A qualified chartered accountant (South African equivalent of ACA) with broad-based international banking exposure across a range of Private Client Banking and Corporate Lending activities as COO. More recent experience in a media and tech business as interim CEO. Experience across the entire business from strategy development and M&A activities through to operational implementation.Deep practical experience in Business Architecture, IT Architecture, Finance, Legal, Regulatory Compliance, Operations, IT, BI, Change and Programme Management.Good understanding of capital, liquidity, funding, balance sheet structure, statutory and regulatory reporting, credit risk, interest rate risk and foreign currency risk. Successfully implemented governance structures to identify, measure and manage risks across the business.Actively driven and shaped the change and transformation programme.Developed target operating models for new business lines.Led system selection processes and subsequent system implementation.Actively participated in the setting of both quantitative and qualitative risk appetite.Key point of escalation for judgement calls on critical risk matters.Passionate about employing and growing empowered, values based teams of people.Proven ability to initiate and drive change.Energetic and positive in outlook.