Hitchin, England, United Kingdom
(Full Profile at www.eridani.consulting) I am a Senior Operations Executive with 25 years’ experience Information Technology, Operations Management and Global Strategy within Financial Services. I'm actually a Geneticist by education, although I switched very early to Computer Science to satisfy my technology itch (I'm an avid Sci-Fi fan, especially Star Trek). I've been fortunate enough to work for some wonderful organisations in many locations world-wide, and also to maintain my interest in Academia with the occasional university lecture. Most Recent Role: Global Process Owner - Life The Global Process Owner (GPO) Life function was created as an essential part of the Strategic governance of the Munich Re Life business, and a key tool for the Life Board to manage the overall project & process landscape of the largest Reinsurance organisation in the world. Previous Roles: Director of Operations; Responsible for Operations Division of the Munich Re UK, with a Premium revenue in excess of £900M. Included: Claims, Underwriting, Technical Accounting, Actuarial Services, Treaty Management and Data Services. IT Manager: -Managed multi-discipline, multi-vendor, multi-location projects with large budgets ($5M) and teams (35).
Jan 2022 - Present Sabbatical Feb 2021 - Dec 2021 Consulting with SCOR Life Re - Providing domain expertise for projects in the Longevity and Underwriting functions. June 2017 - July 2020 Consulting with Pro Global - a leading global service provider and consulting company focused solely on the insurance and reinsurance industries. November 2017 - July 2020 Consulting with SCOR Life Re - Programme Director for the implementation of their new global life operations platform based on 3 new technological components. June 2017 - July 2017 Consulting with SCOR Life Re - Target Operating Model for Data Management
Duties & Responsibilities: - Promoted to Global Life Executive to define, develop and execute the strategic roadmap for Global Life systems architecture to ensure a consistent service - Liaison Executive to Munich Re corporate departments including Global IT and Finance - Co-ordinated and implemented Life specific architectural and technical IT system solutions within wider initiatives - Reported to the Board Member for Life Re and was a member of the Global Life Executive - Responsible for the overall project and process landscape of the Global Life organisation Achievements: - Developed and implemented a multi-year target architecture for Life Reinsurance based on a process and system view, with a 5 year €120M investment plan covering all major projects with a technology component required to meet Global Life objectives within the timeframe
Responsible for the Operations of UK Life Branch including (Claims, Underwriting, Treaty Management, Actuarial Services, Client Accounting)
Head of IT Development for the largest UK Life Re-Insurer (part of the Munich Re group, 2nd largest global reinsurer.)
Responsible for the Business Information (BI)across all European business units of GE Frankona, managing up to 20+ across 4 sites/countries (budget > $2M). Reporting to C.I.O . Certified Six Sigma GreenBelt Established & Manage European BI Architecture & Processes, collaborating with BI team in GHQ.
Responsible for all Applications activities in the Life & Pensions division(G.E.Life), with budget of $5M including Strategic projects. Reporting to C.I.O. Also: Overall responsibility for IT aspects of EMU implementation within G.E. Insurance Holdings with £1.5M budget