Serena Sebastiani, Supervisor

Serena Sebastiani

Supervisor

Qatar Financial Center Regulatory Authority

Location
Qatar
Education
Master's degree, Master of Management Science, Corporate Management
Experience
13 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 10 Months

Supervisor at Qatar Financial Center Regulatory Authority
  • Qatar
  • My current job since December 2016

Responsibilities:
- Regulatory supervision to Advisory and Investment Management Firms operating with subsidiaries or branches in Qatar (conduct and financial supervision under the QFC jurisdiction, new firms’ support to entry the market, new market initiatives’ sustainment);
- Project lead for the QFCRA EU access projects (including MIFID II compliance, cooperation with EU countries regulatory authorities, UCITS funds establishment) -projects involve resources from several departments within the QFC and the relationship with EU Regulatory Authorities and IOSCO;
- Securities Services (e.g. Custody) SME.

Manager at PwC Advisory
  • Italy
  • January 2011 to December 2016

• Manager in charge of the Asset & Wealth Management Industry, reporting to the Asset Management Consulting Leader in Italy (Partner);
• Projects leader managing teams of junior and senior consultants (2 to 8);
• Transformation and Operations expert, contributing to the area’s business development with pitches, value propositions and a “walk the talk” approach to promote new projects (developed initiatives on the service model for Securities Services in Italy then sold to 2 different clients);
• Account Manager for an International Asset Servicing group (first point of contact for the client’s management, supervision of ongoing projects, new projects cross-sell).

Main projects:
• Transformation initiatives for Financial Institutions mainly aimed to development of new business strategies, operations improvement and resolution of organizational issues;
• Target Operating Models definition and implementation;
• Program and project management (ISIPM certification);
• Back Office outsourcing / offshoring, operational efficiency and cost optimization for Italian and French banks and banking groups;
• Target2Securities assessment and implementation for a financial group acting as DCP;
• Operational and organizational model definition for major Italian banking groups;
• New market entry strategy and regulatory analysis for a major American Bank.

Research Analyst at Premium Finance Group
  • China
  • June 2010 to November 2010

Private / Wealth Management - Research Analyst, Internship
- Analysis on the Brazilian, Russian and Indian stock markets
- Study of investment scenarios (written an article about Lithium).
- Assisted the Fund Manager in his everyday work
- Written several reports and researches either published in the Newsletter of the Company or used by the Fund Manager and the Director for studying new markets and investment opportunities

Education

Master's degree, Master of Management Science, Corporate Management
  • at Fudan University
  • December 2012

Final Dissertation: “East Asian Clusters: the Automotive and the Biotechnology Clusters in China”

Master's degree, Finance
  • at Luiss Guido Carli
  • March 2012

MSc Double Degree, General Management, major Finance. Final Dissertation: “East Asian Clusters: the Automotive and the Biotechnology Clusters in China”

Bachelor's degree, Banks, Insurances and Capital Markets
  • at Universita' di Roma La Sapienza
  • December 2008

Specialties & Skills

Operational Transformation
Financial Institutions
Business Development
Regulatory Expertise
Project Management
ASSET MANAGEMENT
BANKING
BENCHMARKING
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
CONSULTING
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
SECURITIES

Languages

English
Expert
Italian
Native Speaker
Spanish
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Istituto Italiano di Project Management – ISIPM, licence number 5828 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2016

Hobbies

  • Travelling, cooking, trekking