Promoted to Managing Director based on proven track record in identifying, assessing, mitigating, and controlling risks across the Bank. Due to breadth of experience across enterprise risk, including Operational Resiliency and Business Continuity, First Line AML Risk, Vendor Management, and Regulatory Risk, including Regulation W, serve as resident expert and provide in-depth reports to senior management, Board of Directors, and regulators. Act as a key stakeholder and partner on a number of executive committees, as well as multiple large-scale special projects.

Delivered strategic guidance and oversight to the Bank’s First Line AML Risk team dedicated to onboarding clients for the institutional lending business. Utilized Global Financial Crimes Group (GFC) guidelines to build an AML framework that enabled proactive risk management around BSA and Know Your Client (KYC) requirements. Oversaw New Product Approval (NPA) process to determine feasibility of innovative product initiatives and successfully led due diligence process while negotiating advancement across business lines.Centralized and coordinated all internal and external communications regarding MSBNA regulatory and audit matters, including interactions with Bank regulators, Bank senior management, Internal Audit, Financial Holding Company governance team, and Compliance.Established consistent messaging guidelines for Bank-related regulatory matters and guided teams on how to prepare for examinations and respond to regulatory/audit inquiries and findings.

Innovated and built gold-standard 3rd party Vendor Management program at the $120B Morgan Stanley Bank National Association (MSBNA) to align with regulatory standards. Catapulted success of Bank-wide vendor program by ensuring all constituents understood and followed newly defined governance and compliance protocols. Executive leadership utilized program as benchmark to create others.

As Vice-President, ensured proper governance of the firm by overseeing guarantee issuance policies on every sales and trading transaction and negotiating details of guarantees for 15 business units with counterparties and legal teams. Led due diligence of yearly renewals of the Syndicated Committed Credit for US and UK Broker Dealers, parent company Bi-laterals and Broker Dealer Bi- laterals. Created extensive global road show material and messaging for investors, creditor and clients and traveled quarterly with Global Capital Markets and Treasury senior management to answer detailed questions that arose. Established and directed Assets Liability Committee (ALCO) for the MSTNA to facilitate detailed discussions and documentation around balance sheet issues. Allowed indisputable record of decisions for regulators if needed.

Designed and maintained Contingency Funding Plan, ensuring correct amount of liquidity was always in place. Maintained relations with Federal Reserve Bank Discount Window and Federal Home Loan Bank of NY. Ran annual recruitment process of two-year rotational analysts.

Analyzed long-term debt allocation and budget for business units and prepared weekly reports. Maintained and updated the Global Funding system. Reconciled the inter-company finances to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements for all legal entitles.Assisted in monthly overhead interest analysis and reporting.

Performed financial modeling on earnings prospects to regularly update research analysts and presented reports to senior management.

Provided analyses of quarterly operating and fund performance results to the Head of Financial Planning.