Most recent Transformation Programme achievements

2016 - 2023

COLT Programme

Standard Chartered Bank

The COLT Programme objective was to replace the end-to-end client life-cycle management applications with a single integrated platform. My involvement in the programme cut across 3 roles:

Director, Regional CDD Risk Manager, Europe & Americas

Role:

2019 - 2023


  • Created the business capability requirements for assessing whether to proceed with an in-house build or commercially available off-the-shelf system, allowing that assessment to proceed

  • Managed the RFP process and presentation of recommendations, leading to the selection of the preferred vendor

  • Designed roles and mobilized resources to allow the COLT programme to proceed to the first design stages

  • Created high level target operating model for Corporate & Institutional Banking providing the high level design basis for the programme to proceed

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Head of Business Architecture & Process Re-engineering

Role:

2017 - 2018


  • Developed and obtain approval of the benefits case meeting financial hurdle rates as well as improved compliance and risk reduction, allowing funding to be released for the next stages

  • Developed the next level target operating model design to provide the basis for lower-level design work

  • Developed the operating model for the first release - Entity Management - to allow the development to proceed

Impact:

Head of CDD Business Architecture & Process Engineering

Role:

2016 - 2017


  • Acted as Programme advocate for all stakeholders across Europe and Americas to ensure that all stakeholders were aware of programme status and in a position to approve go-live

  • Contributed the operational design to allow early identification of departure from expected operational performance after go-live, which worked effectively with intervention being initiated within 6 weeks

  • Designed the treatment plan for addressing the impact on operational performance, with stable operations within risk thresholds subsequently being achieved.

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Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Asia

Role:

2009 - 2012

Asia franchise expansion programme

Senior Manager Business Transformation


  • Achieved business synergies from acquisition of RBS Corporate & Retail businesses in Asia (monetized benefits equivalent to the actual release of ~120 FTE

  • Programme managed the build of business processes to integrate the RBS businesses into ANZ. Integration completed

  • Programme managed the build of business processes to obtain subsidiary bank licenses in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, and Taiwan. Licenses obtained

  • Programme managed the process build for new core platform deployment (Finacle). Finacle successfully deployed

  • Built operational plans for franchise expansion in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam

  • Programme managed the process universe build for new mobile banking start-up in Cambodia (Wing).

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