Spain
An economist at heart with strong banking experience. The last several years have been focused on the challenge of adding value through financial resource allocation, and as a regulatory change lead on resolution capabilities. Specialties: Economics, bank capital (regulatory and economic), resolution capability build, deposit insurance, and wider bank risk concepts and their application.
Solving banks' financial resource allocation challenges in the face of new banking regulations. Currently leading a program of work focused on developing bank resolution capabilities to meet new resolution regulations for a major South African banking group.
1. Providing capital management and balance sheet optimisation advisory services to the treasury team in Absa's banking entities outside of South Africa. 2. Providing shareholder services in respect of capital risk management for Absa Group in respect of the Africa operations.
Responsible for ensuring capital risk management is in place for the Barclays and Absa Africa entities (12 entities in 11 countries). Assisting with capital raising and redemption, as well as RWA optimisation to ensure optimal capital levels are maintained on a local regulatory basis.
Capital management for Absa Group, covering the African entities (2) and Absa Financial Services regulated entities, stress testing for capital buffer setting, M&A involvement with due diligences from a capital perspective.
Solvency Assessment and Managment (Solvency II) project co-ordinator and managment of the shareholder fund mandate.