Mark Thompson Email & Phone Number

Hemel Hempstead, Gb

London Area, United Kingdom

WSD (www.wsd.com) is an innovative technology company backed by leading U.K. mid-market private equity firm Bowmark Capital. Specializing in comprehensive SaaS-based solutions for the structured products and OTC derivatives markets, our cutting-edge platform and portfolio of services streamline document generation for legal, marketing, and investor communications while offering workflow automation, data and lifecycle management, and providing seamless integration with industry platforms and portals.While our core focus is on structured products, our versatile technology platform has broader applicability within the banking sector. As a market leader, we are dedicated to continuous innovation, incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) into every aspect of our solutions to drive efficiency and deliver unmatched value to our clients and to our investors.#fintech #regtech #AI

London Area, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

At Delta Capita, my role as a Senior Consultant & Structured Product Specialist has allowed me to apply my risk management mindset across various domains, including financial risk, operational risk, and logistics. I have consistently proposed and implemented improvements to processes, identified revenue opportunities, and provided invaluable advice to management, showcasing my dedication to delivering excellence in every aspect of my work.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Applied a Risk Management mindset to all aspects of the role including Financial Risk (advising on current projects), Operational Risk (as applied to customer management, product & service offerings, regulatory change and internal systems) and logistics (as an extension of Operations).• Proposed and implemented various improvements including capitalise on overlooked revenue streams and remove risk from the current processes and became the main point of contact for resolving every logistics issue.• Brought the same dedicated and diligent work ethic, a keenness to learn and a teamwork focussed ethos that has been at the core of my entire career to date.

London, England, United Kingdom

Various Operations support, sales and customer facing roles

Planned career break/sabbatical.

London, United Kingdom

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER & BUSINESS ANALYSTManaged the project for operational support and implementation of increased transparency around the creation and management of custom indices according to new regulatory requirements following the LIBOR and FX incidents, as part of the exotics operations team.• Managed the project to increase transparency around the creation and management of custom indices according to incoming regulatory requirements.• Worked to very tight timelines to meet Internal Audit deadlines and developed project plans to hit these deadlines.• Provided additional support in related operational functions including development of policy for the exotic trade review function, advising on contract renegotiation and development of policy for third party calculation agents and participation on committees for management of internal custom index issues and policy.

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER & BUSINESS ANALYSTHeadhunted to bring back and deploy the Anti Money Laundering, KYC review responsibilities from outsourcing provider to the BAU line role in Global Operations, including offshore venues and business hubs in Asia and the USA. • Successfully repatriated a £10m AML KYC project from the external consultancy to the Global Operations functions within RBS. • Brought in to remediate extensive issues for the last 3 months of the project and pushed through a significant amount of the final work - more than had been expected.• Identified and highlighted key risks and dependencies and provided an extensive review of regional capacities showing ability to absorb the BAU work as it came back.• created a very detailed project plan including how these repatriated Review cases fitting in with 2 other high level projects, which I participated in the management of (strategic system migration and regulatory pressure from FCA)• Liased with Senior Business Stakeholders in the Client Experience area to review and demonstrate all value added activities. • Negotiated additional service offerings from the outsourcer for no extra charge.

London, United Kingdom

Brought in as key player in multi-discipline teams for the delivery of client solutions with a focus on derivative and structured products. Applied in-depth knowledge of products and end-to-end trade cycles to ensure design and delivery of processes aligned to business and regulatory requirements. Lead role on three major projects: a legal entity migration, a structured product governance TOM, and a structured product trade review.

London, United Kingdom

Hired as a derivatives technical specialist / Subject Matter Expert to lead and manage Equity and FX teams involved in the structuring and execution of $multi-million FX and equity deals. Regularly consulted on booking methodologies for complex strategies, documentation formats incorporating ISDA conventions, and compliance with internal policies. Initiator and participant in projects to improve global control processes, regulatory compliance, workflow efficiencies and investigation of cost saving initiatives.Boosted trade profitability and enhanced focus on bottom line through implementation of management reporting tools. Reduced headcount requirement, promoting “zero touch” from operations. Facilitated transition to electronic trading platforms (ETP), and drove five products into straight through processing (STP), in line with regulatory reform. Launched a Dodd-Frank project to promote adherence to Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and improve financial transparency and accountability.

Recruited with responsibility for daily valuation and P&L calculation of multi-million structured derivative trades; delivered notional, attribution and risk analysis reports for Exotic Equity Desk. Independently priced trading books of complex derivative structures. Led team training in report production to enhance service value. Achieved effective production of daily P&L and advised on a complex portfolio of derivative products. Increased processing efficiency and mitigated substantial risk through implementation of new system tools and methodology for the IPV process, ensured accuracy for reserve numbers.

London, United Kingdom

Delivered detailed analysis and reports to senior managers and front office colleagues across all asset classes including production of daily capital adequacy reports and quarterly reporting returns for the FSA and Bank of England. Participated in regulatory market risk reporting for equities, FX and currency options.Streamlined daily calculation of Capital Adequacy Reports. Selected to support market risk reporting for FX, due to subject matter expertise in derivative products. Delivered clear picture to senior management of the bank's capital position and capital requirements through roll out of Capital Adequacy Reporting across Corporate Banking.

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Investment Management, Distinction

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Biochemistry, 2:1

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