Nov 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 5 mos · London, England, United Kingdom · Remote

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• Pink Cap Advisory allows me to share my experience and knowledge of empowering communities of professionals with others. 🤗
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Dec 2018 – Oct 2023 · 4 yrs 10 mos · London, United Kingdom

• “We believe that all companies should have the opportunity to thrive, free from the threat of financial crime”
• The Global Community Director is central to the achievement of FINTRAIL’s mission and vision of preventing the spread and furtherance of financial crime.
• Responsible for ensuring the global members of the Fintech Fincrime Exchange (FFE)and wider anti-financial crime community feel they are deriving value from FINTRAIL and the FFE.
• The Global Community Director is the central point of coordination, bringing together the variety of actors in the anti-financial crime arena to agree on initiatives to prevent, deter and detect financial crime.
• FINTRAIL provides clients, who operate across the global financial services ecosystem, with access to a new, agile, energetic form of financial crime risk management. This requires a different approach, one that is not simply a box-ticking compliance process or regulatory burden, but one that puts commerciality and intelligent risk management at its core, and something that is vital to businesses of any size.
• The FinTech FinCrime Exchange (FFE) brings together a global network of FinTechs to collaborate on best practices in financial crime risk management. By sharing information on criminal typologies and controls, FFE members help to strengthen the sector’s ability to detect and counter the global threat of financial crime, including money laundering, terrorist financing, bribery and corruption and tax evasion.

Aug 2018 – Dec 2018 · 4 mos · London, United Kingdom

• “We believe that all companies should have the opportunity to thrive, free from the threat of financial crime”
• The FinTech FinCrime Exchange delivered an immersive experience that offered attendees the opportunity to engage with survivors of criminal activity, bringing to life the real cost of financial crime and connecting delegates to why their work matters.
• Industry experts, including CEOs from some of the world’s leading FinTechs, shared their insights and experiences, providing actionable takeaways and practical solutions to empower delegates to thrive.
• The conference brought together a vibrant international community of FinTechs, creating an interactive platform that encouraged collaboration and the discussion of best practices, actively enhancing the resilience of the industry.

Jun 2018 – Sep 2018 · 3 mos

• Acronym Consulting AB offers specialized consultancy within Anti-Financial Crime (AFC), forensic services and internal audit. The company also offers a wide selection of "on-the-job" training sessions in all topics related to AFC to the financial industry - from board members to compliance officers and all other relevant staff members.

Aug 2017 – Jun 2018 · 10 mos · London, United Kingdom

• ACAMS is the largest international membership organization dedicated to enhancing the knowledge, skills and expertise of AML/CTF and financial crime detection and prevention professionals. Our members include representatives from a wide range of financial institutions, regulatory bodies, law enforcement agencies and industry sectors.
• Discover more at www.acams.org

Jan 2017 – Present · 9 yrs 3 mos · London, United Kingdom

• Raising Your Game is a Training, Coaching and Consultancy company offering business and personal solutions to enhance performance, facilitate change and create lasting results.
• We provide public behavioural change workshops, tailored corporate workshops, personal performance coaching and consultancy services to businesses with the intention to change direction and/or improve employee performance.
• As we all know, the one constant on this rock flying through space is ‘Change’. The difference that makes the difference is our ability to support others and offer interventions to become more aware of the choices available and take purposeful action to deliver results.

Jul 2016 – Jul 2017 · 1 yr · London, United Kingdom

• The Purposeful Profile combines self-critical analysis, psychometric testing, and external feedback to take an individual or group on a journey of discovery into the realms of their true calling.
• Step 1 - Allow the conscious mind to set the scene.
• Step 2 - Discover the clues your subconscious mind is giving you.
• Step 3 - How others see you.
• Step 4 - Verify your purpose.
• Step 5 - Share and celebrate your purpose.
• What you will learn from the process:
• Determining your purpose is a process of discovery, not invention.
• You can inspire change by studying yourself.
• Purpose is about pursuing something greater than yourself.
• Your purpose already exists; past events and your daily behaviours give you clues to your purpose; you just haven’t connected the dot yet.
• Self-awareness allows you to understand not just yourself better but allows you to be more empathic and understanding towards others.
• What are the benefits of having a clear purpose:
• Experience a sense of inner harmony and congruence
• Enjoy a strong degree of self-acceptance and feeling centred
• Exhibit behaviour that matches intention and language
• Empowered with more mental and emotional resources.
• Managing relationships and decision making becomes easier as you have points of reference.
• Life becomes fluid when we know this information.
• To learn more please direct message me. It would be great to hear from you.

Jan 2015 – Oct 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos · London, United Kingdom

• Level 123 is a collective of elite entrepreneurs and specialist professionals. Each individual is hand-picked based on their experience, knowledge and reputation. Level 123 harnesses the expertise of many, to form an unrivalled power team that can add exponential value to any project or an individual’s ability to achieve success. Level 123 operates to fulfil the “DID Model”, to Discover talent, to Identify projects, and to Deliver finance.
• Level 123 Ltd offers me a new and exciting challenge, a challenge which includes seeking and identifying talent, and the task of directing teams of highly talented individuals to efficiently achieve a common goal.
• Responsibilities:
• Sourcing new talent and business for an in-house investment fund, focussing on opportunities within SME’s and social enterprises (SEIS, EIS, SITR investments).
• Engage with new networks and individuals, to build high-value relationships and collaborations.
• Negotiate and broker relationships between third parties to achieve a mutually beneficial outcome to all stakeholders
• Lead and direct project teams of entrepreneurs and specialist professionals.
• Coaching, consulting, mentoring, SME’s, getting them investment ready.
• Key Achievements:
• Diversified in-house investment portfolio; including tech, renewable energy, and smart cities.
• Selected and lead project team for a 17 unit, €10 million, housing development in Malahide, Dublin.
• Facilitated capital raise for a tech start-up based in Sri Lanka; £1 million a 10% equity stake.
• Sponsored two vulnerable women through the Luminary Bakery project in East London.

Jun 2013 – Dec 2014 · 1 yr 6 mos · Southwark

• I thoroughly enjoy managing and leading a team. I have focussed my teams on achieving their performance goals and giving their personal development great attention. As Estate Services Manager at Leathermarket JMB, Southwark’s largest Tenant Managed Organisation and the first in the country to become self-financing, I am able to combine both my coaching ability to achieve a high class cleaning and grounds maintenance service and influence local strategy to promote sustainable practices to protect the environment for ourselves and future generations.
• Responsibilities:
• Manage four services, Estate Cleaning, Grounds Maintenance, Specialist Cleaning, and Office Cleaning; thirteen staff in total.
• Accountable for a £400,000 per annum budget.
• Member of the senior management team, reporting directly to the board and contributing to the development of strategy and services across the JMB, including the development of the JMB’s Business Plan.
• Propose and implement ideas for delivering estates services in the most efficient and cost effective way possible
• Formal staff management: performance management, recruitment and selection, induction and training, probationary reviews, disciplinary process and sickness management
• Manage and tender for external cleaning and gardening contracts
• Support residents’ aspirations for, and implement estates’ improvement works
• Key Achievements:
• Developed and implemented an Estate Inspection Mobile App. Transforming the service ‘paperless’ and reducing workload on admin tasks; 7 hours a week recuperated.
• Conducted complete overhaul of working practices to ensure efficiencies and adherence to health and safety law.
• Completed several estate improvement projects, rejuvenating outdoor spaces, making them more desirable and functional.
• Secured a £10,000 local government grant to spend on estate improvement project.
• Implemented succession plan for service.

Sep 2010 – Jun 2013 · 2 yrs 9 mos

• Responsibilities:
• Responsible for the volume and standard of work across property portfolio, acting as principal client officer relating to cleaning, communal repairs, grounds maintenance and all other estate services.
• Manage and monitor staff to ensure full compliance to corporate policies and procedures as well as health and safety legislation.
• Provide advice, support and assistance to staff to ensure they are well-trained and equipped to meet service requirements.
• Carry out regular estate inspections to ensure that staff is carrying out daily duties in a safe and efficient manner.
• Working closely and responsively with tenant/leasehold associations and representatives with the continuous aim to service enhancement.
• Key Achievements:
• Encouraged and facilitated the personal development of staff. During re-structure of service, to reduce staffing costs, 7 out of 12 of my staff were promoted.
• Revised existing routes of vehicles to reduce operation costs and impact to the environment.
• Introduced safer working practices and implemented risk assessments where applicable.
• Updated and streamlined service procedures.

Aug 2009 – Sep 2010 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Responsibilities:
• Safeguarding the wellbeing of all employees, temporary staff, contractors, partners of company car drivers or others who may be driving for and on behalf of Peabody.
• Ensuring that Peabody satisfies the requirements of health and safety legislation in relation to driving at work.
• Manage the Peabody’s contract with the leasing company and ensuring value for money when procuring additional fleet vehicles.
• Key Achievements:
• Completely rejuvenated an ageing fleet to dramatically reduce the cost of fleet operations
• Introduced and facilitated ‘greener practices’ within existing fleet policy and procedures
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Dec 2007 – Oct 2008 · 10 mos

• Responsibilities:
• Provide cover, aid, and support to the Head of Insurance.
• Setup and investigate liability claims made against the organisation adhering to WOLF protocols (Accessing to Justice Act 1999).
• Correspond with tenants and insurers to help resolve their queries and claims.
• Key Achievements:
• Extensively reworked insurance database accurately and efficiently in order to streamline Insurance procedures and information accessibility.

Jun 2007 – Oct 2007 · 4 mos

• Responsibilities:
• Manage the reconciliation of specific rent control accounts and preparation of correcting journals where necessary on a weekly or monthly basis.
• Respond to queries and complaints, both internally and externally ensuring they are resolved within appropriate time frame.
• Reconcile on a monthly basis all group rent related nominal ledger control accounts and prepare corrective journals where necessary.
• Key Achievements:
• Compiled extensive procedure notes for the Group Income Team, which were non-existent upon arrival.

Apr 2006 – Sep 2006 · 5 mos

• Accountable for all income received into suspense accounts and ensuring payments are allocated correctly and efficiently.

Aug 2005 – Apr 2006 · 8 mos

• Process and bank all income received into the Shared Service Centre.