Greater Kuala Lumpur
International C-Suite Executive in global transaction banking & FI business with athlete mindset that creates high performance cultures & teams. Enriched by profound compliance knowledge (CAMS holder) and leadership skills. Strong performance in strategic transformation for Front, Back Office, Middle Office and support functions (Shared Services ) witin corporate and investment banking with proven track record in building and execution of global shoring/sourcing strategies and hubs. In addition front office experienced with market coverage Germany / European/ APAC for corprates and Financial Institutions. Proven track record in global transformation for IT services, banking, Finance, compliance and various other support functions in financial industry. As CEO strong leadership and business strategy track record with global market expansion for service companies in financial industry. Supporting cross border investments between Germany and Malaysia in my role as BOD for the Malaysian German Chamber of Commerce.
Public relations, connecting german and Malaysian investors and investments
CEO with global coverage APAC, Germany, Europe , US and global markets across all Services, Banking Operations (Payments, KYC, transactions banking, cash, trade finance etc.) and Support functions (IT, Technology, Compliance, client service, credit risk, cyber risk, Finance etc) for Institutional, Corporate and Investment Banking. FI coverage Trade Finance and sales force lead for digital banking solutions in transaction banking Set up new locations with offices in Penang and Kuala Lumpur with growth during my leadership from 80 staff to 1,000 employees Achievements: - Strategic transformation of Commerzbank in APAC , Europe, US and Germany - Strategy execution and over fulfilment of targets with implementation of new target operating models and 24/5 service models to offer improved customer experience - Built strong leadership teams - Significant cost savings resulted in higher profitability and lower CIR - Automatisation of Processes using OCR, NLP to increase efficiency and reduction of human errors - Insourcing/Outsourcing with global coverage model across all support, operations functions and middle office - Implementation of target operating model to standardise product portfolio - Strategic development of transaction banking and FI banking portfolio in Trade Finance with new product launches and ownership - Strategic Sales for FI and corporate clients solutions - Increase branding and position of company in Malaysia / Asia market - Development of Senior managers and staff to create high performance culture, teams and values - Act as contact person for German companies that want to invest in Malaysia - Opening of IT factory global deliver model for various IT services
Chairing supervisory board: Global Shared service coverage APAC, Germany and Europe (Transactions banking, market operations, banking operations, Trade Finance, FI banking, Loan administration, Cash and Payments, Client lifecycle KYC) and various support functions compliance, IT operations, IT development, procurement, Finance, HR)
Responsibile for managing trade finance within transaction banking and asset finance for Asia & Middle East. In addition heading Business Compliance team for Trade Finance within 1st line of defense. -Support sales in roll out of various new products with regards to working capital solutions (receivables finance, invoice finance, E-BAD) which led to significant increase in revenues in 2019 -Managed and completed two end to end strategic outsourcing to increase profitability and efficiency - Implemented target operating model that ensures compliant operational efficiency - Held various trade seminars for our Institutional clients (Vietnam, Singapore, malaysia, Indonesia) that led to significant increase in trade volumes - strategic client meetings and sales support for top tier corporates and banks - Formed leadership team in the region with cross regional support and very low attrition rate - Support corporates in complex trade solutions Responsible for following locations within Transaction Banking: -Singapore -China (Shanghai & Beijing) -Hong Kong -Japan -Dubai -Malaysia Staff size >135 staff
Responsible for Trade Finance & Business Compliance Trade Finance in Asia - Greater China - Hong Kong - Japan - Singapore -Global coordinator trade compliance topics for Asia, Europe and Americas - Audit support in Sao Paulo and New York -Various initiatives resulted in 20% efficiency gains such as assembly line processing, digitalisation of due diligence checks - Excellent audit and compliance results for the region - New operating model and focus on value
- Trade Finance Regulations Asia and regional alignment - Development of own Online AML Red Flag Tool for various trade finance products which has been rolled out in Asia, UAE and London - Process modeling of trade finance due diligence processes - Leadership of Trade Finance forensic investigation and US monitorship for Asia - Global coordinator for all compliance topics with transaction banking - Interface between sales/operations and Compliance/Legal - Development of risk based approaches for voyage checks, price checks, adverse media checks etc - Implementation of MAS/HKMA/JFSA/CBIRC regulation - Desk reviews to ensure sustainability (internal audits) - Devlopment of operational Manuals for staff in terms of trade finance due diligence - Gap analyses - Training concepts Financial Crime for Sales & Operations - Support and advise London branch in their remediation for trade finance while implementing key controls, procedures and tools - Drive operational efficiency and automatization
Responsible for money market trading Risk hedging strategies for FX/Interest rate exposure for German corporates Correlation analysis to hedge commodities comprising of variety of material Preparation of client pitches for heding solutions tailored to corporates individual needs
Corporate Finance Advisory, Superannuation for pension funds Evaluation of mining companies applying variety of models Evaluation of gold miners Calculation of WACC for companies in mining sector Auditing annual report