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London, Gb

London, Gb

Responsible for company-wide risk management strategy, risk-related corporate governance requirements, risk management programme and day-to-day management of operational risk matters, for FTSE 250 group with £400m revenues and £1.5bn market cap.A global role that required collaborating with business directors on strategic and operational risks across the group, contributing to and influencing the strategy of companies based in UK, US, Canada, HK and China and additional operations in 25+ offices worldwide.I was chair of the company's information security group and a member of the risk committee, a board-level committee chaired by the company’s chief executive.*Delivered a global risk management programme to address business areas including international legal and regulatory compliance (FCA/SEC/IOSCO), dispute resolution, defamation and IP infringement, anti-bribery and corruption, business ethics, speak up, modern slavery, information security, data protection, BCM, travel risk and employee health and safety.*Ran programme to achieve PLC compliance with UK Corporate Governance Code, establishing a senior executive risk committee, introducing divisional-level risk assessment across the organization and developing bespoke material controls and appetite statements to support risk mitigation strategy. Prepared externally published risk disclosures, business-wide KRIs and comprehensive risk management dashboard.*Managed complex geopolitical risks including Brexit, trade sanctions affecting strategic markets and business and financial risks arising from operations in China.*Ran programmes for global data protection compliance, including UK Data Protection Act, PECR and GDPR (EU), CASL (Canada), HK Ordinance (Hong Kong), PDPA (Singapore) and relevant Chinese data protection regulation (China).*Created a global information security function.*Responsible for global insurance programme to protect business assets, revenues and staff.

London, Gb

Provided strategic and operational leadership of technology function for FTSE 250 group through critical 10-year transitional period from an international B2B print publisher and events company to a digital information and events business, delivering state of the art technology systems, infrastructure and processes and exceeding significant year on year targets through a record period of growth.Responsible for technology strategy and operations from business analysis and project management through to digital development, programming, database, information security, IT infrastructure, support and procurement functions.I implemented management and performance reporting for all central technology functional areas and prepared the annual technology budget, forecasting and review for approval by the board and attended operational reviews with the company’s finance director and chief executive officer.*Delivered and executed company-wide restructuring programme to establish new global technology function, to support company’s principal strategic objectives, exceeding strategic and operational targets and achieving a 50% reduction in global headcount.*Offshoring: established effective outsourced technology development function to partner inhouse teams, providing skilled resources and support to meet company’s high growth targets and business-critical requirements, reducing operating costs by 55%.*Online/digital technology implemented to fast-track launch of international, function-rich B2B websites using sophisticated back-office technology to support content management, customer and product management, digital rights management, e-commerce and advanced website analytics including detailed site traffic analysis and lead generation for sales teams.*Information security governance: created and implemented the company’s information security framework, establishing the policies, processes and procedures for managing information and cyber risk worldwide.

Economics

Master’S Degree, Product Innovation & Management/Applied Computing