Switzerland
With more than 20 years of experience in leadership, consulting and project management roles in Operations, Risk and Finance in the Financial Services Industry, I have a track record of implementing business change, ensuring regulatory compliance and facilitating growth while developing and strengthening infrastructure, driving efficiencies and managing stakeholders. Recent Projects assignments: ► Implemented a new global Issuance Program for EQ Structured Products and migrated the legacy business activities into the new Target Operating Model at a leading international universal bank & wealth manager in Switzerland. ► Successfully project managed the implementation of a new Target Operating Model for "Securities Operations" as part of the "Too-Big-To-Fail" agenda at a leading international universal bank and wealth manager in Switzerland. ► Developed a migration concept for Security Operations to implement the new Suisse Entity in the context of the “Too-Big-To-Fail” agenda at a leading international swiss wealth manager. In various other consulting mandates I advised asset managers regarding the execution of their business model and strategic targets. ► AREAS OF EXPERTISE Project Management ♦ Business Analysis ♦ Financial Control ♦ Risk Management ♦ Derivatives ♦ Asset Management ♦ Foreign Exchange ♦ Structured Products ♦ Turnarounds ♦ Regulatory Expertise ♦ Capital Adequacy ♦ Multiple Stakeholder Management ♦ Operations Infrastructure ♦ Change Management ♦ Training & Development ♦ Transformation ♦ Energy Trading ► OPEN TO NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES Please contact me at [email protected]
Advisory business providing project management, consulting and change management services for the financial services and energy industry. Some of the achievements were: ► Managed the implementation of regulatory driven process changes in the Security Operations area at a leading international universal bank and wealth manager in Switzerland. ►Implemented a migration concept for Securities Operations at a large swiss wealthmanager in the context of the "Too Big To Fail" agenda. ► Retained by $1B asset manager to advise on in-house set up of risk management and controlling framework. ► Advised on expansion and relocation of business from Germany to Switzerland.
RWE Supply & Trading is the energy trading arm of RWE AG with €700M in annual revenues and 1,300 employees. In this role, I oversaw financial control & financial planning for coal, biofuels, emissions, all proprietary trading activity, and the Sales & Origination business. Some of the key ways in which I made a difference include: ► Revamped entire Merchant Business financial control function, upskilling staff, restructuring organizational reporting within broader Finance function, and implementing improved processes / systems infrastructure. ► Significantly reduced losses from operational errors. ► Set up scalable operational / controlling infrastructure for new Sales & Origination team, allocating revenues and profits among multiple business units. ► Spearheaded post-merger integration after RWE AG’s €7B acquisition of Essent N.V. ► Played instrumental role in transfer of Essent’s financial operations from Geneva, Switzerland to Essen, Germany, slashing overall costs by 40%. ► Shortened monthly financial closing processing time from 18 days to 2 days.
Dresdner Kleinwort is the investment banking division of Dresdner Bank with €2B in operating revenues and 6,000 employees. I led global financial control for all products across the Financing & Securities business. I supported compliance with Sarbanes Oxley regulations, and was a member of the Global Product Control Committee. My impact on the business: ► Implemented new financial control framework in response to series of previous control failures, ensuring strict compliance with all policies, consistency across locations and business units, and eliminating historically high losses. ► Reduced operational losses rooted in control failures by 60% from 2005 to 2007. ► Improved communication between business and Finance, liaising with Global Head of Trading as well as with other divisional heads to keep them abreast of all relevant issues, risks, and risk mitigation initiatives. ► Obtained sign-off on all control reports and achieved zero “High Risk” audit findings. ► Facilitated new business initiatives allowing to boost total securities lending business revenues by 20%. ► Provided business heads with greater transparency regarding allocation of revenues and costs on a monthly basis, allowing for more accurate budgeting and forecasting.