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London, Gb

Cardiff, Wales, Gb

Leading the User Centred product development team at Wealthify to build a better relationship between people and their money.

Leading Product for the first accounting and bank data driven app to simplify running a small businesses.

Leading product for a new data business.

London, Gb

Leading HSBC's development of their Cash Management API strategy

London, Gb

Responsible for the product design, development, operational management and sales of BARX NetFX, a product that supports some of the world’s largest global commerce and FinTech Customers transactional FX processing requirements.Developed the product into a multi-billion dollar turnover platform by winning and growing major cross border eCommerce, Merchant Acquiring, Fintech Client relationships leveraging significant industry knowledge to offer a consultative sales approach for Clients enabling Barclays to support their cross border expansion.Responsible for end to end sales and product delivery, leading RFP responses, pitches, design workshops and agile delivery Client scrums across North America, China and Europe. I successfully combine IT and business knowledge at Barclays and the Client to deliver market leading solutions for Clients.Managed the development of unique non scheme-settled FX risk management solution to support Clients expansion into high growth emerging markets ensuring a rapid return on investment profile for both the Client and Barclays.Developed Barclaycard Global Payment Acceptance cross border payment and FX strategy increasing back book revenues and driving organic growth into key eCommerce, Online Travel, Invoice payment and other FinTech sectors.Defined Barclays’ future Global Transaction banking strategy - single account access to domestic clearing in over 70 countries to serve Retail, Corporate, non-Bank and Financial Institution customers and deliver Barclays Global Digital payments offer “Pingit International” serving Barclays retail consumers and delivering a white label Global Mobile Payments clearing capability to Financial Institutions (FI partnership in Australia).Active contributor to the Tech Stars Barclays Accelerator and Barclays FinTech strategy.

Boadilla Del Monte, Madrid, Es

Lead for Santander UK’s Corporate and Commercial Banking international and FX product portfolio designing and delivering Santander’s ambitious organic growth strategy in the UK market in preparation for IPO.Defined a product development strategy focused on Cash Management, Trade and Invoice Finance integration with FX delivering phased return on investment.Utilised Santander’s global solutions and infrastructure to deliver a market leading cash management and FX proposition, 30% yoy peak revenue growth across all business segments, reduced credit risk and efficient capital usage. Member of the Santander UK Senior Management team, responsible for strategy definition and development of international banking and foreign exchange products.Successfully drove a joint working agenda between Global Banking and Markets (GBM), Global Transaction Banking (GTB) and Corporate Banking.Defined a product development strategy focused on Cash Management, Trade and Invoice Finance integration with FX delivering phased return on investment.

Gogarburn, Gb

Lead analyst on RBS’s Strategic FX Programme based in the Netherlands managing 10 full time business analysts across the programme. Responsible for Business Analysis structuring and deliverables across multiple projects to deliver a full suite of Transactional FX and International Payment products for Global Transaction Services (GTS)Ownership of Global Disbursements and Remittances, FI Global Account and a Global FX pricing hub delivery. Worked closely with GTS and Global Banking Markets divisional Executives and Senior Management to define Customer proposition, Problem and Opportunity Statements and Benefits cases. Responsible for Business Cases for a number of high revenue (c£250M) generating front and back office projects initiated as part of the RBS Strategic Review sponsored by the RBS board.Brokered cooperation between the GBM and GTS businesses, both from a systems architecture and a cultural perspective. Responsible for building relationships with regional GBM and GTS FX product management and analysing current market data to identify tactical proposition enhancement opportunities.

Gogarburn, Gb

• Responsible for Business Analysis Management on the £25M pa Bankline Programme• Lead in a team of 8 Senior Analysts to deliver, improve and maintain RBS' Corporate Online Banking Platform, Bankline. • Responsible for forecasting, defining scope, business case development, resourcing, leadership and team structure.• Liaising with senior Business representatives to identify problems and develop solutions for high priority customers, creating requirements and managing them through to implementation, including direct contact with customers, project and technology teams, and multiple product area stakeholder management. • Working across divisions to implement new payment and treasury accounting functionality & industry compliant products for customers using Bankline. Delivered SWIFT MT202 (Financial Transfer) functionality for Financial Institutions, SWIFT MT101, 103 and 202 ERP System integration, real time transaction and balance updates and increased straight through processing rates for Financial Transfer, CHAPS and International payments. • Also responsible for RBS Legacy system migration and designing a fully automated Customer Service system to reduce support costs.

London, London, Gb

Responsible for client specific development of retail financial services platforms. Included FX, CFD and Exchange Traded Funds platforms, and the launch of a white label Fixed Odds Financial Betting product. Responsible for structuring and agreeing a joint venture in the United States

London, Gb

• Responsible for new business, account management and development. Consulted with treasuries, strategy and markets teams to provide online economic, country risk, financial market and industry analysis solutions. The role involved regular face to face prospect and client meetings at senior and board level throughout Europe and North America.• Position required extensive knowledge of financial and industrial markets across various asset classes, economics, business strategy, and an ability to identify opportunities for cross and up-selling to meet demanding sales targets.

Raritan, New Jersey, Us

University placement year - developed marketing and product strategies for a portfolio of UK pharmaceutical products (£50M+ pa). Involved detailed market analysis, development of key customer targeting matrices, sales team training and process change. Awarded responsibility for pilot of a new online pharmaceutical marketing division, the success of which allowed roll out across Janssen-Cilag Ltd.

Ba Hons, Business Studies

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