Carl Baker Email & Phone Number

Ampthill, GB

Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

Providing specialist transactional banking and liquidity knowledge to support origination activities for corporates in the East of England.

London, England, United Kingdom

Leading origination within London and the East. Working with professionals and businesses to identify high growth SME's looking for growth capital. Facilities provided:Term LoansVenture DebtGrowth CapitalWorking Capital M&A fundingMBO/MBI's

London, England, United Kingdom

Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Supporting businesses within Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire with their growth ambitions and banking requirements.

London, United Kingdom

Managing operational banking requirements for Higher and Further Education clients by delivering first class service, whilst also supporting them to ensure they achieve their financial and strategic goals.

London, United Kingdom

• Created presentation template for 13 Senior Managers to present to professional in the Agriculture sector, saving them 2 hours each time they present.
• Identified opportunities for Relationship Managers in the Healthcare sector to increase the number of potential clients.
• Organised and completed the ‘Yorkshire 3 Peaks’ for 26 Agriculture colleagues.
• Created a process to call 6000 Agriculture prospects after a publication was circulated by the Head of Agriculture.

Halifax, United Kingdom

• Managed Internal Web Chat project from concept to implementation within every LBG branch in one month.
• This involved managing senior colleagues from Service Process Design, Digital and Telephone Banking.
• I have created a MI dashboard and produce weekly MI packs informing stakeholders of our progress.
• Managed the purchasing and delivery of £35,000 worth of kids toys into Halifax branches in order to help improve customer service.

Leeds, United Kingdom

• Lead a technical project remediating a business critical control function back to compliance.
• This involved managing various stakeholders within CA&D, Risk Infrastructure and Information Security, including senior leaders.
• Coordinated and delivered a Live Meet training session to over 40 colleagues explaining the remediation plan.
• Helped organise and facilitate Risk Graduate Scheme Assessment Centre’s for the Industrial Placement students.
• I produced the analysis pack from these Assessment Centre’s and presented this to the Director of CA&D, this pack included breakdowns of the candidates and analysis of trends.

London, United Kingdom

• Completed a one month induction becoming familiar with all aspects of the business area, completing branch visits, regional visits and attending workshops.
• Completed analysis for use in various presentations including regional forums and a Breakthrough session.
• I created a Colleague Engagement Forum within Greater London, bringing together colleagues across grades for a monthly call and quarterly meeting with the Regional Manager.
• I managed the Greater London Self-Generated appointment challenge over a two-day period where we placed 2nd nationally. I ensured we kept up this good performance on the back with keep-warm activities.
• I am David Nicholson’s reverse mentor on Social Media, in adding value around the benefits of different platforms and about Halifax’s strategy and that of competitors.

• I received a scholarship from Lloyds Banking Group throughout my time at University
• Completed 200 hours of volunteering during my time at University.
• Organised and ran a day in which 50 Year 5 and 6 students from a local school visited the University to experience a ‘Day in the Life’ of a student.
• Organised and facilitated a football tournament bringing together 30 refugees and 30 students, dealing with many stakeholders and communicating with different groups of people.

London, United Kingdom

• Reviewed and analysed credit papers for Corporate and International businesses providing insight around both the external and internal market.
• Produced a weekly evaluation of the UK financial market, tailoring it to specific sectors that were relevant.
• Worked closely with Senior Relationship Managers producing market research, meeting preparation and preparing credit reports.
• In addition I liaised with other banks that were party to our syndicated loans forming a good working relationship for the bank.
• Spoke with Company directors challenging them on their forecasts, current performance and market conditions.

• Continually delivered great customer service being recognised as the Team Leader soon after joining.
• Managed the staff on the counter in the absence of a manager whilst concentrating on my own responsibilities.
• Trained many new starters showing good leadership and a willing to up skill new members of staff.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Management

Education record