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United States

London, Gb

Executive management team member responsible for establishing and growing a First Line of Defense organization to 20 professionals in a span of 14 months across the US and India underpinned by industry best-practices, culture enhancement, sustainability and strategy delivery to safely support Equiniti’s growth and market share expansion goals. Established First Line of Defense functions for Equiniti’s US division encompassing Risk Management, Controls Management, Fraud Analytics, Policy & Governance Management, Business Continuity Planning and Data Governance.Selected Achievements:* Established a first-line Fraud Analytics capability, reducing false-positives by 30% to discern actual and measurable impacts from fraud incident data informing risk/scenario mitigating strategies and prioritization of control strengthening opportunities. * Introduced governance program reducing past-due Internal Audit, Compliance and Regulatory actions by 40% in 2 months of action governance implementation.

Zurich, Ch

Transformed the first-line operational risk and controls management function into a global cohesive and risk intelligent model through global re-organization of people, new capabilities, remediation and use of innovative technology solutions.Selected Achievements:* Spearheaded the rationalization of >500 non-financial controls for the division and restructured/eliminated/consolidated total population by 35% while ensuring valid inherent risk mappings and standards.* Worked with internal IT to develop automated solutions for manual controls achieving 50% increase in semi-automation in 9 months.

Zurich, Ch

Directed the regulatory landscape, implementation of regulation, interactions and issue management with key regulators impacting Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM). Participated in key meetings with the Federal Reserve and oversaw front-to-back SEC Exam for CSAM. Managed MRA’s from US Federal and Swiss regulator FINMA.Selected Achievements:* Directed the SEC Exam for the division, submitted documentation and financial information requests within requested 24-36 hours while applying a "smart governance review and release" program ensuring accuracy of information to the regulator.* Successfully assessed and implemented over 35 global regulatory change programs in a given calendar year impacting the business with a small team of 3 people.

Zurich, Ch

Oversaw second-line operational risk function within Compliance covering financial crimes, investigations, fraud (internal/external), internal control vulnerabilities, market abuse, cross-border, culture and conduct. Facilitated responsibilities through a cross-discipline of functions including traditional compliance and risk processes, applied advanced technology and program management. Selected Achievements:* Steered multiple financial crime investigations for Credit Suisse Wealth Management Compliance in Zurich leveraging Palantir discovery software to recreate over 12 fraudulent scenarios utilized by external counsel for litigation and executive board reporting.* Directed the global management, development and pilot implementation of a 2nd Line RM Surveillance Big Data digital transformation solution program focused on predictive analytical and behavioral models covering trend detection and cohort comparisons for early RM fraud warning for Credit Suisse Wealth Management Compliance.

Zurich, Ch

Oversaw IB Securities (Equities & Fixed Income) first-line controls strategy inclusive of a suite of Control tools (i.e., Cancel and Corrects Risk Tool, Trader Mandates & Exceptions, Trading Supervisory Dashboard, Cross-Border Compliance Tool, etc.) supported by global team.Selected Achievements:* Developed Target State model with roadmaps followed by a pilot for transforming Credit Suisse’s Global Markets Trading Supervisory function from a disparate, manual process to systemic dashboards and auditable workflows with over 5,000 users onboarded globally. * Revamped the Cancel & Correct Review control tool by rationalizing >500 rules across Equities & Fixed Income desks ultimately reducing rule engine complexity and total population by >50% thereby reducing supervisory review efforts.

Wayne, Pa, Us

Founded the Technology and Operational Risk (TOR) consulting practice for SunGard Consulting. Built up the practice through solution development and quick go-to-market strategies, staff hires including sales and delivery, existing SunGard networking and inter-sales, webinars, and etc. Selected Achievements:* Achieved a multi-million dollar sales pipeline in first year of operation.* Delivered multi-year business and technology transformation project for a major regional broker-dealer resulting in the reduction of manual trade corrections and allocations per person by 2 hours and 75% reduction in message processing by the back-office system and reduced batch processing times, freeing up system resources.

Worldwide, Oo

Managed project delivery, new sales, subject matter expert for practice, new lines of business development and marketing (brochures, and sales pitch decks). Sampled consulting engagements included Unauthorized Trading Risk Assessment, Dodd-Frank Swaps Push-out Global Legal Vehicle Strategy, Systems Assessment & Digital Transformation Model, Trading Technology & Operational Controls Assessment.

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Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba

Master Of Business Administration - Mba