A Global Business Leader with over 20 years’ experience at top-tier investment banks and financial services providers, including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and State Street. I possess particular strengths in driving efficiency and quality of customer-facing businesses in financial markets, with broad expertise across Prime Brokerage, Fixed Income, FX, especially e-trading platforms.I have significant Board experience across legal entities in Europe, North America and Asia including current positions on the Boards of Bestex UK and Charles River Europe.Throughout my career I have consistently built market share and profitability for businesses with turnover in the hundreds of millions. I have delivered substantial growth both organically and through acquisitions, driven cost efficiency through restructure and business transformation, ensured long-term sustainability through product and service innovation aligned to evolving technology and customer needs.I have built consensus and coherence across large and complex organisations, engaging with senior stakeholders internally and externally to ensure solutions are delivered effectively. My ability to recruit, motivate and develop large, multi-geography teams has been key to my success and I pride myself on championing diversity.I develop rigorous governance, risk management and control frameworks, and am proactive in relationships with global regulators including CFTC, FCA / PRA, the Federal Reserve Bank and the SEC.A strategic thinker who pays close attention to competitors and innovations in products and technology, I guide and inform key business priorities, working with the Board and senior leadership to establish long-term sustainability in businesses which can adapt to a fast-changing marketplace.I am closely involved in a number of mentoring programmes and have been appointed as General Trustee for TACT, the UK’s largest charitable fostering and adoption agency.