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I am a Senior Finance Executive with a 20-year track record in leading and transforming Product Control and Middle Office functions within investment banking. In addition to driving senior stakeholder management and collaboration with auditors and regulators, I head procedural enhancements that shape operational change for global businesses.In my leadership capacity, I have been a member of several senior groups, including Reputational Risk and Valuations Committees. I have steered execution across a range of responsibilities – independent price testing, valuation, business partnering and regulatory back-testing. I have also directed Product Control and Valuation Control groups that have supported a range of business areas across Equities, Rates, FX and Commodity Exotics. With a strong delivery focus, I develop clear product control and operational strategies to support changing front office requirements. This includes managing large local and remote teams, adapting to different market and regulatory environments. I have consistently met business needs when implementing large scale change initiatives, maintaining efficiency and control standards, even when the process has required headcount reduction. I am also a big advocate for Diversity and Inclusion and have been a management sponsor of a working group within the Finance department.I am always interested in connecting with companies looking to advance their Middle Office capabilities and see synergies with my technical background and broad knowledge of accounting standards, pricing, valuation and risk. Feel free to contact me directly through LinkedIn.Areas of Expertise: Product Control, Change Management, Financial Reporting, Independent Price Verification (IPV), P&L, Derivative Valuation, Accounting Standards, Project Management, Budgeting & Forecasting, Senior Stakeholder Management, Finance Control, Risk Management, Coaching & Mentoring, Regulatory Management, Operational Risk
Natwest Group
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Head Of Valuation PolicyNatwest Group Feb 2022 - PresentEdinburgh, Scotland, Gb -
Co-FounderThe Water Professor Mar 2019 - Present -
Chief Financial OfficerArtemis Analytical Ltd Feb 2019 - PresentManchester, England, Gb -
Head Of Valuation Policy & ControlRbs Jul 2018 - Dec 2018Gogarburn, GbEstablished a Valuation function for the Retail, Commercial and Investment Banks.• Developed and implemented a Group Valuation Policy.• Senior point of escalation for the banks IPV groups.• Subject matter expert for the groups - Valuation in Resolution project. -
Head Of Natwest Markets (Nwm) Product ControlRbs May 2015 - Jun 2018Gogarburn, GbResponsible for whole of NWM’s product control, managing ~160 Product Controllers globally and overseeing independent price testing, valuation, business partnering and regulatory back-testing.• Member of several senior forums, including Reputational Risk and Valuations Committees.• Steered process re-design to streamline and simplify approach, set up Warsaw operation to offshore tasks and maintained efficiency and control standards, despite reducing headcount.• Oversaw revenue attribution projects to enhance existing processes and receive regulatory internal models approval waiver.• Improved controls quality within IPV and revenue control groups. -
Head Of Business Financial Support (Bfs) / Run Off And Recovery (Ror)Rbs Nov 2013 - May 2015Gogarburn, GbManaged BFS team, set up to provide business partnership and support. Oversaw RoR, which assisted business with disposal of non-strategic positions and involved in managing sale of equities division.• Headed Finance programme that transferred the risks for RBS’s equity businesses to BNP Paribas.• Restructured team, selected new senior finance partners and defined business support role. • Retained key employees and maintained standards during period of downsizing.• Collaborated on change management project to split bad assets into the RBS Capital Resolution Group; moved assets in reporting hierarchies to enable strategic resources to be managed separately -
Head, Derivative Products And Solutions BucRbs Mar 2013 - Nov 2013Gogarburn, GbRun Product and Valuation Control groups that supported both Equities and Exotics businesses. • Project managed programme to move cash and derivative positions legally from the ABN AMRO (RBS NV) to the RBS plc legal entity. • Collaborated with consultancy group to develop equity business downsizing strategy.• Led integration of combined Equities and Exotics team; managed through change and oversaw headcount reduction. • Designed and implemented core reporting and analysis tool to improve product control. -
Head, Nlt & Currencies Product ControlRbs Mar 2011 - Nov 2013Gogarburn, GbDirected Product and Valuation Control (IPV) Finance groups supporting the NLT (non-linear trading) for options and FX businesses. • Standardised P&L production processes to reduce operational risk.• Simplified control processes and implemented lean management practice.• Developed first-class trading / risk management system; collaborated with Business, Technology, Operations and Market Risk functions.• Steered Finance aspect of project for changing legal entity for positions moved from ABN entity (RBS NV) to RBS plc. -
Head Of Interest Rate And Commodity Exotics BucRbs Sep 2008 - Mar 2011Gogarburn, GbProduct Control manager of Rates and Commodity Exotics business, with responsibilities that included IPV, balance sheet, revenue attribution and commentary.• Established strong Product Control presence through Warsaw hub and extended team model.•Spearheaded change processes during challenging period of the RBS acquisition of ABN AMRO; implemented processes to appoint and retain Product Controllers, and to standardise and integrate processes and teams. -
Global Head Of Macro Trading Product ControlAbn Amro Jan 2007 - Sep 2008Amsterdam, NlIn charge of Flow Rates, Exotic Rates, Commodities and Inflation Product Control groups. Matrix manager for teams located in Tokyo, Singapore, Amsterdam and the US.• Sponsored successful implementation of new P&L reporting tool (PCRT) to improve product control. -
Global Head Of Macro Exotics Product ControlAbn Amro May 2006 - Jan 2007Amsterdam, NlRebuilt control environment, revamping Reserving approach to reclassify vanilla exotic instruments as observable.• Collaborated with Product Control Valuations Group to upgrade price-testing function for the Exotics team. -
Head Of Credit Rates And Fx Middle Office For The Proprietary BusinessJpmorgan Chase May 2004 - May 2006New York, Ny, UsMember of Project Control Group, offering guidance and oversight to key global projects. -
Credit Derivative Product ControllerMerrill Lynch Jun 1998 - May 2004New York, Ny, UsTransitioned to product control from operational positions as Manager, SPV, MTN Operations Department and Operations Specialist, SPV Operations Group.
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University Of BirminghamMolecular Biology -
University Of BirminghamBiochemical Engineering -
University Of BirminghamBiotechnology
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