Experience

Arrow Global Group

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Senior Risk Manager

  • Jul 2022 - Present



Aldermore Bank

• United Kingdom
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Operational Risk Framework / Head of Risk Frameworks and Governance

  • Jan 2018 - May 2022

  Joining Aldermore, at an exciting time of change and growth, enabled me to experience a broad spectrum of risk activities and responsibilities, from business partnering through to enterprise risk framework design and broader cross discipline activities such as strategic risk assessments, ICAAP, stress testing and operational resilience.

• Senior operational risk manager

  • Nov 2015 - Jan 2018



The Co-operative Bank plc

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Insurance Risk & Risk Framework Manager

  • May 2014 - Oct 2015

  Responsibilities include:- Aggregation of individual risk frameworks to design and implement a consistent enterprise risk framework, including event reporting, risk and control assessment and monitoring. - Second line challenge to multi-disciplinary senior business managers, providing technical risk advice and proactively engaging them to support achievement of their risk obligations.- Operational Risk capital process.

• Risk Framework Manager

  • Apr 2013 - May 2014

  Responsibilities include:- Implementing and managing the risk framework for Retail Bank ensuring effective processes and governance to demonstrate management of risks within appetite.- Design and ownership of conduct risk framework and associated policies and methodologies.- Leading risk framework team, providing coaching and developing newly formed team.- Oversight, challenge and influence of senior stakeholders across Retail Bank.

• Operational Risk Framework Manager

  • Sep 2009 - Apr 2013

  Responsible for developing and maintaining an operational risk framework across the Banking Group, including:- Design and ownership of operational risk framework and associated policies and methodologies, including risk event reporting, risk registers, assessment and monitoring. - Design and ownership of operational risk capital scenario based modelling approach.- Supporting multi-disciplinary senior business managers, providing technical risk advice and proactively engaging them to support achievement of their risk obligations.- Leading framework team, providing coaching, mentoring and developing team of operational risk analysts, specialist contractors and matrix management of embedded risk resources.- Deputising for Head of Operational Risk, including participation in Risk Management Group. Show less

• Operational Risk Manager

  • Aug 2005 - Aug 2009

  - Designed and developed policies, procedures and user guides to enhance the operational risk framework across the Banking Group. Engaged with industry experts to ensure reflection of industry best practice, whilst ensuring it remained pragmatic for the organisation, regulatory compliant and appropriately communicated to key stakeholders.- Facilitated framework application, increasing engagement of first line colleagues and providing challenge around risk identification, assessment, indicators, controls, monitoring and management to improve quality of business outputs.- Produced Board and Executive level papers including risk exposure and incident reports, and quantitative technical capital approach and update papers.- Led annual Operational Risk stress testing activity.- Responsible for production of relevant external disclosures in relation to Operational Risk e.g. Pillar 3, ICAAP, financial statement section.- Developed and delivered training for a range of audiences, from business Risk Supporters through to members of the Board and Executive, through a variety of delivery channels. Including design of a computer based training package, executive reports and papers and face to face sessions and workshops. Show less



Cheshire Building Society

• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operational Risk Manager

  • Oct 2002 - Sep 2005

  This was a new function for the Society. I was responsible for the establishment of the function and for designing, implementing and maintaining a full operational risk framework compliant with Basel II standards, along with championing risk management processes and cultures within the Society. The role included management of small technical operational risk team.

• Senior Finance/ Operational Systems Auditor

  • Aug 2001 - Oct 2002

  The role involved acting as a specialist auditor in areas including Legal/Compliance, Treasury and Accounts. The position involved ensuring the Society’s operations complied with relevant legislation, regulation and codes of practice and giving comfort to the Board and Audit Committee that this was the case. The latter part of my time spent in this post was dedicated to the interpretation and implementation of the FSA regulatory regime across the Society.