Anthony(Tony) O'Connor

Experience

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  Accelerated Training Programme

  Jan 1986 - Jan 1990

  Trainee Manager

  Participated in a four year graduate training programme designed to facilitate a full understanding of banking. Commenced in a branch and moved through savings/enquiries, foreign exchange, management department (lending). Then went to head office treasury, head office credit, Administration, and Human Resources, to get to fully understand the People, Processes and Systems in the bank, and it's Vision and Values.

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  Standard Bank of South Africa Limited

  Jan 1990 - Jan 2000

  Responsible for the management and development of a portfolio of customer relationships. (one non-managerial report).Training and development of management assistant report.Production of a report on general inefficiencies and potential solutions to enhance the performance of the commercial suite. The co-development and facilitation of a structured approach to lending, incorporating a case study and simulations methodology, for training of junior and potential lending managers. The facilitation of credit decision making on live applications sent to head office for consideration, by trainee lending staff. Responsible for a portfolio of Business Accounts with a personal lending mandate. Responsible for a portfolio of Personal Accounts with a personal lending mandate.

  • Relationship Manager

    Jan 1997 - Jan 2000

  • Management Trainer

    Jan 1993 - Jan 1997

  • Branch Commercial Manager

    Jan 1992 - Jan 1993

  • Branch Consumer Manager

    Jan 1990 - Jan 1992
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  Nedbank Limited

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2009

  Training Manager

  Responsible for the development and management of lending training to sales, credit and services staff (three management reports). This included administration, programming and reporting.The co-development of a structured approach to lending. Initially introduced into Business banking, and spread through the organisation to Retail, Small Business Services, Africa Banking, Corporate Banking, Property Finance, Card division and Imperial Bank.The development and facilitation of a module on Banking for the Law Society of South Africa as a social responsibility effort by the bank.The co-development of a property assessment training programme for property finance assessors.Part of a committee to develop a training administration system for the organisation.Facilitator of the banks Management Development Programme at the Management of others level.Co-Developer and Facilitator of Basic accounting and credit analyst programmes.Part of a team to convert training into e-learning alternatives to compliment programmes.Initiation of a Learning Organisation Forum to bridge the gap between Line staff and Executive to enable a clearer understanding of detractors to achievement of strategic objectives, so as to present potential alternative solutions, and best practice. Show less

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  Linkedin

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2014

  Professional Facilitator/Trainer

  Communicated

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  FinGroup (TVL) CC

  Sept 2014 - Jan 2017

  Administrator and Interdependent training consultant joint venture.

  It is a wonderful feeling to belong again. It is great also knowing that your talents are appreciated. It is great to know that you can contribute both financially and with experience from day one. I am not, but that I know "I AM", and I thank God for that, and that I have not had to compromise my values.. I am still facilitating training for Cornerstone Performance Solutions, facilitate my own programmes, and just completed an incredible month working for Boss Office Projects as Logistics/ come Handyman. Have added training of (FNB) First National Bank to my clients. Credit and Credit Related training in Lesotho, Malawi, and Swaziland for Nedbank.Credit and Credit Related training for SBSA, PBB and Stanbic Africa. Nationally in Cape Town, P.E., Durban, Johannesburg, Polokwane, Nelspruit, Rustenburg and Welkom, and in Africa in Namibia, Botswana, Uganda, Ghana, Zambia, Swaziland, and Kenya. Learnership training for FNB, Governance, Risk and Compliance; Sales excellence, and Account Management training for Standard Bank. Also developed the credit 1 module for Milpark. Show less

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  Davinci Institute

  Nov 2014 - Feb 2017

  Training Facilitator

  Facilitation of BCom Banking subjects to first and second year students.

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  Keller Williams Real Estate

  Oct 2017 - Nov 2017

  Ooba Consultant
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  Self-Employed

  Dec 2017 - Jun 2018

  Operations Coordinator

  Ride Wild Driver Mountain bike toursHouse sitter

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  Babbling Brook

  Jul 2018 - Dec 2018

  Manager of Bed @Breakfast

  Management, maintenance, procurement, hosting, relationship management, supply chain management, etc

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  Self Employed

  Dec 2018 - now

  House Manager