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Experienced Chief Operating Officer (COO), driving innovation, helping organizations adapt to the rapidly changing environment, serving in Front, Middle and Back office senior management roles. Responsible & accountable for running both BAU and major projects, small teams and large departments. Based in The Netherlands, Republic of South Africa, Latvia, The United Kingdom, Singapore and currently in Hong Kong.Strong management, finance & operations professional with an Engineering degree and a Master of Science in Financial Management from Nyenrode Business University. In possession of various professional certifications related to Financial Markets (HKMA, MAS), International Trade Finance (CTFP), FinTech, Data science, Blockchain and Cybersecurity (Harvard, Columbia, MIT, HKU, Linux and ISACA registered Certified Information Security Manager).Skilled in Wholesale Operations, First Line Risk Management, Finance, Treasury, Client on-boarding (KYC/AML/CDD), Financial Markets, Cash management services, International Trade services, Equity derivatives Middle office & Product control, Regulatory compliance, Cybersecurity (NIST), Technology, Incident management, Outsourcing, Privacy, Disaster Recovery (BCM), Budgeting and cost control, Hiring/firing, Continuous Improvement (LEAN/ESSA/RPA/OWOW) including Managing major/strategic transformation programs, Core banking system implementations, Lead in formulating and driving Change Management, Risk & Control Self-Assessments (RCSA), Stakeholder engagement, Organizational design, Cultural diversity and Business Strategy. Experienced member of oversight and decision-making forums including Risk Management Committee, Asia Technology Risk Committee, New Business Committee, Asset & Liability Committee, Asia Project Portfolio Committee, In-Control committee CIOO Asia, Crisis Management Committee, Global MT First Line Risk and various other Management Teams and Implementation Boards. Personal characteristics include: adaptable, anti-fragile, servant leader, lead by example, hard on issues soft on people, growth mind-set, biased towards numbers and data, likes to challenge the status quo / never stop asking and result driven."Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right." - Henry Ford.

Listed skills include Financial Risk, Finance, Equity Derivatives, Risk Management, and 8 others.