Darren Hackett Email & Phone Number

London Area, United Kingdom

Group CFO at rising FinTech, Curve, the ultimate mobile wallet.Responsibility for the Group CFO function and leading the Credit business (Consumer and Commercial lending). Key focus areas:- Strategic leadership through building a profitable business model (EBITDA-driven measure) and by ensuring laser-focused execution of the business plan.- Managing the cash runway including investor fund-raising, sourcing funding leads and creating M&A / exit opportunities.- Providing transparency to Board colleagues, shareholders and prospective investors on business performance and future business plans.- Building a leading consumer lending business across the UK and Europe, partnering with large financial institutions in support of our customers.

London, United Kingdom

- ~80% owned by Deutsche Bank following IPO- DWS Global Leadership Team member (top ~30 executives)- Direct management of the IPO 2017-18- Leading ~230 staff based in London, Frankfurt, New York and Asia Pacific countries- Directed finance operations centre in Philippines and legal entity reporting for ~100 legal entities- Finance: Regional CFOs, end-to-end production of financials, Group consolidation, external financial / regulatory reporting under IFRS and German GAAP, Group Annual Report, compensation controlling- Treasury: Capital planning, hedging, liquidity, economic capital, internal capital adequacy- Regulators: ECB, BaFin, Bundesbank, Federal Reserve, UK FCA- Tax: advisory, transfer pricing, compliance/reporting for all Group entities- CFO stakeholder for Group transformation project and SAP 4 Hana implementation- Memberships: Risk & Control Committee, Strategic Investment Committee, Compensation Operating Committee (Vice-Chair), Group Sustainability Committee, Master Services Agreement committee (Chair); Board member for Philippines entity; DWS Supervisory Board Audit and Risk Committee- External appointment: Chair of the Accounting Task Force for European Fund and Asset Management Association-voice of the Є28.5tn European investment management industry)Achievements:- Delivered IPO within 15 months, listing on Frankfurt SE in 2018- CDP rating: A- (classified as ‘Leadership level’) in 2022- Managed the roll-out of the CSRD requirements and the EU taxonomy for the annual report- Founding member for the Group Sustainability Committee covering ESG/Sustainability/SFDR- Led the creation of the 1st TCFD Report for DWS Investments UK Ltd, meeting FCA requirements- Led the creation of the Group Climate Report; have delivered this report 4 consecutive years- Received the award for Best Sustainability Report by an asset manager in 06/2020- Design and build of group consolidation system and build-out/hiring of independent CFO team

London, United Kingdom

- Reported to Group CFO / Group CEO; NCOU Executive Committee member; Valuation Committee Chair directing valuation/reserves/price testing; Group SOX Disclosure/Oversight Committee; CFO Global Markets Germany- Directed all NCOU internal/external reporting including quarterly analyst presentations- Regulatory interface: Federal Reserve, ECB and UK FCA/PRA- Cross-asset class expertise: Global Markets products, significant operating assets - Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Maher Port Terminals, BHF BankAchievements:- Set-up of NCOU division incl. CFO function: business strategy, build-out of control processes. Promoted to NCOU CFO 01/2015 from Deputy CFO- Led the delivery of asset and risk-weighted asset reductions over a 4-year period, achieving material capital generation for the bank (Є140Bn of assets and RWA reduced to <Є10Bn by YE 2016)- IPO of Red Rock Resorts, sale of Maher Terminals / Cosmopolitan / BHF Bank, material cost savings for NCOU- Successful closure of NCOU in 12/2016 aligned to CFO-led acceleration strategy in 05/2015

London, United Kingdom

- Responsible for all reporting including balance sheet, capital and costs, reporting to the CB&S CFOAchievements: - Directed analytics off-shoring programme - London headcount reduced by 50+%, replicated globally

- Member of the Senior Leadership team for Global Transaction Services business (3K staff)- Directed all internal and external reporting including quarterly analyst updates, setting strategy / KPIs

- Delivered the back-office integration of RBS and ABN AMRO equity business in London, New York, Hong Kong- Developed the Equity business balance sheet, capital and funding overview for the business- Head of Strategy & Change, delivering the SOX controls template for product control

- Directed all structuring operations for c. 120 legal entities, front office P&L management, post-execution support of multi-billion £ transaction portfolio, Board Director on 20+ entities

- Held roles in Emerging Markets (1998-’99), Index Arbitrage/Statistical Equity Trading (1999-’00), Global Convertibles, Funds Development Group and Prime Banking (2001-’03)

- Products covered: Bond Index Derivatives, Bond Options, Swaptions

London Area, United Kingdom

- Based in the Financial Services Division