Experience

Valentia Partners

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Jan 2022 - Present



AIB

• Ireland
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Strategy and Implementation Manager

  • Nov 2016 - Dec 2021



RBS Capital Resolution Ireland

• Deal Enablement and Execution Manager

  • May 2014 - Apr 2016

  Responsible for the Program Management of overall enablement and execution of the Aran Portfolio (a 6 billion euro loan sale compromising 6000 assets) through the life cycle of the deal. Responsible for the datatape, external real estate valuations, enabling of security documentation, business communications. Post sale, responsible for developing migration approach, implementing a transitional services agreement, data migration and reconciliation. Responsible for the Program Management of overall enablement and execution of the Aran Portfolio (a 6 billion euro loan sale compromising 6000 assets) through the life cycle of the deal. Responsible for the datatape, external real estate valuations, enabling of security documentation, business communications. Post sale, responsible for developing migration approach, implementing a transitional services agreement, data migration and reconciliation.



Ulster Bank

• United Kingdom
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Manager - Global Restructuring Group Ireland

  • Mar 2011 - Apr 2014

  Currently working in the Global Restructuring Group Ireland (GRGI) who manage stressed assets in Ulster Bank. Initially recruited to transfer assets to GRG, from Ulster Bank Corporate Markets division. This required liaising with a number of different stakeholders across different divisions within UBGSubsequently managed various projects, including:- Review of Security of entire GRG Portfolio- CCMA Process Review- Excess Policy Process ReviewCurrent Management of GRGI Change Committee who oversee all requests requiring front line business involvementWas also involved in UB incident in June 2012, running project to plan for operational readiness and design of testing plans / business checkout activity

• Project Manager - Corporate Markets

  • Mar 2010 - Mar 2011

  Managed project to transfer assets to Non-Core Cost Centres for UBG – overseeing process, designing communication for front line, troubleshooting problemsBond Process Review for Capital Markets – process efficiency exercise to improve a cross-divisional modelImplemented new Interest Certificate model dealing with Technology Division in India

• Project Manager - First Active Migration

  • Nov 2009 - Mar 2010

  Responsible for all aspects of the migration of 11,000 First Active customers with fixed term deposits onto the Ulster Bank platform

• Senior Change Analyst - Corporate Markets

  • Sep 2007 - Nov 2009

  Initially recruited to work on the Ulster Bank Corporate Migration to migrate on RBS IT Platform. I was responsible for Producing Business Operating Models, Designing Testing and was in Charge of the Operational Reconciliation and Business Checks for one of the Core Systems being Migrated.Following this I worked in a Corporate Markets Change Team on a variety of projects including Financial Services Compensation Scheme – Single Customer View, Back to Branch Project and was an SME for Ulster Bank'sFixed Term Deposits System

• Team Leader - First Active Customer Support

  • Sep 2006 - Sep 2007

  Management of Payments and Indexing Teams in First Active Customer Support.Responsible for Correlating Daily MI for First Active Customer Support.Responsible for nine employees – PEF, 1 to 1s, quarterly reviews, coaching and development.

• Business Analyst

  • Sep 2005 - Aug 2006

  Joined Ulster Bank on their Graduate Scheme. Initially worked on a small project in relation to insurance accounts. I was responsible for the Investigation of complex cases, developing and delivering training to new starts, coaching and monitoring of 4 members of Team.



University of Nottingham

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Students Union President

  • Jul 2004 - Aug 2005

  Responsible for Overall Management of Students Union, with annual turnover of £5millionChaired Executive Committee of Students UnionStudent representative on Senior University Committees Responsible for Overall Management of Students Union, with annual turnover of £5millionChaired Executive Committee of Students UnionStudent representative on Senior University Committees