Kenny Gray Email & Phone Number

Linlithgow, Gb

Personal & professional development in preparation for new work opportunities; coaching and training for the Lanzarote International Running Challenge (LIRC) 2024; investing in my physical and mental wellbeing; networking and connecting;

Edinburgh City, Scotland, United Kingdom

Delivered, managed and enhanced enterprise-wide risk reporting as part of a specialist team, supporting Risk executives and the bank board. Key achievements: Project managed the delivery of the monthly risk report for risk committees and the bank board, leading on strategic and financial risks (including reputational, capital, liquidity, climate, pension, retail and wholesale credit and market risks). Led the collaboration with c.30 stakeholders each report cycle from initial planning, communications and delivery of the final product to governance. Reviewed and challenged risk appetite updates, financial and non-financial risk data and commentary as well as second line of defence risk opinions on key developments. Redrafted submissions to ensure technical and complex updates were clearly written for the committee and board members. Managed conflicting and changing priorities with stakeholders as content requirements changed, often in real-time or in light of bank/industry developments. Developed and maintained the annual and monthly workflow project plans for the enterprise-wide risk report to ensure the report was prepared efficiently and effectively across each report cycle.Created and maintained an internal risk reporting toolkit to align with the enterprise-wide framework, as well as an internal step-by-step process guide to enable consistent product delivery.Supported the Chief Risk Officer and Chief Operating Officer with the review and sign-off stages for reports. Addressing feedback and actions ahead of final submission.Provided coaching to team colleagues and stakeholders to help them upskill and deliver content more effectively, leading to less review of minor items (formatting, grammar) and more focus on key messaging (trends, analysis, decisions needed).Provided oversight and peer review across all risks types ahead of report submissions. Delivered external disclosures as part of bank-wide results on treasury and market risk.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Successfully led the creation and delivery of internal communications for the Restructuring business. Utilising my skills in video editing, intranet content creation, and PowerPoint, I created visually appealing content on customer initiatives, internal processes, and team updates. Additionally, I translated technical updates into clear and concise content for the intranet to support customer-facing colleagues.Following a business restructure in Learning & Development, I joined Restructuring a 16-month secondment to partner with the leadership team and support c.250 colleagues with internal communications.Key achievements:Successfully created, delivered and maintained the internal communications annual plan for the Restructuring business, linked to bank themes of purpose, learning and culture. Created visually appealing and engaging internal communications on customer initiatives, internal processes and team updates. Utlised skills in intranet content/site creation, video editing, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Excel and Adobe.Translated technical procedural updates into clear, concise and compelling content for the intranet to support customer-facing colleagues.Led and delivered new monthly wellbeing campaign #wellbeingwednesday during the pandemic with video updates from leaders and on a clear and digestible one-pager format.Evaluated and refined the internal communications strategy to maximise the benefit from available bank tools, technology and channels and in light of colleague feedback.Planned and hosted all-staff virtual events on Zoom (webinars, team meetings, training sessions) utilising full capabilities of the platform.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Partnered with senior stakeholders to design and deliver a new people strategy for the Risk function. I attended industry events to research interventions and authored engaging learning presentations for the People Steering Group. Additionally, I analysed training MI data to monitor engagement and completion of courses.People lead as part of a L&D team supporting the Risk function (c.2,000 colleagues).Partnered with senior stakeholders across the Risk function to scope, design and deliver a new people strategy covering learning, future skills development, career planning and wellbeing. Attended industry events to research potential new interventions and build a strong network to help support and deliver the Risk function learning and wellbeing goals.Authored and collated visually appealing learning presentations and engaging colleague communications on behalf of the People Steering Group (senior committee). Maintained the behavioural skills curriculum and specialist technical curriculum for the Chief Operating Office and Enterprise-wide Risk teams, hosted on the Learning Academy.Undertook analysis on training MI, including intranet traffic, to monitor engagement and completion of courses/content. Reviewed function-wide annual staff opinion survey data to generate training needs analysis and opportunities for learning and skills development.Wellbeing lead. Project managed campaigns; worked with suppliers to deliver resilience workshops.Designed and delivered colleague feedback surveys via Survey Monkey, Qualtrics and Slido. Undertook analysis on outputs, presented findings to gain traction for further investment in learning and wellbeing. Mentor and coach to new intern and graduate colleagues, helping with career planning, building networks and sharing my knowledge and experiences to help them progress.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

- Risk Strategy and Service Delivery Manager: (March 2011 – January 2015)Lead analyst on organisational design restructure across Credit Risk teams. Delivered Portfolio Management Office (PMO) reports and MI dashboards allowing transformation projects and benefits cases to be tracked and reviewed.Provided business management for team leadership, working with a range of senior stakeholders to ensure the team operated effectively.Supported Chief Operating Officer with event management for c100 colleagues. Designed and authored presentations for the Chief Operating Officer.- Risk Change Manager (August 2009 – March 2011)Project managed workstream on a Risk MI & Data programme which delivered new streamlined risk reporting capabilities though SAS and Qlikview dashboards. Collaborated with local specialists to deliver training and clear communications on technical change for non-technical audiences. - Reporting Team Manager: Risk Reporting & Analysis (October 2006 – August 2009)Managed and led a credit risk reporting team to prepare, review and submit board risk reports covering the Corporate Banking (£1m+) portfolio for RBS Group.

Ma Hons, Modern History & Politics, 2:1

Joint Honours specialising in politics, international relations and modern history

Ba Hons, Financial Services Management, 1St

1st class honours and 1st class dissertation on Corporate Social Responsibility and trust in banking. Completed as part of Chartered.