Chris Waller Email & Phone Number

I am a high performing Chartered Accountant with a passion for finance. I have over 15 years of experience impacting positive organisational outcomes through strategic thinking, stakeholder management and motivational leadership. I am confident in my ability to lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve complex, high-stakes problems. I am proactive with a commitment to continuous improvement and team success. I am skilled in financial management and analysis, including audit, governance and internal controls, product control, financial reporting, tax planning, budgeting, and forecasting. I have extensive experience in operational risk management, ERPs and accounting systems and workflows.At Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), I am a member of the Evaluation and Follow-Up Division internal advisory team within the Managing Director’s Office. I cover a wide variety of business and operations topics, rapidly identifying and investigating critical issues on Investment Committee proposals within tight deadlines. I have also led and contributed to cross-functional teams tasked with improving efficiency in ADIA-wide governance.As a Vice President for Bank of America, I was recognized as the Product Control SME on multiple EMEA Treasury entities and processes, conducting international training sessions. I built relationships with key stakeholders and worked in cross-functional teams to produce automated, globally consistent solutions while maintaining accepted risks and control standards. I led and developed the first RPA solution in BAML UK Finance, controlled multiple EMEA legal entities and capital restructures, and implemented and reported on key regulations.