Claudia
CTO/Chief Technical Officer - Germany - iCEO #98995

Experience

Transformation Executive and Program Director, Financial Services & NGO in APAC and Europe. Specialised in: Turning around complex critical delayed programs and projects relating to Banking & Global Markets, Organizational Change & Frameworks, Cyber, Regulatory Risk & Compliance, Transformation Office, Post Merger Integration.

Major Achievements

Changed the Bank: I delivered critical global markets & banking change programs. I migrated more than 100,000 thousand clients, millions of transactions to new core banking platforms. Team of 80 plus vendors. Budget 50million GBP. Success was based on strong governance, disciplined planning, stakeholder alignment and communication across the region and head office, rigorous risk and dependency management and testing. Created Regulatory Trust: I improved the global cyber risk profile of a major global bank, bringing cyber risk back within the bank’s board risk appetite. This work materially strengthened the bank’s standing with its regulators, including an FCA confirmation of satisfaction and reduced cyber risk. Know Your Client & Anti Money Laundering: Enhanced financial-crime prevention by digitizing Commercial Banking Client Due Diligence across 21 markets, working closely with regulators in APAC, Africa and Middle East. Cost Savings & Right Shoring: Delivered USD 200 million in cost savings by establishing strategic services hubs in Poland and China.

Industry Sector Competencies

IT/Computer Hardware

Software

Systems Integration

Financial Services

Public Sector

Professional Objectives

Function: COO, Chief Transformation Officer, CIO, CTO, Global Head

Interim Manager: Yes

Permanent Position: Yes

Operational: Yes

Availability: Full time

Prefered Locations: Hong Kong, Singapore, London, Madrid

Additional Professional Interests

Operational coaching on demand

Non executive director assignments

Countries Covered

Germany

Hong Kong

Singapore

UK

Operational Competencies

AI strategy (Expert)

Technologies to market (Professional)

New product or service launch (Expert)

Geographical expansion (Professional)

Company rescue or turnaround (Professional)

Close down or sell off (Professional)

Pre or post investment audit (Professional)