Paul Cooke

Experience

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  National Australia Bank

  Jan 1995 - Feb 2005

  Programme Manager / Programme Office / Project Manager

  Responsible for the delivery of a wide range of strategic business and IT projects and programmes including: Basel II, Sarbannes-Oxley (SOX), Integrated Regulatory Reporting (IRR), International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Cost Reduction Programmes, Organisational Reorganisation, Economic & Monetary Union (EMU), Integrated Chip Cards and International Payments Systems.

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  Danske Bank

  Mar 2005 - Aug 2007

  Programme Manager / Programme Office Manager

  Responsible for implementation of Northern Bank and National Irish Bank strategies following the migration to Danske Bank systems, including the initiation and ongoing support for business critical projects and programmes

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  Etain Ltd

  Oct 2007 - Dec 2010

  E-Commerce / Business Consultant

  Contracted by Invest NI to work with Invest NI SME clients to improve their business and financial performance. These assignments have involved working with executive management and the shop floor to review the operational business practices, processes and systems and then identify process efficiencies and opportunities for enhanced use of IT systems. Clients have included manufacturing, food production, food packaging, retail and renewable energy businesses.

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  Department of Finance & Personnel (NI Civil Service)

  Mar 2008 - Jun 2009

  Strategic Programme Management / Director

  Responsible for facilitating the strategic programme management and ensuring successful delivery of the following key business transformation and IT infrastructure projects/programmes within the Northern Ireland Civil Service Reform (an investment in excess of £700m) and Public Sector Reform Programmes: Civil Service Reform projects include: Account NI, ICT Shared Services, Workplace 2010, Advertising Shared Services, Network NI, Centre for Applied Learning (CAL), NI Direct, HR Connect, Records NIPublic Sector Reform projects include:Review of Public Administration (RPA), Appleby Review, Health Care Reform, Fire and Rescue Service, Local Government Reform, Welfare Modernisation, Education and Library Board Re-organisation, NI Schools Modernisation ProgrammeThis included the delivery of guidance on benefits management and delivery of IT systems, now recognised as industry best practice by OGC (Office of Government Commerce). These programmes/projects were delivered using MSP and Prince2 methodologies. Show less

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  Sheridan Insurances & Financial Services

  Nov 2009 - Oct 2010

  Programme Manager
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  Aviva Ireland Ltd

  Jan 2011 - Nov 2011

  Solvency II Project Manager

  Contracted to ensure compliance with the SII Directive within the General Insurance, Health and Reinsurance businesses of Aviva Ireland and Aviva Europe (approx. £50m).

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  Tesco Bank

  Nov 2011 - Feb 2012

  Senior Project Manager

  Migration of Credit Card services, systems and data from Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) managed services to Tesco Bank's own services and systems as part of Tesco Bank's overall Transformation Programme (in excess of £400m).

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  Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group

  Mar 2012 - Mar 2013

  Solvency II Programme Manager

  Contracted to Mitsui Sumitomo insurers (A Lloyd’s of London Insurer) as the Solvency II Programme Manager. The programme (approx. £4m) was successfully delivered by end Dec 2012 to meet the tests and standards of the Solvency II regime and In accordance with the Lloyd's of London schedule, The programme was viewed by Lloyd's as adopting best practice overall programme governance and programme management practice.Also responsible for the production of a 3 to 5 Year Business Strategy and supporting Implementation Plan for the Mitsui businesses as requested by the FSA. Show less

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  The Co-operative Banking Group

  Mar 2013 - Jul 2013

  Programme / Work-stream Lead

  Reporting to the Programme Director and Director of Operational Risk, responsible for the roll-out of an updated Risk Management Framework to 13 Directorates/Business Units within an FSA/PRA mandated timeframe.

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  Qube GB LTD

  Sept 2013 - Apr 2014

  Programme Manager
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  Ulster Bank

  May 2014 - Jun 2014

  Programme Manager - Anti-Money Laundering Programme (AML)
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  Credit Suisse

  Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Programme Manager
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  Sheridan Insurances Ltd.

  Aug 2014 - Nov 2014

  Programme Manager
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  W. R. Berkley Insurance (Europe), Limited (a W. R. Berkley Company)

  Feb 2015 - Feb 2016

  Programme Manager
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  Legal & General

  Apr 2016 - May 2016

  Programme Manager
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  The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited

  Sept 2016 - Jun 2017

  Consultant / Programme Director, Risk Compliance Programme

  Reporting to the Group Chief Risk Officer and Group Head of Compliance, responsible for the management and reporting of the 2016/2017 Risk Compliance programme and Remediation Roadmap.

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  OneFamily

  Sept 2017 - Jan 2018

  GDPR Programme Director / Manager

  Reporting to the Group Chief Risk Officer and the Head of Enterprise Services, responsible for enterprise wide compliance with GDPR legislation across the OneFamily business.