David Evans (CIMA)

David Evans (CIMA)

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Business Manager | COO | Chief Operating Officer within Investment Banking

  • Education

    • University of Brighton

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      Bachelor's Degree Library and Information Science
    • University of Brighton

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      Master's Degree Information systems
  • Experience

    • Deutsche Bank

      Jun 1996 - Oct 1998
      Researcher
    • Hill+Knowlton Strategies

      Jun 2000 - Sept 2003
      Research Manager
    • Credit Suisse

      Apr 2006 - Aug 2023

      COO / Business Manager for the EMEA Leveraged Finance and Debt Capital Markets Groups focussing on day to day operational, financial and compliance activities in alignment with wider business objectives. Responsibilities included:• Supporting Group Heads directly by responding to ad-hoc management requests, hosting team meetings, representation on key committees and other management forums• Overseeing capital requirements by working closely with deal teams, Corporate Bank, Treasury and local entities to ensure adherence to assigned capital limits and policy• Delivering insightful analysis concerning revenue performance, group strategy, client selection and market share • Management of P&L and deal pipeline and delivering accurate business forecasts and consistency of information across all systems• Ownership of all books and trader mandates with responsibility for investigating potential breaches, and updating central systems so they reflected current structure of the business accurately• Creation of efficient MI tools giving stakeholder access to key business performance metrics• Deal execution support including the coordination of business approvals, tracking of capital exposure, aligning with Loan Operations and Product Control to ensure efficient booking of revenues on deal completion• Driving operational excellence by building close relationships with support functions so that potential issues are flagged well in advanced and any incidents are logged and resolved efficiently Show less Supporting the Group Heads of various Coverage and Product Groups across IBCM, including M&A, Capital Markets, FIG and Financial Sponsors. Responsible for ensuring accurate financial and forecast data is being captured, reported and utilised by Management to enable informed decision makingSpecific responsibilities included:- Managing P&L for Coverage and Product Groups - Tracking deal pipeline making sure that all latest developments for key deals were being reflected in respective systems and management updates- Setting up suite of performance related reports to ensure Group Heads have live information relating to current Group performance- Providing historic analysis on revenue performance and market share- Working closely with Product Control and wider finance team to ensure accurately booking and recording of deal revenues- Liaising with Front Office to provide day to day assistance with the inputting and management of deal pipeline Show less

      • Chief Operating Officer | Business Manager

        Jan 2021 - Aug 2023
      • Financial Operating Officer

        Nov 2016 - Jan 2021
      • Business Manager - Reference Data

        Aug 2015 - Nov 2016
      • Business Analyst - Coverage Management

        Apr 2006 - Aug 2015
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • ACMA, CGMA

      Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
      May 2019
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to David Evans (CIMA)
      Shortlisted for the 2019 Champion for Women Award Women in Banking and Finance Jul 2019 I was shortlisted for Champion for Women Award at the Women in Banking and Finance awards in recognition of my time as the Co-Chair of Credit Suisse’s EMEA Women’s Network Career Development sub-committee.