David Ashman Email & Phone Number

Maidenhead, GB

UK

Setting up and development of a function; overseeing a team of international compliance officers to deliver services to a range of clients. Oversight of risks surrounding operations and compliance, and development of a suite of policies and relevant reporting.Overseeing and delivering assurance activities across the second and third line, including.

London, United Kingdom

Leading provider of banking and payments technologies to global financial institutions and businesses and the largest third-party for mobile banking solutions in the US. David joined Monetise to provide internal audit and compliance recommendations related to partnerships such as HSBC and The Co-operative Bank and to develop and manage mobile money.

• A cross-industry funded group to develop banking equivalent payment infrastructure utilising the mobile phone bill as an alternative to traditional banking payments. Directing the structuring of new industry standards.
• Gaining Ofcom sign off for mobile phone billed voting on x-Factor and Strictly
• Charity Commission sign off direct to bill charitable donation infrastructure
• Securing an EU Commission change to clauses of the Payment Services Directive (working directly with EU Commission and UK Treasury) to allow for phone billed ticketing
• Gaining Gambling Commission approval for KYC arrangements for phone bill fund transfersInvestors Included: Vodafone, EE, O2, Three, Boku, Netsize, ImpulsePay, IMI, OpenMarket, ITV, BBC, Children in Need, Comic Relief.

During a turbulent period for financial services, the role provided analysis and impact assessment to support the policy formation process, which ultimately led to the Banking Act receiving Royal assent in February 2009. This included scoping work and recommendations on the adequacy of bank liquidity and provisions to wind down banks whilst still balance.

Representative for Woodley (Coronation): 2002-2004Representative for Sonning and North Woodley: 2004-2007Corporate Finance Team (£150m revenue budget & investment portfolio management £1.1b): 2002-2004 Social Services Policy Team (handling council housing, children in care and vulnerable adults strategy): 2002- 2004Licensing and Appeals Panel (Trading.

Working on several medium-term projects for a range of clients to develop holistic compliance and risk management strategies for e-commerce, including Payment platform integration, KYC, and secure data handling processes. This also included a large data analysis project for a UK political party to map behavioral and demographic data to the UK electoral.

At Oracle David received commendation for his strong market insights and the quality of reporting, which was used at Board level and informing the development roadmap. Providing analysis of Oracle9i Database, 11i E-Business Suite and particularly its financial module to ensure suitability to meet new FSA (FCA) financial regulations and UK data processing.

St James Gate, Dublin

Worked on a fixed contract with the Marketing and Communications Department of the Diageo Group, promoting their brand portfolio. Assisting with the rollout of the famous Budweiser 'Wuzzzap' advertising campaign and a number of promotional campaigns for Guinness, Harp, Smithwicks Ale, Budweiser and Cashel Cider, to the liquor ‘on-trade’.

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Law

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