Sarah Gresty Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

London, England, Gb

Women in Banking and Finance (WIBF) is a social enterprise that operates across the UK.Founded in 1980 our mission is to bring a gender lens to UK financial services to unlock the full potential of the sector by ensuring equal opportunities for women as employees, customers and entrepreneurs. Empowering them to contribute to building a sustainable financial services industry, better businesses and places to work for all. 👭🏦💱

London, London, Gb

Chair of charity (appointed April 2024, deputy chair since 2022), running board meetings and responsible for governance. The charity has 19 employees and 230 volunteers. Doorstep Library is a community-focused literacy charity dedicated to bringing the magic of books and the joy of reading directly into the homes of children who need our support. We recruit and train home and online reading volunteers to go into disadvantaged areas to help introduce young children (aged 0-11 years) to the pleasure and benefits of reading. 👨‍👧 ❤️ 📚 🎖

London, Gb

Executive level Managing Director role, FCA registered Material Risk Taker with Significant Management.Managed a team of up to 100 product managers responsible for: Internal Funds, Third Party Funds, Discretionary Portfolio Management, Dealing, Insurance, Pensions, Banking and Credit products. 📈 💱 🔒 💳 💷 🏧 💰Achievements include:👉 Delivered the product and proposition strategy for the combined Private Bank and Wealth Management UK business ahead of the integration understanding external market place and internal capabilities.👉 Reinvigorated Barclays own fund range (across UK, Lux and Ireland), launching new funds, and extending distribution channels. 👉 Successful delivery of consumer duty supporting product managers to complete reviews ahead of deadline. 👉 Lead the product and strategy input for the BISL ICARA regulatory return. 👉 Accountable for resilience as AE for Important Business Service: Sale & Purchase of Assets across Wealth and Smart Investor, highly commended when tested during crisis management exercise.👉 Hosted Word on the Street Podcast in 2022 and 2023.

London, Gb

Directed a team of 15 product managers, both manufacturing and sourcing products from across the Barclays Group and externally. 🔒 💳 💷 🏧 💰Achievements include:👉 Led transformational change to adapt and bring retail products to wealth clients, improving processes and digital experience for wealth clients across banking and credit with significant commercial benefit. 👉 Long-standing member of Transact & Pay Council, (2016-2021) contributing to strategic decisions across current accounts, FX, payments and implementing open banking for 24 million customers. 👉 Member of Barclays UK Mortgage Council (2017-2019) forming part of the mortgage extended leadership team to drive forward this £143bn mortgage business.

London, Gb

End of end oversight and development of Private Bank banking proposition, managing, launching and closing products. 💷 🏧 💰

London, Gb

Led change programmes across multiple countries (Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia) including new daily sales and revenue information. Played a key role in entering new markets (such as India in 2007). 🌎 📊

London, Gb

Broad range of technology and change assignments, including coding, design, change and strategy, including accountability for the management and control of a £200m change portfolio. 💻 📊

Diploma (Level 6), Private Client Investment Advice & Management (Pciam), Investment Advice, Bond & Fi Markets

Msc, Advanced Computer Science

Mba

Advanced Diploma, Business Administration

Bsc(Hons), Computer Science

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