust AML program. Restructured operations to take advantage of various synergies resulting in headcount and cost savings while also improving service levels.Established Luxembourg as center of competence for loan administration and centralized support for Europe and Americas resulting in synergies and cost savings.Selected as project leader with responsibility for designing, documenting, staffing and managing the Commerzbank/Dresdner Kleinwort post merger integration project for operations in the Americas.

New York, Ny, Us

Global Head of Derivative Settlements Managed a staff of 150 professionals globally supporting prime brokerage, OTC credit, fixed income and equity derivatives. Responsibilities included project management, trade support, derivative confirmations, customer service, settlements, fails processing and reconciliations.

Head of New York Operations Established operations in New York with responsibility for all aspects of operations including budgeting, collateral management including valuation and exposure management, trade capture, derivative and foreign exchange confirmations, cash and security settlements, corporate actions, settlement of new bond issuances, exchange traded futures and options, cash management, and daily and monthly reconciliations.

Managed a staff of 80 professionals supporting OTC credit, equity and fixed income derivatives, exotic swaps & options and exchange traded futures & options. Responsibilities included budgeting, project management, change management, funding, trade capture, trade support, confirmations, customer service, settlements, and margin processing.

Managed OTC derivative operations.

Recruited by senior management to join General Re Financial Products Corporation in its start up phase with responsibility for establishing the collateral, cash management & treasury functions. Managed a staff of 18 located in New York, London and Tokyo responsible for global cash management, securities and futures settlement, and collateral management for 15 legal entities engaged in derivative products trading, structured finance, and international brokerage.

Managed Investment Accounting Department with operational responsibilities for an $8 billion investment portfolio.

Mba, International Finance

Bs, Finance