Gianni Piolini

Experience

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  KPMG UK

  Sept 1989 - Apr 1994

  Assistant Manager, Financial Services Audit Practice
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  Royal Bank of Scotland

  Apr 1994 - Dec 2011

  Supported the CEO in the day to day management and disposal of 30+ global non-core businesses. Represented the Divisional CEO on disposal, control, capital and risk committees. Designed and implemented new operating model for the sub-division and arranged shared services agreements with other parts of the group Planned and delivered a portfolio of change initiatives. Project managed Europe-wide IT infrastructure change programme. Led the activities for the merger and integration of RBS and ABN Amro NV European Corporate Clients relationship management model Built and developed the Global Finance change function. Global Finance transformation operating model changes (onshore and offshore) management. Led activities for the merger of RBS and NatWest Global Finance functions. Programme managed GBM Finance input into the Global Finance IT infrastructure implementation (General Ledger, Data Warehouse, Front Office systems interfaces, Accounting rules engine) and processes and controls changes.

  • Senior Business Manager, International Businesses, Non Core Division

    Aug 2009 - Dec 2011

  • Senior Business Manager, CEO Office, GBM

    Jun 2007 - Aug 2009

  • Global Head of Finance Change and Transformation, GBM Finance

    Jan 1998 - Jun 2007

  • Head of Product Control

    Apr 1994 - Jan 1998
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  RBS Romania Bank NV

  Jan 2012 - Aug 2013

  Head of Business Transformation

  Led the first phase of the Bank's transformation programme. Delivered optimisation of banking operations and completed assets and liabilities disposals

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  Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)

  Sept 2013 - Jun 2016

  Programme Manager, C&IB Client Redress

  Appointed to establish the Redress function to deliver a portfolio of C&IB redress projects for the Front Office. Full remit for the end to end programme management and leadership, delivery of fully integrated redress platform through the adoption of an Agile Scrum framework

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  HSBC

  Jun 2016 - Sept 2017

  Programme Manager

  Full remit for programme management. Directed the deployment of system changes to over 100 applications, with 600 interfaces, for the ring-fenced treasury, Fixed Income and Interest Rate Derivatives products

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  New Link Consulting

  Oct 2017 - Dec 2018

  Management Consultant

  Led a portfolio of Investment Banking client assignments, including:► Completed the review of the Fund Transfer Pricing (FTP) framework for a European investment bank, including future state methodology, performance measurement, data and technology requirements and an implementation plan► Finalised the design of the Data Quality Continuous Improvement Programme for global bank Global Markets Operations, including an onshore / offshore organisation, skills matrix, services and processes model, and MI► Designed and documented the future state operating model for the Global Chief Control Office (First Line of Defence) Show less

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  NatWest Markets

  Jan 2019 - Feb 2020

  Programme Manager

  Managed Financial Crime Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC) operations operating model design and implementation. Delivered Third Party Vendor (Fenergo) integrated end to end workflow, risk rating and screening modules combining ABC, AML and KYC Due Diligence functionality, lifecycle management and risk scoring model, processes and controls, MI. Completed ABC Remediation of Non Supplier Third Parties (Brokers, Distributors, Intermediaries)

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  LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)

  Apr 2021 - now

  Programme Director

  Delivery of a multi-years transformation programme. Key projects delivered: standing up of new centralised multi-location KYC / AML / Sanctions operating model and function; design and implementation of Organisations and Individuals Customer KYC/AML/ Sanctions workflow and Third Parties multi-risk domains workflow tool (Goldtier), risk rating model, APIs to Refinitiv WC1 screening tool and D&B Data tool; fully automated digitised 24/7 KRIs and KPIs dashboards. Implementation of KYC due diligence Straight Through Processing functionality and digital identification. Planning and delivery of KYC files migration (c. 250K+) from multiple legacy systems to target workflow tool and screening systems. Design and build of Salesforce interface (APIs) to the KYC Due Diligence tool. KYC/AML/ Sanctions and Third Parties multi-risk domains workflow tools Product Owner. Show less