Gerard Smith Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hk

Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hk

London, Gb

London, Gb

Leads a team of Product Managers with responsibility for defining strategic and tactical development.Specific responsibilities for:Regulatory change - EMIR, CSDR, MIFID II, SFTR;LCH lead for blockchain DLT initiatives and Big Data;Commercial roadmap,Front Office and Back Office change;Collateral Services to LCH Clearing Members;Central Bank access programme (CHAPS, SIC, RITS, NBO, RIX, TARGET2);Liquidity risk management;Market Infrastructure developments;LCH lead for Blockchain / Distributed Ledger;ISO 20022 development;Triparty collateral management;Custody relationships;Chairman of the SWIFT ISO 20022 Collateral Management Standards Evaluation Group (SEG)

London, Gb

Responsible for defining all business aspects of the new member facing Collateral Management system. Responsible for definition and delivery of product roadmap.Leads a team of business analysts and developers in the day to day running of the change roadmap.Aligns and communicates the product roadmap internally within the business and externally to Clearing Members and service partners.Front end web application that allows Clearing Members to manage their collateral at the Clearing House. Including cash, securities and triparty collateral movements.Participating in defining new product/processes development to meet regulatory changes including:• Real time liquidity monitoring; and• Quadparty collateral mechanisms for client clearing

London, Gb

Managed team of 20 business analysts within the Corporate Strategy and Project Delivery department.Extracting requirements for globally deployed applications and ensuring alignment with project objective and overall strategy.Created new platform strategy for Market Maker derivatives trading platform (CFDs) – front, middle and back-officeRe-designed new CFD FX productDesigned new order strategies and position keeping processesCreated the Business Analysis function within CMC Markets, including:RecruitmentDevelopment of agile processes (interaction with Business, IT Development, Test and Support)Creating deliverable templates, artefacts, standards and QA.

London, Gb

Senior Business analyst for the EquityClear business area. Mainly working with exchanges and CSDs (i.e. LSE, virt-x, CREST, SIS, Euroclear etc).Ensure Business Operations Dept is aware of industry developments and participates in market consultations.Management of all aspects of project implementation - requirements definition, identifying legal requirements, regulatory permissions, system design, procedural documentation through to UAT and post project support.Excellent knowledge of equities, fixed income and money markets.

Brussels, Belgium, Be

Lead Business Analyst for externally facing projects. Worked on all major CREST projects – Gilts migration to CREST, DvP in Central Bank Money, Settlement Netting, Money Market migration and new repo products. Lead analyst for CREST SSE project with Euroclear.Experience or working on cross entity projects with other business partners i.e. the Bank of England, London Clearing House, APACS, London Stock Exchange and all major investment banks, retail brokers and custodians.Managed market-wide consultations on changes to settlement processing and new interfaces.Responsible for producing all external documentation for CREST users i.e. documenting changes to user interfaces, functionality and testing strategy.Presentations to market liaison bodies and working parties.Production of requirements documentation, presentations, seminars, guidance notes etc.

London, Gb

London, Greater London, Gb

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