Experience

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  Barclays

  Jul 2008 - Jun 2009

  Project manager

  • Rescued a high profile procurement software project to deliver against agreed timeframes and cost. This was successfully achieved by utilizing Prince 2 knowledge and extensive business and stakeholders experience• Managed the implementation of sanctions controls for client onboarding of wealth clients

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  Lloyds banking group

  Jun 2009 - Apr 2011

  Senior project manager

  • Responsibility for relocating international sanctions screening of cross border payments to a centralized 24 hour real time screening operation in UK.• Managed intensive and challenging cross divisional stakeholders to ensure regulatory compliant operations were delivered across the Group

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  Coutts

  Apr 2011 - Mar 2013

  Senior project manager

  • Following the FSA enforcement in 2011, my programme team developed and delivered the client due diligence remediation framework across Coutts offices in the UK, Switzerland, Asia, India and Channel Islands for PEP and High Risk clients• Managed the KPMG contract, for the provision of quality assurance oversight for the remediation of the client files across Coutts Group• Implemented strong project governance to ensure the programme was delivery to defined and agreed targets, budget and timescales. Stakeholders were kept fully informed through regular proactive communication and formal steering committee meetings Show less

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  Barclays wealth and investment management

  Mar 2013 - Jun 2013

  Programme manager

  • Managed the deployment of a workflow system (Actimize) across Barclays Wealth to enable the regulatory KYC annual review of Politically Exposed Person (PEP) by Money Laundering Reporting Officers and the business community

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  Visa europe

  Jun 2013 - Dec 2013

  Programme manager

  • Managed a number of work-streams and external application partner (Monitise) to enable the delivery of a customized mobile banking app and customer enrolment services for the Issuers• Created the project governance structure for the sales delivery team to improve the quality and rate of service experience for the Visa Issuers

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  Monitise

  Feb 2014 - Sept 2014

  Programme manager

  • Successfully managed a product development team to deliver for RBS a proof of concept mobile app for targeted marketing and offers through innovative mobile technology• Lead a senior team across product, proposition and IT to define product sell list for 2014/15 and to ensure market readiness

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  Barclays wealth and investment management

  Jan 2015 - Mar 2016

  Senior project manager

  • Developed and mobilized a client due diligence remediation framework across Barclays Wealth UK to provide an attestation to FCA that all Wealth high risk client files were AML Policy compliant • Successfully mobilized the multiple work-streams including front office, operational support, KPMG specialists and Fin Crime triage team to deliver the attestation within tight timeframes • Implemented a comprehensive internal stakeholder management structure to ensure the programme was fully endorsed and on-going monitoring was delivering the required results• Delivered a target operating model for Wealth Funds business to ensure compliance with AML Policy Show less

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  Arthur j. gallagher & co.

  Apr 2016 - Sept 2016

  Senior project manager

  • Guided the Financial Crime team to define, document and implement a CDD compliance standards and control framework across the business• Defined and implemented monitoring and assurance structures to ensure operational controls were delivering to the required regulatory compliance standards.• Initiated a data discovery review with IT to identify client data held on disparate systems to ensure sanctions screening was being undertaken to required policy standards

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  Volunteer police cadets (devon & cornwall police)

  Jan 2017 - Jun 2019

  Programme manager

  • Reporting into the Chief Constable of D&CP, I have managed four development workstreams that successfully delivered a digital platform, a training framework and £1.8m in grants to police forces across the UK. These grants enabled the creation of new cadet units for the VPC which expanded the cadet programme from10,000 to 20,000 cadets• Implemented a programme control framework that enabled the delivery of multiple workstreams to the agreed timeframes, quality and budget.• Created a strategic business case and target operating model that would enable the transition of VPC ownership from the police to an independent charity • Engaged with senior stakeholders in the Police and Home Office to ensure the on-going commitment and support the strategic changes to the charity Show less

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  Royal botanic gardens, kew

  Oct 2019 - Oct 2020

  Senior project manager

  Royal Botanic Gardens Kew October 19 – October 20Project Manager - State of World's Plants and Fungi (SOTWPF)Project Team: 1 copywriter, 1 conference project manager and 5 indirect reports. • I managed the delivery of a series of academic papers that were published by a leading journal on the State of the World’s Plants and Fungi• My team managed the publication of a public facing report, based upon the findings of the academic papers • Delivered a successful virtual three day conference with 20 speakers, 30,000 participants in over 25 countries Show less