An international perspective and empathy with over 25 years in Risk and Project Management, Investment funds & Capital markets …

born in January 1967

Pretoria, South Africa

Lived or worked in

Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Luxembourg, USA and South Africa

and also had assignments in

Azerbaijan, Benin, Kosovo, Macedonia, Mexico (Yucatan), Moldova, Mongolia, Niger, Senegal, Togo, UK, Ukraine and Vietnam

Industry compentencies

• Capital markets infrastructures

• Clearing, Settlement, Custody

• Bank & financial Risk management

• Operational risk and Controls

• Custody, Fund administration and Transfer Agent

• Sustainable Development

• Social Impact

Areas of expertise

• Product strategy and development

• Project management

• Operational risk, permanent controls, compliance

• Collateral management

• Securities services & client integration

• Business and functional analysis
  

… covering custody, clearing, settlement, investment funds as well as risk and controls topics. Roles included Product Strategy, Product Development/Design, Operations manager, Senior Project manager and Operational Risk manager

I combine hands-on line management experience and skills with an ability to interact at all levels of an organisation on product and strategic issues. I am able to just as easily deep dive on operational issues or analyse and deliver conceptual and constructive business or functional solutions. I am always seeking new challenges, whether in (alternative) investments, product development/strategy and operational/business areas.

I have also been running my own small companies since 2006 and have been actively involved in social and sustainable development, among others as an expert trainer for the House of Training – ATTF international development program and through the NGO The Tree Hub as well as A2Bplus, a private mobility initiative. In addition, I am involved in providing business insight and funding for an AML/KYC application targeting SMEs.

Consulting Experience

IMNERGY sàrl

(formerly DJR International Services)

(since 2006)

• Founder & General manager

Freelance consulting assignments, sourced either directly through my own network of clients or through sub-contracting agreements with other consulting and advisory firms (Big Four consultancy).

For a period, IMNERGY had up to 6 senior consultants in addition to myself (their assignments are not included below)

For an International securities market infrastructure

• 15 months assignment

• Luxembourg

• Review appropriate regulations (CSD-R), make strategic and business recommendations

• Draft the CSD-R compliant liquidity management options for one specific (banking) entity of the Group, followed by senior management and Board options review and selection/decision process

• Draft corresponding Business Requirements Analysis documentations (in support of functional requirements analysis)

• Other miscellaneous tasks such as PMO, Regulator meetings, internal reviews and validations, cross-projects impact analysis

For a large Luxembourg public institution

• 12 months assignment

• Luxembourg

• Coordinate the creation and business setup, including C-level recruitment, of a new subsidiary to offer a mutualised AML/KYC service, both locally and internationally

• Coordinate the creation and business setup, including C-level recruitment, of a new subsidiary to offer a mutualised AML/KYC service, both locally and internationally

For an EU Clearing House (several consulting assignments over 8-year period, France & UK)

• multiple assignments over an 8-year period

• Paris & London

• Operational Risk manager, including Internal Controls, during the implementation of their new corporate operational risk framework and corporate transformation plan.

• Project manager – EMIR embedding and Permanent Controls framework

• Functional and operational implementation of Operational Risk and Permanent Controls. More generally, assistance in RCSA review; support for the Group Head of Operational Risk and Permanent Controls; assistance on the Compliance framework (definition, setup etc.).

• Assistance on the regulatory application documentation (US FTC licence)

For an International securities market infrastructure

• Multiple assignments over a 6-year period

• Luxembourg

• Advise and draft a Global Issuer Services strategy paper

• Deliver specific items of the Global Issuer Services strategy

• Functional manager and analyst in the implementation of a securities lending platform

• Review and advise on their Target 2 Securities strategy

For a European Investment Bank

• 6 months assignment

• paris

• Review and make recommendations on their global bonds settlement efficiency program

For a large European securities and investor services provider

• 24 months assignment

• Paris, Dublin & Luxembourg

• During the integration/onboarding of a major Asset Manager’s portfolio (over 120bln€ in assets under management)

• Responsible for the central Program Management Office overseeing all business lines (Custody, Fund Accounting and Transfer Agent)

• Client-facing Test Coordinator during FA parallel run and TA readiness phases

Corporate Experience

DEXIA Group (Paris)

(2003 - 2006)

• Operational Risk Manager

• Working in the Group’s central Risk Management division, more specifically on the implementation of their Operational Risk Framework in line with the Basel 2 recommendations

• The central Risk Management division had oversight on Group methodologies and policies, as implemented in the respective national subsidiaries and/or branches

• My role focused on the end to end selection and implementation of a group-wide operational risk management software: RFI, RFP, Functional specifications, testing, roll-out and post-implementation

Deutsche Börse - Clearstream (Luxembourg & Frankfurt)

(1996 - 2003)

• Multiple roles, from Manager to Director

• Head of Product Design – Banking and Custody Services, CSD and ICSD side (Custody, Clearing and Settlement, Banking, Investment Funds)

  • Team of 12 senior/project managers

• Director Product Development – Banking, ICSD side (Banking, Securities financing, Cash services, Clearing services)

  • Team of 10-12 senior/project managers

• Senior Manager Transaction and Asset Management – Operations, ICSD side (Banking, Securities financing, Cash services)

  • Team of 75 staffs, split among 5 managers/units

• Manager Collateral Management – Banking, (Banking, securities lending and lending syndicate, collateral acceptance)

  • Teams of up to 10 staffs

Euroclear (Brussels)

(1993 - 1996)

• Multiple roles, from Staff to Supervisor

• Various roles within the Operations department, covering several markets

• Started at Staff levels up to Supervisor Domestic Markets – Operations

Belgium military service

(1991-1992)

• Reserve officer (Lieutenant) - Logistics

• Served for 13 months (of which 5 for officer training)

• Stationed in Germany (Altenrath - Koeln), in an active duty Fuel Transport Battalion

Start-ups Experience

The Tree Hub asbl

(since 2009)

• Co-Founder

… Linking People and Ideas around Trees …

• The Tree Hub is dedicated to the funding of environment and sustainable projects in developing countries

• Initiated by David and Benoit Moulin as a for-profit cooperative back in 2009, The Tree Hub has been run as a not-for-profit association since July 2018

• The original concept included an online “virtual forest” game available free of charge to children, young and not so young, to learn about the forest eco-system

A2Bplus

(since 2017)

• Co-Founder

• A2Bplus makes use of our patented (LU100674) solution to provide proof of performed mobility

• The A2Bplus service ensures full anonymity in the rewards distribution process to participants while minimising the administration burden on (reward) sponsors

• The “plus” stands for the possibility to donate the rewards directly to a charity chosen by the winning participant

CompactStream

(since 2018)

• Co-Founder

• Currently working on a digital solution for Single Owner / SMEs in the management of AML/KYC obligations

Veecus !

(2012-2015)

• Owner

• Veecus! was a microfinance crowdfunding platform targeting individual business initiatives through local MicroFinance Institutions

• The idea at the time was to integrate it with The Tree Hub’s environmental projects platform to provide a range of CSR projects to Corporate sponsors

• It had to be stopped in 2015, when 2 local MFIs failed to honour back the funding provided through them, jeopardising the entire The Tree Hub - Veecus setup

eDilz

(2013)

• Founder

• eDilz was imagined in the same spirit as the previous two CSR startups, as a merchant platform for fair-trade artefacts sourced, among others, through the local communities of The Tree Hub and Veecus! beneficiaries