Leading the Software & Hardware Engineering, Security, IT, Technical Support & Product functions

Chief Information Officer/Chief Technology Officer leading Technology Division of 150+ peopleKey Responsibilities & Achievements:• Leads Product Management, Design, Engineering, Quality Assurance, Data Science, Customer Success, DevOps, Architecture, Project Delivery, Pre-Sales & Technical Operations teams across multiple global sites• Responsible for establishment of Product Management incl. creation of product roadmap & strategic direction of the technology business• Drives key innovations in the product incl. numerous successful product extensions & a core new product line (conception all the way to market entry)• Create forward looking platform strategy from a business case & technology point of view• Leads transformational change on the ground on technical platform re-architecture, release models, software development models & deployment methodology along with accompanying team structures• Manage rapidly growing scale of operations (large headcount growth, structural reorganisation of division, introduction of new competency areas, while maintaining cultural identity & collaboration model)• Actively own P&L for the area incl. financial projections, funding & budgetary control• Actively participate in new business targeting & the creation of the company strategic direction along with the CEO & CCO• Foster direct key client relationships to enable long lasting and value growth engagements over time• Lead media interaction & partner engagement

Head of Product & EngineeringKey Responsibilities & Achievements: • Responsible for a team of 6 in charge of product & engineering, strategy and partner engagements • Led external company presentations including media interactions • Functional & technical design of greenfield platform for new personal finance management application that was successfully brought to Beta • Developed value proposition & product commercialisation strategies • Managed financial projections, funding & budgetary control • Championed lean methodology implementation and use across all company activities • Built effective product & engineering teams from the ground up • Led competitor analysis & tracking along with industry trend monitoring

Responsible for establishing product & engineering foundations • Value proposition definition & refinement • Design of greenfield solution architecture, functional & technical, and managed partner engagement • Built roadmap, defined resource requirements & organisational structure for the operation • Supported the CEO in investor presentations & deep dives

I led a department of 60 (product managers, engineers, testers, project managers, sales consultants, client managers) with responsibility for the post-trade area (Cross-asset - Listed & OTC) covering product development, pre-sales & strategic client management across multiple sitesKey Responsibilities & Achievements: • Set out and delivered department’s strategic direction & objectives • Defined global product area roadmap & managed the engineering delivery ** Multiple large scale innovation development projects in parallel ** Functional domains: trade capture & repository; lifecycle workflows; settlement; accounting; collateral management & clearing; and position management • Coordinated global activity (EMEA, APAC & Americas) across the domain • Grew & organised teams to improve efficiency, working environment & motivation • Customer-focused initiatives to improve customer satisfaction & interaction • Managed professional services activities: consultancy & bespoke development • Company level steering committees, worked closely with the CTO to oversee cross-domain initiatives • Resource requirements management (fostered headcount growth) & budgetary control • Responsible for pre-sales activities ** RFIs/RFPs, commercial price proposal reviews, demonstrations • Drove continuous improvement efforts on quality to improve coverage & quality and reduce release times

Led the product management team that was responsible for the product strategy, global coordination, and engineering delivery of the post-trade area of the Murex platformKey Responsibilities & Achievements: • Defined the roadmap & managed the engineering delivery across the post-trade area ** Included innovation developments around: - Fundamental overhaul of platform foundations to address market shifts post financial crisis - Collateral management solution re-design - Pioneering UI/UX project to transform user engagement and platform front-end • Coordinated global activity across the Americas, EMEA and APAC ** Strategy coordination, knowledge sharing & development roadmap input • Managed customer commercial deliveries, covering feature development, maintenance work, scope management & billing • Direct involvement and leading of key pre-sales opportunities • Design authority for client implementations across all regions

Trade Repository Product Manager

Managing team in charge of multiple clients including global investment banks with multi-site installations. Activities included: - Client Management - Product Development - Pre-sales

Early large scale implementation of Java modules on the back-end covering asynchronous, scalable and configurable workflows for lifecycle management (incl. user configurable workflows with horizontal scalability, resilience, abstracted persistence layer and standardised extensibility API)