Group Project Officer, assistant Group COO and Group CRO, responsible for Strategic projects
Bank Audi Saradar
Total years of experience :24 years, 4 Months
Assistant Group COO and Group CRO for leading strategic projects: Global treasury framework & solution, operations centralisation & outsourcing, Group Risk framework, credit cards solution, PeopleSoft HR solution, and Disaster recovery site. Around $70 MM budget
Profile: Bank Audi Saradar is one of the largest Arab banks and most profitable: $33 billion assets, $365 MM profit; Head office is based in Lebanon and its network of more than 4000 persons are present in 11 countries in the Middle East, Egypt, Turkey, France, Switzerland and GCC
Profile: Arab bank group is one of the largest Arab banks and most profitable; Head office is based in Jordan and its network of 8700 people, and 500 branches covers 30 countries in the MENA, GCC, Europe, USA and Far East.
My responsibilities include:
Manage a team of 18, covering 30 countries, to implement Risk functions, latest methodologies & solutions: Basel II, Moody’s Risk advisor, Fair Isaac scoring, Limits management solution, Business Continuity framework, Operational Risk methodology, and Information security framework/tools,
In coordination with CRO, lead the Global Risk program ($20 MM), team leading, projects planning, resources management, motivation, change management, contract management, budget and cost management, staffing, training, knowledge management (on time delivery and 25% cost reduction vs budget),
Create and manage, under CRO supervision, the Group Policy centre, that covers all the bank policies for business, operations, credit, IT, HR, and control functions
Subject matter expert in Business & IT transformation, Central operations,
BPR, change management, Risk, HR, Branding and Program management
Profile: Arab bank acquired a prestigious bank in Libya, 3200 people, 78 branches and I was in charge of developing a global strategy for transformation & modernisation of all business units: Corporate, retail, treasury and support units: IT, Operations, Procurement, HR, Finance, Risk, Audit, Real estate, and Communication
I was designated by Chairman as Director of the strategic plan and was responsible for:
Develop & manage “Strategic transformation / modernisation” plan, responsible for 200+ staff, $ 85MM, 60 000 FTE mandays, and reporting to chairman, CEO and Board of Directors.
Implement strategic plan: business development, IT full restructuring / transformation (solutions for core banking, Islamic finance, LAN/WAN, data centre…), creation of central operations, new Org chart for business, operations & Credit, development of new branding/image, renovation of premises/branches, new Risk & Audit framework, new procurement dept, communication campaign with local/international media
Develop full program management framework: roadmaps, budget, procurement, contracting, team management, cost control, manage relations with third parties, and developing training curriculum to staff
Select/recruit division Heads for: Credit, Treasury, Retail, Central operations, IT, HR, FC, and Compliance
Central Director - Assistant COO: Global Program manager and Subject matter expert in IT solution implementation, change management and business process re-engineering
Profile: Arab Tunisian Bank - major player in the market place - 950 people, more than 100 branches.
I was selected by Arab bank as Global program manager: $10MM to implement a core banking solution, re-organise central departments and branches, centralise operations, develop full manual of policies and procedures, cleansing crucial operating & financial data, re-allocate resources between HO and branches, and implement a change management culture.
My achievements are:
Design and develop the global program strategy, roadmaps, business plans, charters, operating model, delivery schedule, budget & cost control, Risk control, human resources plan, establishing PMO unit, reporting to COO and Steering committee and to Group Head-office executive committee.
Implement successfully a Core banking solution.
Design and roll-out a modern communication LAN network and enhance IT security framework,
Monitor contractual management with third parties and vendors,
Re-organise central departments: Credit, Treasury, Financial Control, IT and branches,
Design and implement expansion of Central Operation Unit through BPR and creation of new operating units
Manage development of policies and procedures,
Re-allocate resources between central departments and the branches, mobilise HR from Arab Bank HO,
Train Personnel, develop incentives and compensation packages, establish internal Newsletter,
Manage relationships with CEO, COO locally & Group CIO and senior managers at HO, third parties & vendors.
SOC GEN / Société Générale - France : Head Office - Trade Finance program (€11MM)
As member of the program team, I achieved business requirements development, design and implementation of centralised organisation, IT solution selection, and implementation & integration plan.
BNP Paribas - France: Head Office - French network foreign operations centralisation
As member of the global centralisation program team, I achieved successfully the management of 4 people to develop and implement the changes on policies, processes and procedures.
BARCLAYS - France - GM - EURO 2002 migration to Euro currency
As member of the management team, I was responsible for PMO and SME team selection, resources effort estimation and mobilisation, project plan and detailed schedule development, Reporting, relationships with senior managers, preparation of Barclays Health Check in coordination with Barclays London.
European Human resources management degree
Business degree
Construction & Civil engineer