Hicham - COO/Managing Director - France - iCEO #80167

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Hicham's Profile

iCEO #80167

Position: COO/Managing Director

Nationality: France

Experience

An innovative and results-driven Operations & Information Technology leader with extensive experience gained in Operational Management,Technology, Transformation & Innovation. Possesses a collaborative leadership style enabling a good fit within cross-functional teams and a natural rapport with stakeholders, clients and partners to support all operational strategies and Project management.

Major Achievements

Generated significant cost savings through supplier monitoring, negotiation and solution assessment. Received special recognition for innovative IT projects such as: Visa debit card, ATM machine, VOIP Telephony, online banking, server virtualisation and data mirroring, professional Business Continuity. Results achieved with minimum operational losses and good internal and external audit reports. Successfully established an operations and IT department from scratch with limited resources, resulting in coherent system processing and authorising levels as well as a locally created EOD system Provide access to all system processing menus including new applications implementation and regulatory reporting automation (i.e. IFRS9, CRR, Central Bank Reporting, AnaCredit) resulting in more autonomy for the local team; Led operations and IT split/transfer from a branch to another and successfully obtained banking license from authorities and succeeded system split and full independence from the other branch. Implementing for the first time the Limit processing & Monitoring for the credit & risk exposures Established / completed all Standard Operating Procedures and Service Level Agreements for Ops and IT.

Industry Sector Competencies

Software

Systems Integration

Automotive

Financial Services

Private Equity

Professional Objectives

Function: Chief Operating Officer / Deputy CEO

Sector: Banking / Financial Services / Green Energy

Interim Manager: Yes

Permanent Position: Yes

Operational: Yes

Availability: Full time

Prefered Locations: Switzerland / United Kingdom / Luxembourg

Countries Covered

Dubai

France

Luxembourg

Switzerland

UK

Operational Competencies

Technologies to market (Expert)

Business development (Professional)

New product or service launch (Professional)

Geographical expansion (Expert)

Company rescue or turnaround (Expert)

Close down or sell off (Professional)

Pre or post investment audit (Expert)