Adrian Pound

Experience

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  Arthur Andersen & Co.

  Sept 1990 - Aug 1994

  Chartered Accountant (CPA equivalent)

  Financial Services Division

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  Barings

  Aug 1994 - May 1995

  Associate, Regulatory Change
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  Deutsche Bank

  May 1995 - Jun 2013

  FICMO covered Middle Office and Risk & P&L functions for Rates, Credit, FX & Emerging Markets.Responsible for: $400mm p.a. budget covering 1,200 Line Personnel; resourcing; process optimization; business continuity; and proactive mitigation of operational risk. Led a multi location team of 5 and established COO team in India.o Collaborated with senior McKinsey team to develop Resource Allocation Strategy which was rolled out globally for Deutsche Bank Middle Office and drove annual cost savings of $100mm+o Program managed implementation of Resource Allocation Strategy for FICMOo Established and managed global performance metrics, and risk reporting & governance infrastructure Show less Supported the U.S. Head of Product Development. Managed a budget of $40MM; 100 FTE.o Final sign-off on all new products launched by Wealth Management in the U.S.o Reengineered New Product Development Process which enhanced control and expedited product launches. Focus products: Structured notes, private equity and hedge funds, derivativeso Collaborated with Sales Management to redesign the process around initial product selection, and marketing and development of training material, to increase revenue from structured notes by 40% Show less Managed a team of 14 with responsibility for analysis and reporting, covering Market, Operational & Liquidity Risk; Aggregation of (daily) P&L for Global Markets in the U.S.; Economic Capital/RAROCo Established Operational Risk Reporting Infrastructure for Deutsche Bank in the U.S., including loss reporting, RCSA, policy development and training of key staffo Developed approach to consolidate data sources and reporting platforms across Finance in the U.S., which generated cost benefits ($1MM p.a.) and enhanced data integrity Show less o Implemented platform to enable compliance of Morgan Grenfell Group with the Capital Adequacy Directive (“CAD”) as adopted by the Bank of Englando Worked with new Desk Heads/COO to establish capital projections and reporting infrastructureo Negotiated beneficial capital treatment for Prime Brokerage with Bank of England Policy Teamo Implemented platform to integrate U.S. based NatWest equity derivatives business into London Branch for the purposes of U.K. and German regulatory reporting, following 1998 acquisitiono Implemented platform to enable compliance of Deutsche Bank U.K. entities with the Capital Adequacy Directive as adopted by the Bundesbanko Bank of England Liaison in relation to capital adequacy and large exposure reporting policy Show less

  • Global COO/Business Manager - Fixed Income & Currencies Middle Office (FICMO)

    Jul 2007 - Jun 2013

  • Business Manager - Product Development for Wealth Management

    Aug 2004 - Jul 2007

  • U.S. Head of Market, Operational & Liquidity Risk Reporting

    Jun 2002 - Aug 2004

  • U.S. Head of Credit Risk/RWA Reporting

    Jul 1999 - Jun 2002

  • VP, Bankers Trust Integration Team

    Jan 1999 - Jul 1999

  • VP, Regulatory Change

    May 1995 - Jan 1999
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  World Gold Council

  Oct 2013 - Mar 2015

  CFO/COO - SPDR Gold Trust ETF

  CFO and COO of SPDR Gold trust ETF (Ticker – GLD; Largest commodity ETF - $50bn assets)o Designed and executed successful shareholder proxy to modernize ETF, securing 134mm voteso Seamlessly delivered change to (1) Investment Company reporting format (2) New price benchmark for ETF (LBMA Gold Price), and (3) New HSBC custodian entityo Responsible for global risk management, regulatory compliance and reporting, covering U.S., Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and Mexico

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  Citi

  May 2016 - now

  Global Program Manager, Markets Transformation