Experience

Expense Reduction Analysts – EMEA

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Principle Consultant – Expense Reduction Analysts EMEA

  • Sep 2023 - Present

  Established in 1992, ERA is one of the world’s leading consultancy organizations. Specializing in cost optimization and supplier relation management, ERA delivers Value through Insightᵀᴹ to clients in both the private and public sectors. With more than 750 consultants operating in over 50 countries, the award-winning business boasts international expertise while simultaneously offering a local presence to clients. Through in-depth industry knowledge and insight across a variety of expense categories, ERA adds value to organizations by advising on industry-specific best practices, reducing costs and ultimately delivering tailored solutions to benefit business health and growth, through reviewing their processes and indirect costs. A few of ERA’s core expense categories include Banking and Financial Services, Insurance, Corporate and Administration Support Services, Logistics and Distribution, Energy and Utilities, Medical and Pharmacy, Facility and Property Management, Maintenance, Repair and Operating Supplies (MRO), Personnel and HR Services Delivery as well as Information & Communication Technology (ICT). To find out more please feel free to visit our website: https://en.expensereduction.com/ Show less



Credit Suisse

• Switzerland
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• EMEA Credit Products COO

  • Jan 2015 - May 2023

  My role(s) focused on strategy leadership, business development, and management across Sales, Trading, Financing, and Capital Markets businesses for the European Credit Products across UK/EU locations. In addition, I led the UK Credit Senior Manager framework and maintained responsibility for the Global Business Risk & Control framework for Global Credit Products (GCP). Within my remit, I led a team of 8, built cross-functional relationships, designed, and implemented compliance, control, and regulatory framework to support strategy and operational effectiveness of GCP business, and delivered the strategy. I established and improved a robust control framework, owned Management information (MI), and performed as a member of multiple key business governance committees. Show less

• Commodities COO/CFO

  • Jan 2010 - Jan 2015

  European COO and Global CFO for the Commodities buisness responsible for daily activities across Sales, Trading and Structuring operations incorporating c 100 staff across Europe, Americas and Asia. Appointed Business Risk and Control Officer in 2013 and nominated to CS Fixed Income Accelerated Leadership program in 2014.

• Global COO - Strategic Transactions Group

  • May 2008 - Jan 2010

  Reporting directly to the Head of the Strategic Transactions Group in the role of Global COO; with COO responsibility for managing all Trading and Structuring operations and overseeing c.20 staff across Europe, Americas and Asia.

• European COO - Global Structuring Group

  • Apr 2005 - May 2008

  Europe Structuring COO covering a wide range of responsibilities following the creation of a new division focusing on dealing with highly structured client trades across a broad range of structured products and regions.

• Capital Markets & Lending - Product Control

  • Mar 1997 - Apr 2005

  As part of the IBD Product Control function, covered a variety of roles including European Head of Corporate Lending Product Control, Global Hhead of Equity Capital Markets Product Control, European Head of Equity Capial Markets Product Control and IBD Business Analyst/Product Controller.