Harjit Dewar

Experience

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  BP

  Mar 2005 - Jul 2012

  Operational manager for BP’s Angola and Sunbury upon Thames Sites, accountable for the delivery, maintenance and support of all core IT services against an annual opex budget of $15m. Promoted internally to support BP’s programme, with a budget of $5m and 5 FTE’s annually to deliver new offices, facilities and hosting environments across the EMEA region. Project Manager for BP's corporate functions, delivering both application and Infrastructure projects.

  • Services Integration Manager, Angola & Sunbury,

    Aug 2011 - Jul 2012

  • Program Manager

    Jul 2009 - Jul 2011

  • Project Manager

    Mar 2005 - Jun 2009
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  Travelers

  Dec 2012 - Nov 2013

  Program Manager

  Successful delivery of a portfolio of business change and IT projects for internal functions including Actuarial and Risk.

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  Shell

  Jan 2014 - Jul 2019

  Implementation of Line of Defence 1 (LoD1) within Global Commercial at Shell Responsible for the Devops team looking after Shell's B2B platform, Market Hub. Responsible for managing the portfolio of integration services, including BizTalk, IoT and Block chain: Responsible for managing the portfolio of integration services, including BizTalk, API, IOT and Block chain:

  • Operational Risk and Security Lead

    Mar 2019 - Jul 2019

  • IT Lead - SMH+

    Jun 2018 - Feb 2019

  • Portfolio Analyst

    Jan 2017 - Jun 2018

  • Practitioner Lead & Senior Project Manager

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2017
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  Bank of Montreal

  Sept 2019 - Sept 2022

  Technology Project Manager

  Responsible for the end to end delivery and management of the IT deliverables to support the bank’s Workplace Transformation Programme in London. Budget of £24M & leading a team of ~10.· Delivery of all new infrastructure services during the build and fit out of the new offices, including the implementation of the new trade floor· Responsible for the implementation and rollout of new technology services to increase global collaboration and standardization, including VDI (Virtual Desktop) and Cloud based voice services· Accountable for the complete migration of the current production data centre into a 3rd party location, including identification, selection, design and build.· Collaboration & management of key stakeholders in London as well as North America, to ensure alignment with standards, security & processes· Strategic development of roadmaps (technology & people) to align with the business strategy and vision following the transformation Show less

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  Bank of Montreal, London Branch

  Oct 2022 - now

  Senior Project Manager

  Joined on a permanent basis to look after all change initiatives for the international line of business, focusing on the delivery of new technologies and IT services to end users located within Europe & Australia. Main focus is on the delivery of core infrastructure to enable and facilitate the core underlying business strategy for both Capital Markets and Investment Banking, although overall remit ranges from voice through to market data applications and systems. A key aspect of the role is also identifying opportunities for continuous improvement, whether from a cost or service perspective. Show less