Chris Mead Email & Phone Number

London, GB

London, United Kingdom

• 14+ years as a versatile Technology and Change Manager for Tier 1 Investment Bank, implementing US/EU Regulatory requirements (under Fed Consent Orders, PRA FRTB, SEC T+1, MiFID), Business Change initiatives.
• Broad stakeholder management experience, working closely with the Sponsor to promote productive involvement of stakeholders, understand the desired outcomes and monitor/report delivery of business value
• Proven ability to plan/execute/deliver multiple work-streamed global projects simultaneously, employing the appropriate level of a Project Lifecycle Cycle (PLC) Procedures for each phase
• 9+ years of managing HW/SW/Infra transformation projects across 80+ (Fixed Income) apps (all with high priority drivers such as EOL/EOS/Reg/CVEs), requiring wide knowledge of OS standards, domain architecture/tech.
• 9+ years of Program and Project managing a RMBS Business Data Transformation project (5 workstreams), executing change whilst under Regulatory (Fed Consent Order)/Litigation oversight, requiring enterprise-wide.
• Skilled at building high performance global teams (led/developed 6 multi-disciplinary tech directs), and functionally managed 10+ offshore Dev resources using Agile/JIRA boards, adhering to required SDLC steps

As a PMO for the Joint Reconciliations Utility (IT) function, Chris supported the Programme Manager in finalizing the 2010 forecast and supported the day to day activities and closure of 2009 projects. His role then expanded to include responsibility for providing sole PMO support to the global team engaged in strategic CTB IT projects. Specifically, this.

After 4+ years continual service at Timberland, Chris opted to take a year-long sabbatical to project-manage his own Victorian townhouse renovation in London, achieving the following objectives Acquired new project management skills esp. in the areas of planning, supplier management and milestone trackingBuilt on his existing financial experience to.

Chris owned the financial evaluation of Timberland's EU supply chain, drove the BI data capture process, collated/ manipulated/ interpreted and published weekly reports to senior management/ key stakeholders, ensuring deadlines were met. Produced, published and presented weekly and monthly reports of detailed category evaluation analysis of the EU market.

As an Order Management Specialist, Chris' role was to manage the internal procurement and delivery schedule of 800+ DMS small switch units worth $23m into the British Telecom and Cable & Wireless networks. In the final 2 years of his engagement, Chris took on additional responsibilities as a key leader in the delivery of SAP training to over 60.

Chris was responsible for the recruitment of temporary staff for a number of banking institutions.

Bsc (Hons) Hospitality Management, Hospitality Administration/Management

A, Levels; Mathematics, English Literature And French