Team Lead - Fund Operations OversightSeptember 2011 – date Supervision of other Associates, including appraisals, allocation of workflow, training and nurturing talent. Day-to-day oversight and support for all EMEA domiciled Funds (Retail and Institutional including UCITS, iShares, Defined Contribution, FGR, Hedge and Investment Trust Fund ranges), resolving portfolio issues and implementing change events. Aladdin proficient; an operating system which is used by BlackRock and clients. Globally focused, with a wide exposure to all offices, products, teams and asset classes. Work closely with the Strategic Product Management team and other areas including Compliance, Sales, Investment Oversight, KIID Implementation and Fund Managers on Fund launches, mergers and closures, ensuring internal systems and external parties are updated appropriately. Project Management of share class launches, working closely with internal and external stakeholders including Fund Accountants, Transfer Agents, Sales teams and Custodians. Provide Fund expertise to internal and external parties. Own and deliver change events, including guidelines, benchmark, Fund name, portfolio manager changes. Manage relationships with external data vendors and act as central point of contact for data issues. These vendors include Bloomberg. Morning Star, Funds Info, Thomson Reuters, Six Financial and Financial Express. Identify and drive process improvement opportunities. Participation in the development and implementation of continuous improvement of the control environment, policies and procedures, looking for ways to innovate and drive the business forward. Member of the Distribution Review Committee and Resources Group, regularly chairing interdepartmental meetings. Induction of new joiners to BlackRock. CASS, KYC/AML compliant.

Team Lead of the US Fixed Income & Equity reporting team. Supervision of other Associates, oversight of 300+ funds, vast volume of workflow with tight deadlines. Close links to Fund managers and downstream data users. Position held for one year until duties were transferred back to the US.Team Lead of Transition valuation team for two and a half years. Supervision of other Associates, including allocation of workflow, managing the team to ensure all Client deadlines/Requests were met. Client reporting – preparation, production, checking and scanning initial/closing and monthly reports.Resolution of issues and maintenance/monitoring of the database and Aladdin.Supervision of other Associates, including allocation of workflow, tracking team workflow to fully meet all Client deadlines/Requests. Responsible for Specialist accounts and all EMEA NAV reconciliations, including resolution of issues and maintenance/monitoring of the database and Aladdin.Custodian relationship representative.Member of Project Management Team (Six Sigma) and Best Practice initiative.Cash Reconciliation.Cash Management.Performance measurement specialist – training, preparation and monitoring returns.Processing of corporate actions.