Louise Fitzgerald

Experience

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  Credit Suisse

  Sept 2000 - Aug 2006

  Regulatory Reporting and Operational Risk
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  JPMorganChase

  Sept 2006 - Jan 2010

  Regulatory Projects, Policy & Reporting and Liquidity Risk Specialist
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  Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd

  Jan 2010 - Oct 2020

  Reporting to the CFO, I was the Deputy CFO for Daiwa Capital Markets Europe (DCME), covering equity, fixed income and convertible bond trading, primary issuance origination and distribution, real estate lending, and M&A Advisory. DCME is solo-regulated by the FCA but considered ‘significant’ from a prudential risk perspective and required to comply with CRD/CRR, BIPRU 12 and the forthcoming IFD/IFR. In addition, Daiwa group is a domestic SIB and therefore subject to the broader Basel rules. With full delegated SMF2 responsibility from the CFO, I directly managed the Finance, Regulatory and Treasury functions with 55 staff. Responsible for: ∙ Risk Appetite Statement in relation to Finance, Regulatory and Treasury; ∙ Defining and delivering the Board-approved strategies for the Division and working closely with Technology to implement associated technical strategy; ∙ Production and integrity of financial & regulatory reporting and associated systems; ∙ Partnering with the business to ensure effective financial planning & analysis and contingency planning to ensure adequate financial resources in place at all times. ∙ Ensuring adequate controls in place across the divisions;∙Supervision of the maintenance and investment of the firm’s capital funding and liquidity resources and associated balance sheet management; ∙ The production of ICAAP, ILAA, Recovery Plan, Wind-Down Plan and Resolution pack and the related internal governance processes; ∙ Regulator relationship management, regulatory inspections/ad-hoc queries and ensuring regulatory horizon scanning in place to support Executive Management; ∙ Member of senior executive committees providing challenge and support to enable collaborative decision-making, plus regular attendance at Board and Board Risk Committee meetings delivering Prudential training and presenting all relevant information from the division. ∙ Implementation of Regulatory and Finance change projects/ initiatives. Show less

  • Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Managing Director

    Oct 2018 - Oct 2020

  • Managing Director- Head of Regulatory, Treasury & Liquidity Risk Management

    Jan 2010 - Oct 2018
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  Scotiabank

  Jan 2021 - Nov 2021

  Finance Strategic Change

  Supporting the European CFO on Finance Strategic Change Initiatives.

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  BACB plc

  Nov 2021 - now

  Chief Financial Officer