Søren Secher Olesen

Experience

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  Nordea

  Aug 1985 - Aug 1988

  Bank Clerk

  Trainee and bank clerk.

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  Danish Army

  Sept 1988 - Aug 1989

  Military services

  Private in Sjællandske Livregiment

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  Nordea

  Sept 1989 - Jan 2003

  Responsible for the resources developing and maintaining solutions within the trade area, trade settlement area, the overseas branches and corporate customers.The area consisted of 10 sections, each with up to 4 teams and a total of approx. 250 employees in the 4 Nordic countries. Responsible for development and maintenance of Nordea’s CRM system in Denmark as well as responsibility for the OS/2 platform in the Danish branches.The section consisted of 32 employees and 2 team leaders. Project Manager for several projects- Problem/Change tool in Remedy across Unibank and Tryg- Common data model for a Portfolio Management System in Denmark and Luxembourg- Common CRM system for Corporate Banking and Markets Developer and head architect of a portfolio management and Corporate Action system (Panda system) for the Investment Management area. IT responsible in region Østsjælland when deployed a new OS/2 platform in the branches.Instructor at Unibank’s IT courses.

  • Department Manager

    Jan 2003 - Jan 2003

  • Section Manager

    May 2001 - Dec 2002

  • Project Manager

    May 1999 - Apr 2001

  • Oracle developer/Team Leader

    Apr 1994 - Apr 1999

  • IT Responsible

    Sept 1989 - Mar 1994
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  Nordea

  Sept 2004 - Dec 2004

  Interim Manager

  Temporary overall responsible for developing and maintaining IT solutions to the bank in the areas of Finance and SAP systems, that were about to be partially outsourced.The area consisted of 6 sections with 140 employees in the 4 Nordic countries.

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  Nordea

  Feb 2005 - Jan 2007

  Department Manager

  Overall responsible for developing and maintaining IT solutions to the bank in the areas of infrastructure applications and SOA.In parallel responsible for management support for the entire division.The area consisted of 7 sections with 90 employees in the 4 Nordic countries.

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  BEC

  Feb 2007 - Jul 2009

  Responsible for establishing and driving a strategic important program that aimed at implementing a standard Capital Markets Platform from Calypso in all BEC's banks.The programme was planned to run for 4 years and consisted of 3 projects and approx. 70 participants. Overall responsible for development and maintenance of IT solutions for the banks within Securities, Custody, Trading Overall responsible for developing and maintaining IT solutions to the banks in the securities, custody, trading and asset management area and owner of a strategic important Capital Markets programme.The area consisted of 5 sections with 100 employees in Roskilde, Herning, and a development unit in Poland.

  • Programme Manager

    Oct 2008 - Jul 2009

  • Department Manager

    Feb 2007 - Sept 2008
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  Nordic Finance IT

  Aug 2009 - Dec 2009

  Programme Manager

  Responsible for establishing and driving a strategic important programme that aimed at implementing a standard Capital Markets Platform from Calypso in all of the BEC and SDC banks.The programme was planned to run for 3½ years and consisted of 6 projects and approx. 110 participants.

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  Secher Management

  Apr 2010 - Dec 2012

  Owner

  SECHER MANAGEMENT is an independent consultancy company specialised in delivering management services such as programme management, project management, interim management and management support.

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  Nordea

  May 2010 - Apr 2011

  Freelance Programme Manager

  Responsible for the establishment of a strategic important programme with the purpose of implementing a common Counterparty Risk platform from SunGard throughout Nordea and getting it Basel II approved.The entire programme was planned to run for 3 years and consisted of 5 projects and approx. 60 participants.

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  Tryg

  Aug 2011 - Apr 2019

  Responsible for the Customer Analytics programme in Tryg. BFO in Simplification (IT, Procurement and Digitalisation) Responsible for execution of Trygs IT Strategy Programme. Responsible for Trygs Simplification programme with the purpose of reducing complexity in products, processes, data and IT systems. Head of Business Development in Claims DK. Programme manager for the Skade 3.0 (transforming Claims DK and NO to be world class) and Next Level Sourcing (reduction of claim cost in Tryg). Programme Manager for Tryg's Next Level Sourcing programme with the purpose of reducing Tryg's claim cost. Programme Manager for Tryg's KF2013 - Solvency II programme .Project Manager for outsourcing of Tryg Alarm.

  • Program Director

    Sept 2017 - Apr 2019

  • Business Financial Officer

    Jul 2018 - Jan 2019

  • Program Director

    Feb 2017 - Jan 2019

  • Program Director

    Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

  • Business Development Manager

    Apr 2014 - Jan 2016

  • Sourcing Development Manager

    Apr 2013 - Mar 2014

  • Programme Manager

    Aug 2011 - Mar 2013
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  Tryg

  Oct 2020 - now

  Business Financial Officer in Sourcing & Facilities and Head of FM Support incl. Space Planning and optimization Responsible for develop and implement Trygs new Work Place Management programme (Den Levende Arbejdsplads)

  • Senior Director

    Feb 2019 - now

  • Program Director

    Oct 2020 - Dec 2023