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Interim/Contract COO/CIO/CFO level specialist with extensive experience in highly regulated industries. Strong technology project delivery, risk management, procurement/tender development and cyber security background.

Yieldbroker is the leading multilateral electronic platform for trading OTC debt and debt derivative products in Australia and New Zealand. The platform supports secondary trading in Australian and New Zealand government, semi-government and corporate securities, supra-national, agency and sovereign bonds, as well as trading in interest rate swaps, basis swaps, OIS, FRA, repo, and bank bills. In the primary market Yieldbroker runs and supports the electronic tender for… Show more Yieldbroker is the leading multilateral electronic platform for trading OTC debt and debt derivative products in Australia and New Zealand. The platform supports secondary trading in Australian and New Zealand government, semi-government and corporate securities, supra-national, agency and sovereign bonds, as well as trading in interest rate swaps, basis swaps, OIS, FRA, repo, and bank bills. In the primary market Yieldbroker runs and supports the electronic tender for Commonwealth Government Treasury Bonds and Treasury Notes, major semi-government bonds and long-dated open market operations conducted by the Reserve Bank of Australia. Show less

MMADX secured regulatory approval to commence operations as an electronic trading platform in Australia.Undertook the preparatory work needed to implement the company’s technology platform and market operations functions, including:• Selected the Italian-based technology vendor to provide MMADX’s technology as a service. • Developed the market and technology operating procedures to support the company’s successful application for an exemption to an Australian Market… Show more MMADX secured regulatory approval to commence operations as an electronic trading platform in Australia.Undertook the preparatory work needed to implement the company’s technology platform and market operations functions, including:• Selected the Italian-based technology vendor to provide MMADX’s technology as a service. • Developed the market and technology operating procedures to support the company’s successful application for an exemption to an Australian Market License. • Developed a services management framework acceptable to Australian regulators while leveraging offshore resources.• Defined the firm’s service offering, including order management, risk management, trade execution and the facilitation of market straight through processing using open interfaces.• Defined requirements and supported a ‘roadshow’ of the demonstration market software to Australian financial markets participants to secure wide support and commitment.• Negotiated commercial arrangements with multiple financial markets service providers.• Defined the structure of the firm’s Market Operations team, developed job descriptions, and identified individuals with relevant skills. Show less

Member of the ASX’s technology executive team focused on formulating technology strategy, system selection, enterprise architecture, governance, security and special projects:• Managed the delivery of the development and implementation of the ASX Trade24 automated trading system. Negotiated the in-sourcing of the development and enhancement of the platform with a small US based software vendor, incorporating the transfer of key vendor personal to the ASX and the build out of a… Show more Member of the ASX’s technology executive team focused on formulating technology strategy, system selection, enterprise architecture, governance, security and special projects:• Managed the delivery of the development and implementation of the ASX Trade24 automated trading system. Negotiated the in-sourcing of the development and enhancement of the platform with a small US based software vendor, incorporating the transfer of key vendor personal to the ASX and the build out of a development team while concurrently delivering a complete application architecture and infrastructure refresh. • Implemented a proactive and agile enterprise technology architecture governance structure for the introduction of new technology. This ensured that new technology solutions had well-understood benefits realisation plans, could be effectively integrated into the existing technical environment and could be appropriately supported.• Designed and implemented the organisation’s capacity management framework to ensure the ability to effectively forecast and scale up processing capability to meet the highly volatile requirements of millions of transactions per day.• Designed and implemented an on-going structured testing program which conclusively demonstrated that each ASX mission-critical system is able to process full production market loads in a disaster situation.• Analysed the ASX’x business strategy and defined the technology requirements to provide exchange traded derivatives trading, clearing and settlement services to Australian financial markets over the next five years. Developed the systems integration roadmap, budget and ROI.• Managed a six month project to relocate the SFE’s outsourced primary data centre infrastructure into the ASX. Included the Austraclear securities depository and settlement systems, fundamental to daily wholesale cash settlement liquidity between Australian banks and the Reserve Bank of Australia. Show less

Led the organisation’s technology group to improve project delivery and technology service management:• Restructured the technology group and rolled out ITIL service management training and qualifications across the team, including key individuals at ITIL Manager level. • The service focus coupled with the group re-structuring enabled the smooth integration of the SFE technology team in under six weeks, following the organisation’s merger with the ASX.

Established the Sydney business one of Australia's largest privately owned consulting firms, now a part of ASX listed Oakton. Recruited project management consultants, implemented a standardised project management framework, developed and implemented engagement control and risk management procedures, developed the client base from a green fields starting point, assured assignment quality, directed numerous projects. Director of the national firm.Major projects… Show more Established the Sydney business one of Australia's largest privately owned consulting firms, now a part of ASX listed Oakton. Recruited project management consultants, implemented a standardised project management framework, developed and implemented engagement control and risk management procedures, developed the client base from a green fields starting point, assured assignment quality, directed numerous projects. Director of the national firm.Major projects included:• Commonwealth Bank: Sarbanes Oxley & Lawlex Software Implementation. • Air Services Australia: SAP Sales & Distribution and Accounts Receivables Modules Implementation. • Air Services Australia: Flight Billing System. • Australian Broadcasting Corporation: SAP HR & Customised Rostering System Project Assessment. • Sydney Futures Exchange: Global Futures Clearing System Replacement.• Sydney Futures Exchange: Global Trading System Replacement. • New York Mercantile Exchange: Automated Trading System Project Review. Show less

Responsible for creating the SFE enterprise project office and the support, operations and enhancement of 24x5 real time trading and clearing systems across a global network and three data centres. Managed the provision of production support for SFE sites and on-call support to 30 market participants (banks and investment banks) trading and clearing in Australia and New Zealand:• Established the enterprise wide business project management team, including staff roles, methodology and… Show more Responsible for creating the SFE enterprise project office and the support, operations and enhancement of 24x5 real time trading and clearing systems across a global network and three data centres. Managed the provision of production support for SFE sites and on-call support to 30 market participants (banks and investment banks) trading and clearing in Australia and New Zealand:• Established the enterprise wide business project management team, including staff roles, methodology and processes.• Responsible for the delivery of a portfolio of business projects including joint ventures and merger’s with offshore exchanges, new product developments, enterprise applications, service oriented architecture & multi-layer data warehouse, a web based transaction portal and the associated technology infrastructure.• Refocused IT production support and operations areas, resulting in closer cooperation between teams and enhanced career diversification and multi-skilling. Show less

Specialist technology systems auditor promoted through to Senior Manager of KPMG’s Sydney Systems Assurance practice. Included 18 mth secondment to KPMG London office.Responsible for work allocation, quality and professional development of 40 professional staff.

• Technology and Project Governance Assessment - Specialised consulting and lead system audit roles for over 30 clients.• Trained and experienced systems auditor assessing controls within financial IT systems.• Assessment of IT controls including security, change management and operations.• 18 months performing Bank of England IT systems control reviews of banking clients while on secondment in London.