Are you looking for a leader with an extensive track record of managing teams of risk management experts and informing and influencing executive level decisions? During the past 20 years I've been responsible for the design, development and implementation of risk management frameworks, systems, methodologies, models and governance across asset management, insurance and banking sectors, in the process building productive working relationships with risk management professionals, business leaders, government officials and academic experts. My expertise includes large-scale and complex credit risk approvals, design, approval and documentation of financial structures in highly regulated environments, design and management of statistical risk and credit measurement systems for fixed income, loan, lease and hedge fund portfolios.
My compensation in recent years has ranged from $160,000 to $295,000.
See resume below for career details.
EDUCATION
MA, Oxford University, England, 1984
BA, Oxford University, England, 1974
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
RISK MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP & PRACTICE
- Define organizational risk appetite, design and implement risk policies and governance
- Design, implement and manage risk systems, statistical models and expert risk teams
- Analyze, measure, approve and communicate complex risks to multiple stakeholders, including executive management, business leaders, functional heads and regulatory supervisors
- Define, develop and communicate risk management standards and concepts
- Establish risk management competency and culture across functions and sectors: private, public and academic
- Design, develop and manage global risk management education, research and knowledge-sharing programs
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Established independent oversight of risk appetite, measurement and monitoring of liquidity and interest rate risk sensitivity of $115 billion Bancorp balance sheet, including derivatives, investment portfolio, mortgage pipeline, mortgage servicing rights and trading counterparty exposure
- Implemented daily VaR, DV01 and liquidity measurement of $15 billion Treasury investment portfolio
- Developed economic capital framework, methodology and measurement for $300 billion US and international auto, mortgage and asset-based consumer and commercial loan portfolios, as well as property and casualty insurance lines of business, which was implemented for company-wide capital allocation and performance measurement
- Designed US fixed-income, equities and derivatives risk measurement system which withstood extreme market stresses of 1998 and 2008
- Evaluated risks and recommended limits for Latin American money market portfolio and structured notes based on emerging market T-bills which earned $200 million profit
- Evaluated and approved $2 billion international trade finance structures which earned $100 million annual profit, led teams negotiating workouts of $20 million defaulted trade credits in Asia and Eastern Europe
- Evaluated Mexican banking system risk, recommended limits which earned $12 million profit after devaluation
- Developed series of risk management summits for private and public-sector risk leaders in New York, London and Amsterdam and global series of expert-led webinars on topical risk management subjects, eg. ERM, systemic risk, economic capital and stress-testing
- Launched Associate PRM certification and webinar series and Chinese-language risk management exams
- Contributed program design expertise and presented at risk management conferences in North America, Europe and Asia
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2011 - 2012
TOP 20 US COMMERCIAL BANK
Defined risk appetite, measured and monitored liquidity and interest rate risk sensitivity of Bancorps balance sheet, derivatives, investment portfolio, mortgage pipeline and servicing rights. Provided independent risk assessment to executive management and business leaders. Defined and oversaw trading counterparty risk management. Developed regulatory compliance programs, interacted with examiners. Developed risk frameworks, systems and quantitative talent resources. Standing member of Market Risk, Treasury Investments, Liquidity Management, Mortgage Pipeline and MSR Committees. Managed team of 3 risk professionals.
2008 - 2010
GLOBAL RISK MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
CEO of non-profit, member-led association dedicated to defining and implementing the best practices of risk management through education, certification, events, networking and online resources, with more than 60 chapters around the world and over 80,000 members from 190 countries
Principal responsibilities:
Organizational leadership
- Board relations and governance, volunteer engagement, strategic planning, financial oversight
- Manage staff of 16 in US, London and China
Community development
- Continuous contact and relationship development with worldwide network of PRMIA partners and sponsors in financial and non-financial sectors, government, universities and peer associations
Program supervision
- Educational standards, member services, online communications, marketing, publicity, event management
2006-2008
$300 BILLION GLOBAL FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY SPECIALIZING IN CONSUMER AND COMMERCIAL AUTOMOTIVE AND RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE FINANCING AND PROPERTY-CASUALTY INSURANCE
Development of global Economic Capital policy, methodology and measurement systems benchmarked to industry best practices, supporting risk-based performance metrics, product pricing, capital planning, mergers and acquisitions. Managed team of 4 risk professionals.
19942006
FINANCIAL DIVISION OF $70 BILLION INTERNATIONAL COMMODITY TRADING AND PROCESSING CORPORATION
2005-2006
Loan portfolio business development
- Structuring and negotiation of joint venture to purchase and service US government loans and receivables
- New markets development and hedge fund vehicle structuring
2005
Member of multi-disciplinary task force responsible for 5-year global technology strategy for financial, energy and commodity trading businesses with combined assets of $6 billion and annual profits of $600 million
- Defined standards for information management, IT systems, governance, infrastructure and risk measurement
- Strategy approved by Directors in December 2005, rated outstanding
1999-2005
Risk management of $2 billion international structured trade finance portfolio
- Approval authority for market, credit, country, industry, systemic, regulatory, operational, tax, legal and reputational risks in over 100 trade finance structures
- Designed proprietary risk measurement model which won approval for 50% increase in portfolio limit
- Developed and implemented worldwide risk and credit management policies
1997-1999
Risk management of $3 billion US and Latin America fixed income, FX, money market, equities and derivatives hedge fund portfolio
- Designed and implemented multi-market correlated stress tests
- Implemented option risk metrics for daily VaR measurement
- Risk measurement system used by board as benchmark for scaling back positions following 1998 liquidity crisis
- Managed team of 7 risk and credit professionals
1994-1997
Risk management of $2 billion worldwide emerging market fixed income, FX, money market, equities and derivatives and hedge fund portfolio
- Designed and implemented proprietary risk metrics and limit framework
- Traveled worldwide, promoting risk/return culture within organization
- Gained first-hand experience of market and systemic risks
- Managed team of 3 risk professionals
1985-1994
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO (now part of JPMorganChase) - Chicago, Madrid, London
1990-1994: Chicago
Set up credit and country risk department for emerging market bond trading and trade finance
- Developed and implemented market-specific credit policies and procedures
- Approved credit limits for 100+ emerging market banks, brokers and fund managers
- $10 million credit approval authority
- Managed team of 2 credit professionals
1987-1990: Madrid
Established Spain and Portugal corporate finance credit department
- Approved credit limits for 50+ Spanish and Portuguese corporations and banks
- $10 million credit approval authority
- Managed team of 4 credit professionals
1985-1987: London
Analyzed creditworthiness and banking needs, marketed banking services to UK-based multinational corporations
- Developed $20 million portfolio of interest rate swap, cash management and FX trading customers
1974-1985
LLOYDS BANK PLC - London, Brazil
Analyzed creditworthiness and banking needs, marketed banking services to domestic and multinational corporations
- Deputy manager of branch with 50 employees
- Negotiated $12 million equipment import financing for Brazilian gold mine
- Lived in six Brazilian cities
- Made and presented study on banking needs of UK insurance industry to board
LANGUAGES:
Fluent Spanish, Portuguese, French and German
Basic Russian
NATIONALITY
Dual - US and UK
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
2012
Journal of Risk Management in Financial Institutions
- Editorial Board member and contributing author
2007-2010
Foundation Board President, 75-year Lutheran Church |
