Simon - COO/Managing Director - UK - iCEO #90255

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Simon's Profile

iCEO #90255

Position: COO/Managing Director

Nationality: UK

Experience

An impactful Executive Leader & COO with 30+ years of experience spanning sectors & geographies with an outstanding track record for innovative and effective interventions, which have widely contributed to business growth, delivering improved margins and significant returns on investment. A situational leader adept at mediating between business functions and technology, acting as a value enabler.

Major Achievements

Management of global groups across multiple disciplines, managing approx 2.5k people. Key achievements include :- Global Operating Model Redesign - implemented innovative strategies & transformational tech - enhancing multi-asset, multi-product & multi-jurisdictional ops - achieving a $100m P&L impact over 5 years BPR - revamped risk, finance & operations (operating model) establishing a streamlined finance function achieving a $30m P&L improvement over 3 years and greatly enhancing the reporting calendar CSR - led a comprehensive overhaul of data and analytics, using data lakes and Kafka buses - transitioning to a more sustainable model - achieving a 15% reduction in the environmental footprint BPR - redesigned the operating model (leveraging tech to reduce manual work) transforming group analytical value & reducing cost footprint - achieving $10m P&L gain and $100m operational risk capital reduction (CIBC) • CX & CRM - significantly enhanced the customer experience (leveraging AI, ML and NLG) as demonstrated by an industry survey showing the improvement (from second worst to top tier) over four years (Scotiabank) • SRM - conducted a global review and refresh of custodial relationships, including Securities & Payments, achieving a positive P&L impact of $25 million - dispersed amongst five distinct relationships (Scotiabank

Industry Sector Competencies

Software

Systems Integration

Office Supplies

Energy-Oil-Gas

Financial Services

Professional Objectives

Function: COO

Interim Manager: Yes

Permanent Position: Yes

Operational: Yes

Availability: Full time, part time, coaching on demand

Prefered Locations: UK

Additional Professional Interests

Operational coaching on demand

Non executive director assignments

Countries Covered

Canada

Ireland

UK

USA

Operational Competencies

DEI strategy (Expert)

Technologies to market (Expert)