Experience

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  Goldman sachs

  Apr 2000 - May 2001

  Product controller

  PRODUCT CONTROL – FIXED INCOME CURRENCIES AND COMMODITIES

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  Credit suisse

  May 2001 - Apr 2006

  Market risk manager

  Vice President, Risk Measurement and Management – Equity Market RiskMarket Risk team leader, covering Cash Equities, Prime Services, Convertibles and Proprietary Trading

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  Mizuho international

  Apr 2005 - Oct 2008

  Market risk manager

  Risk management (primarily market risk, but also including elements of issuer and counterparty) for the groups within the proprietary trading group (notably Credit Arbitrage, Bond Trading and Life Products)

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  Absa

  Nov 2008 - Oct 2013

  Coo, market and operational risk, cib

  * Prioritise, drive and manage strategic initiatives and management processes* Play a strategic thought partner role for the CIBW Co-CRO* Drive execution and ownership of all projects* End-to-end operations management for Market Risk

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  Barclays africa group limited

  Nov 2013 - Jul 2015

  • Invited to the RBB Exco• Built up a team within 6 months with a formal restructure, aligned to business strategy • Revitalised team: A new strategy, bringing in new skills and reshaping the diversity landscape • Driving change to reinforce ‘3 lines of defence’ model and new enterprise risk policy • Defined and implemented new target operating model aligned to Group and UK Risk, reducing cost and ensuring the function’s structure supported business growth; completed end-to-end restructure including the redundancy process • Pioneering of operational risk capital reporting into the RBB Risk Committee Show less

  • FX strategy and cross border payments, Retail Banking

    Feb 2015 - Jul 2015

  • Head of Operational Risk, RBB

    Nov 2013 - Jan 2015
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  Absa group

  Jul 2015 - May 2020

  In May, the CEO of RBB offered me the prestigious opportunity to take up a secondment to the Mpati Commission of Inquiry into allegations of impropriety regarding the Public Investment Corporation. Maximising on my risk, auditing, finance and technical skills I worked as an Investigator for the Chief Evidence Leader. It was a privilege to support the Country’s journey to renewal as well as an opportunity to aid the Commissioners: Judge Mpati, Gill Marcus and Emmanuel Lediga. Achievements• Provided technical finance and financial expertise; performing detailed forensic transaction reviews; carrying out analysis and supporting the evidence gathering for this Commission• Instrumental in proposing reform opportunities at the PIC for the Commission to consider as part of its terms of reference Show less • During my leadership, we transformed the value proposition and customer experience from physical branch-only into a a digital experience, enabling customers to bank where they wanted to not where that had to• Launched payments online for SWIFT and pioneered online remittance for Western Union (WU). The only WU partner in SA to be digital.• 2018 Launch and go-to-market of an innovative FX payment app: NovoFX • 2019 launched a mobile first for SA - first bank to offer borderless remittance/international cash send on its banking app• Brought new digital Borderless Savings to market. Customers given online access to instant FX in 18 currencies• Created new voice channel for sales and service, and to support the customer journey • Conceived and landed multiple innovations including integration into the bank’s loyalty scheme• Defined new product continuum & multi-year innovation journey, reshaping the business • Overhauled product pricing aligning to growth strategy, with significant revenue uplift Show less

  • Investigations Specialist at the Mpati Commission of Inquiry into the PIC (Seconded by Absa Bank)

    Jun 2019 - May 2020

  • Product Head of International Banking, RBB

    Jul 2015 - May 2019
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  Ozow

  May 2020 - May 2021

  Ozow is a world-class digital payment platform that simplifies transactions for customers and merchants.As a cutting-edge FinTech, Ozow focuses on putting customers first to simplify electronic payments. Ozow does the hard work so you don't have to - whether you are a individual consumer or a successful merchant. While traditional cash and card payments will still be here for the foreseeable future, Ozow is disrupting how online and in-store purchases are performed. In a continent where mobile is so highly valued for its convenience and speed, and there are concerns about having large amounts of cash on hand, the flexibility that Ozow provides both the consumer and the merchant makes Ozow the market leader in digital payments. Show less

  • Chief Risk Officer (CRO)

    Feb 2021 - May 2021

  • Head Of Strategy

    May 2020 - Feb 2021
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  Carbon8 consulting

  Dec 2021 - Dec 2022

  Product management consultant

  Proud to have been part of the Investec Payshap launch

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  Investec

  Jan 2023 - now

  Manager of products

  Product manager for International Banking/Forex and Savings and Investment at Investec Private Bank