Innovative financial sector development internationally and in the U.S. Improve delivery and financial service access in developed and underdeveloped areas. Principal Consultant, driven to improve financial service access through results oriented models, including mobile banking and rural sector payments. Combine networking, inclusion, dialogue and reporting aspects of development while joining these with creative and achievable initiatives. Develop banking networks and budget… Show more Innovative financial sector development internationally and in the U.S. Improve delivery and financial service access in developed and underdeveloped areas. Principal Consultant, driven to improve financial service access through results oriented models, including mobile banking and rural sector payments. Combine networking, inclusion, dialogue and reporting aspects of development while joining these with creative and achievable initiatives. Develop banking networks and budget management. Show less

BA for the delivery of a challenging real-time data processing platform in the derivatives space. Will deliver a trade confirmation solution that will provide central and efficient confirm generation for varied financial products.Coordination across all regions and front office development teams. Utilizing financial experience, knowledge of Dodd-Frank regulations, and knowledge of derivative products. Participate in industry, technical and rules meetings to digest and distil important… Show more BA for the delivery of a challenging real-time data processing platform in the derivatives space. Will deliver a trade confirmation solution that will provide central and efficient confirm generation for varied financial products.Coordination across all regions and front office development teams. Utilizing financial experience, knowledge of Dodd-Frank regulations, and knowledge of derivative products. Participate in industry, technical and rules meetings to digest and distil important information for the rest of the team. Building a platform to comply with the Dodd-Frank regulatory rules for real-time data processing and publishing. This project is developing a high volume, high reliability platform to consume and process all trading events across all Swap asset classes across multiple lines of business. Deliverables include real-time rules engines, real-time processing engines, real-time dashboards, and scheduled end of day reporting processes built on our cross-asset strategic trading and processing platform. Working with Excel and Databases, using application tools to inspect and analyze data. Show less

FCFC is joint initiative of four UK based charitable organizations namely; Comic Relief, The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) and the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, The Elton John Aids Foundation. I reported face to face to board in UK every two months.I managed $20 million program initiative. Goal: To provide orphans and vulnerable children in Malawi with a comprehensive package of health, education and protection services. Approach: The programe aimed to create a… Show more FCFC is joint initiative of four UK based charitable organizations namely; Comic Relief, The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) and the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, The Elton John Aids Foundation. I reported face to face to board in UK every two months.I managed $20 million program initiative. Goal: To provide orphans and vulnerable children in Malawi with a comprehensive package of health, education and protection services. Approach: The programe aimed to create a multi-faceted model of care that addresses child health, education, nutrition, psychosocial well-being, and livelihoods by working with existing structures and systems, strengthening them as necessary. Investment: Scope: 27,940 children. Show less

Head of Banking Operations (Technical Advisor, seconded from USAID– Responsible for all branch strategic planning and development, budget management, E-Banking initiatives. Consumer and micro lending, SME credit, IT oversight, new branch development and project management. Led 90 staff with quarterly reporting to board. Emergency Payment Project– Spearheaded Rural Banking Initiative. Brought financial access and loans to those who were previously un-banked. Utilized biometric and… Show more Head of Banking Operations (Technical Advisor, seconded from USAID– Responsible for all branch strategic planning and development, budget management, E-Banking initiatives. Consumer and micro lending, SME credit, IT oversight, new branch development and project management. Led 90 staff with quarterly reporting to board. Emergency Payment Project– Spearheaded Rural Banking Initiative. Brought financial access and loans to those who were previously un-banked. Utilized biometric and Point of Sale technology. This effort netted more than K2MM per month in operation, with many lessons learned to benefit further rural and mobile efforts. Paid 48,000 people over 5 months, at 12 pay points, totaled K72.2MM. Resulted in rural bank program becoming growth plan for bank and enabling SME activities. Brought bank to profitability.Mobile Banking Unit - Led planning in preparation for 1st ever mobile banking unit in Malawi. This effort teamed every key team in bank to prepare operational work flows, technology, risk mitigation and procedural plans, route identification and marketing efforts, reconciliation and profitability. Branch Planning, Development, E-banking, presented at Swaziland Electronic Payment Solution Conference. Show less

As VP of Business Continuity, my initiatives included departmental management report creation, project management leadership, senior management initiatives, policy development and business continuity and disaster readiness planning.As VP of Business Planning, my mandate was to execute senior executive projects, focused on increasing Bank’s profitability, capturing efficiencies and building a best in class infrastructure.Additional work included profitability and business case… Show more As VP of Business Continuity, my initiatives included departmental management report creation, project management leadership, senior management initiatives, policy development and business continuity and disaster readiness planning.As VP of Business Planning, my mandate was to execute senior executive projects, focused on increasing Bank’s profitability, capturing efficiencies and building a best in class infrastructure.Additional work included profitability and business case analysis.As VP of Global Derivatives, I managed 12 trade valuation, Profit & Loss (P&L) and risk analysts who evaluated profitability of our trading strategies in Commodities, Equities and Int’l Interest Rate areas. During my time as VP the Global Derivatives Team increasing trading revenues from $22MM to $75MM (an increase of 340%)Other key initiatives included: Systems Migration & Upgrade, Consolidation of London Operations,Bank One and First Chicago Merger Integration. Show less

Analyst for Chicago Research & Trading which was acquired by NationsBank. At Nations I was promoted to VP and manager of 10 trade analysts, a $1MM department budget and responsibilities for hiring, training and performance reviews. The key challenge - leading staff to stress test market trading scenarios for New York, Chicago, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, London and Swiss branches. My team conducted P&L and risk analysis on a book of business that generated $35MM in annual… Show more Analyst for Chicago Research & Trading which was acquired by NationsBank. At Nations I was promoted to VP and manager of 10 trade analysts, a $1MM department budget and responsibilities for hiring, training and performance reviews. The key challenge - leading staff to stress test market trading scenarios for New York, Chicago, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, London and Swiss branches. My team conducted P&L and risk analysis on a book of business that generated $35MM in annual profits.Managed IT & Trading Operations Departments: Teamed with IT to create and modify reports on option rates, creating a new market opinion value report and trade position reports.Other key positions included: Senior Financial Analyst, US & Foreign Equities Team; Financial Analyst, Cash Management & Margins; Trade Support Analyst, Foreign Exchange, Precious Metals, Interest Rate Products. Show less