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Ernest is a CPA and has nineteen years experience in the banking industry. He spent several years in the City of London working with financial institutions and corporations. He worked in the treasury of NatWest bank and for nine years with Citibank in Australia and the Asia Pacific region.
Ernest has designed and implemented integrated risk management systems for Citibank in Australia and Asia. He was the vice president Asia Pacific for implementing a global daily risk reporting system for thirteen countries in the region. He has assisted in the design of data warehouses and created the rules for capturing meta data in large repositories. He has an in-depth knowledge of risk policy, procedure, process and technology including Basel I & II. At Citibank he assisted in setting worldwide data standards, designed and managed quality assurance reviews and compliance programs. He has conducted credit risk seminars and training programs throughout Asia.
More recently he has undertaken assignments with the Ministry of Finance, Indonesia /PMON Sovereign Debt Management Project – Ernest was the Risk Management & Compliance Specialist – He provided advice and guidance in developing, formalising and implementing risk management policies and limits for Public Debt Management in Indonesia.
A further assignment was with the Central Bank of Thailand / Financial Institutions Development Fund (FIDF) – to give advice on the design of a Management Information System to monitor the assets and non-performing loans (NPLs) of the FIDF. FIDF is an entity of the Central Bank and is the owner of several banks and NPL Asset Management Companies.
Ernest has held various positions in investment banking, including financial controller, treasury accountant & settlements manager, risk exposure manager, portfolio manager and project manager.


Education

CPA - Certified Public Accountant Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland - Fellow - FCPA
Fellow Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance - FAIBF
MBA - University College Dublin, Ireland - did not complete course.

Skills

· Banks & Financial Institutions · Business Process, Systems Implementation
· Risk Management, Credit Risk, Market Risk, Operational Risk – Sovereign Debt Management - Basel ll implementation · IT Project Management
· Compliance, Regulatory Reporting · Treasury Operations & Accounting
· Portfolio Management · Venture Capital Funding for SME’s


Languages

Fluent English - limited German & French

Other

COUNTRIES OF WORK EXPERIENCE
Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong, Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Brunei, Indonesia, South Africa, Australia & NZ, USA, Europe.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
01/03/1998 – 30/04/2004: Director, Solutions Pty Ltd, Australia
Founder Director, established consultancy specialising in risk management solutions for financial institutions and corporations.
Marketing risk management consultancy services to financial institutions and corporations in Asia Pacific region. - project management, risk management systems, strategic risk reviews, portfolio risk, policy, procedures, business process, compliance, quality assurance, training and implementation. Specific consultancies undertaken include:

Ministry of Finance, Indonesia /PMON Sovereign Debt Management Project – Risk Management & Compliance Specialist – Provide advice and guidance in developing, formalising and implementing risk management policies and limits for public debt management.
Central Bank of Thailand / FIDF– Advice on the design of a Management Information System to monitor the assets of the Financial Institutions Development Fund (FIDF). FIDF is the owner of several banks and non-performing loan, Asset Management Companies.
Consultant – Gresham Computing – develop business requirements for Nostro Direct prototype – online access to real-time information - global banking information system assisting banks to manage Settlement Risk, Liquidity & Operational Risk.
Consultant Demonstrator for Hummingbird Ltd. of Canada
Conducted demonstrations and training of Financial Frameworks – a credit risk reporting system – at the national conference of financial institutions “India BankTech” Mumbai, India.
Marketing Kastle Treasury Risk Management System.
Conducted a national marketing campaign in Australia aimed at banks and large corporations to sell state of the art treasury risk management system. Demonstrated front, middle and back office straight through processing system – monitors credit, market and operational risk.
Marketing Pinnacle Asset and Liability Management (ALM) System.
Conducted a national marketing campaign in Australia aimed at banks to sell state of the art asset and liability management system. Demonstrated system to prospective clients.
Consultant, Hummingbird Ltd of Canada - advised system specification for Financial Frameworks – credit risk reporting system.
Assisted in the design and specification for Financial Frameworks and its marketing strategy in the Asia Pacific region.
Academy BJE, Sydney, Australia – Educational Institution - Member of the IT committee – advising on web solutions for interactive educational courses & distance learning.

Director, Ltd – founded company and built infrastructure.
Undertook several short term consulting assignments for corporations that included: advising client on using risk management measurements for assessing the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) of a corporation – preparing strategic plans and business plans for B2C application - negotiating funding and venture capital for B2C insurance offering – negotiating funding for risk management system application – advising corporation in risk minimization policy.
Jul 1995 – Nov 1997 Vice President, Citibank N.A. Singapore – Asia Pacific Regional Business Manager – Global Risk Reporting
Project manager - responsible for implementation of a Global Risk Reporting (Basel Accords) system across 13 Asia Pacific countries including the Philippines that achieved daily reporting of customer exposures valued at US$76 billion.
» Recruited a project team of business and technology experts. Built a regional management structure with 30 managers and delivered the Global Risk Reporting system on schedule and within the US$25 million budget.
» Completed gap analysis of 13 unique legacy systems and prepared the business specification for system implementation. Managed extract, transform and load (ETL) process for legacy systems using Prism tool. Participated in planning the system architecture for the data warehouse and metadata repositories. Managed development changes in 13 countries, which resulted in integrating each country with the Asia Pacific regional model.
» Initiated user acceptance testing in all of the Asia Pacific countries - data mining, quality assurance reviews and self assessment audits which resulted in high levels of acceptance of the data quality in the production system.
» Acted as trainer and coach - trained 80 risk management personnel to use the Global Risk Reporting system in 13 countries.
» Monitored, analysed and reported portfolio of US$75 billion of risk assets.
» Member of International Policy Committee for Standards and Procedures - assisted in establishing global standards throughout the organisation.

Jan 1993 ? Jun 1995 CITIBANK N.A ? NEW YORK ? SYDNEY BASED
Asia Pacific Regional Business Manager ? Global Credit Risk Management

Project manager - responsible for implementing a global credit/market risk management quarterly reporting system (Basel Accords) for 12 countries in Asia Pacific.
ACHIEVEMENT:
» Implemented standard reporting methods and processes in 12 countries that enabled the automatic consolidation of US$50 Billion of assets into a cohesive portfolio.
» Completed gap analysis of 12 legacy systems and prepared the business specification for system implementation.
» Managed development changes, which resulted in successfully building 12 feeds to New York data warehouse.
» Developed statistical loss norm criteria, which significantly improved the quality of US$50 billion portfolio.
» Built portfolio management summaries giving senior management a strong decision support tool to develop strategies.

  Sep 1991 – Dec 1993 CITIBANK LTD ? INVESTMENT BANK ? SYDNEY
Project Manager ? Credit Risk Management

Responsible for project team that built an integrated risk management system (Basel Accords) for derivatives and traditional banking products.
ACHIEVEMENT:
» Developed portfolio analysis reporting for US$5 billion asset base that enabled management to review consolidated customer information on a daily basis.
» Re?engineered business processes in Exposure Management Unit and reduced head count by 40%. Acted as coach and trainer, developed training modules and trained 40 staff in three branches - Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
» Automated regulatory reporting to the Reserve Bank of Australia.

 Apr 1989 – Aug 1991 CITIBANK LTD ? INVESTMENT BANK ? SYDNEY
Exposure Risk Manager ? Credit Risk Management

Responsible for managing the review process for traditional banking products, trading risks, limits and procedures that acted as an early warning system for customer defaults.
ACHIEVEMENT:
» Designed and implemented bilateral counterparty netting system that reduced credit risk usage by US$100 million.
» Developed concepts on risk assessment that resulted in reducing the bank's capital adequacy requirement by US$30 million.
» Advised management on systems development, which led to a US$5 million capital investment in new back office integration project.
» Advised the Reserve Bank of Australia in formulating standards for reporting customer exposures.

FlexmanJan1987 – Feb 1989 NATWEST AUSTRALIA BANK LTD ? SYDNEY
Manager Treasury Accounting & Settlements
Responsible for the creation of a treasury accounting, operations and settlements department and it's daily management.
Achievements:
» Created a Treasury Accounting Department that resulted in the accurate measurement of daily profits and losses for the bank's trading activities.
» Developed PC models, which reduced reporting cycles to group head office and Reserve Bank of Australia by 80% and increased productivity dramatically.
» Researched and developed synthetic hedge accounting models (FRAs and Swaps) that enabled the traders to accurately measure daily profit and loss.


1985 ? 1986 ALLENBRIDGE GROUP PLC - London, UK.
Investment Manager
Responsible for managing private client portfolio.
Achievements:
» Managed investment strategy on behalf of private clients.
» Advised private investors on tax benefits in UK Business Expansion Schemes.
» Advised exit strategies for private investors in structured projects.
» Analysed and monitored 100 million pound portfolio of investments.



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