Dedicated Investment Fund professional with a history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Group Manager
BNP Paribas (Luxembourg) SA
11.2015
FA CIC – Contractual Investment Compliance - Group Manager
Fund Domiciliation Services - Group Manager
Management of a team of 7 Investment Compliance analysts and 9 Fund Domiciliation Officers – organizing the structure of both teams and define the roles and responsibilities in collaboration with the respective team managers
Maintenance of dashboards / KPI to evaluate CIC and Fund Domiciliation activity and to facilitate budget planning
Provide regular feedback to direct Management, ensuring that quality issues are communicated to all stakeholders
Review of client onboarding process / Participation in Client Acceptance Committee meetings
Ensuring the application of best practices throughout the departments, keeping an open-channel approach on any potential issues and provide regular feedback to the Executive Committee on the evolution of the service
Working in close collaboration with Client Development teams in order to anticipate potential pain points, proactively reviewing and discussing client needs in terms of service development
Ensuring that 1st and 2nd level of controls are carried out as planned, review these controls with Operational Risk Controllers to anticipate any potential issues
Escalation point in terms of client queries
Ensuring that all official documentation regarding the activity is up to date and that the service is carried out in respect of the service levels described in these documents
Supervision and review of activities delegated to BNP Paribas Poland
Contractual Investment Compliance Manager
Brown Brothers Harriman (Luxembourg) SA
11.2014 - 10.2015
Management of a team of 15 Investment Compliance analysts
IC contact point in terms of outsources activities to India (review of operational setups, KPI’s,, on-site training in India)
Client support – ensuring that client requests in terms of pre-trade eligibility analysis was done according to agreed-upon deadlines
Investment Compliance Manager
BNP Paribas Securities Services (Luxembourg) S.A
01.2014 - 10.2014
Management of a team of 6 Investment Compliance analysts
Maintenance of dashboards / KPI to evaluate FA CIC activity and to facilitate budget planning
Review of client onboarding process / Participation in Client Acceptance Committee meetings
Escalation point in terms of client queries
Supervision and review of activities delegated to B22S Poland
Investment Compliance
BNP Paribas Investment Partners
03.2008 - 12.2013
Responsible for the correct implementation of two different investment compliance tools:
MIG-21, from March 2008 until October 2008
Sentinel, starting beginning of 2009, following the acquisition of Fortis Bank Luxembourg by BNP Paribas Luxembourg
This project included the complete recoding of all investment restrictions related to Fortis Investment funds (400+ subfunds), set up of a “fund transfer” program allowing BNP Investment Partners to gradually take over control of all Fortis Investment funds.
Monitoring of investment restrictions, based on current legislation, sales prospectus requirements as well as internal guidelines, ensuring that updates on any of these issues are correctly understood and implemented by other members of the Investment Compliance team
Providing advice and support on compliance related matters to other departments and Fund Managers
Participation in the setup process of fund documentation (Sales Prospectus, KID)
Setup of a training sessions for other team members with regards to coding duties in Sentinel
Responsible for all reporting duties relating to outside parties such as local regulators and external auditors as well as to local Management
Investment Compliance
Credit Suisse Asset Management (Luxembourg) S.A.
12.1999 - 02.2008
Participated in the creation and the set-up of a dedicated Investment Compliance team which sole focus would lie on the implementation and supervision of all applicable rules with regards to legal as well as sales prospectus regulations
Implementation of Compliance Monitoring Tool (MIG-21)
Monitoring duties for all of our funds, including third party funds with regards to both legal as well as in-house regulations and requirements
Fund Administration
Credit Suisse Asset Management (Luxembourg) S.A.
04.1998 - 11.1999
Fund administration duties, including processing of trade orders and cash management, handling of corporate actions, cash/stock reconciliation
Back Office – Securities and Corporate Actions Handling
Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (Luxembourg) S.A.
10.1994 - 03.1998
Responsible for the daily maintenance of corporate actions logs for large institutional Japanese clients, mainly pension funds
Education
Ecole Primaire Kopstal 1978-1984
Athénée Grand-Ducal, Luxembourg-Merl 1985 - 1987
Lycée Technique Michel Lucius, Lxbg 1988 - 1993
Lycée Technique Du Centre, Luxembourg 1993-1994
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
1994
Skills
Client Engagement
Business Development
Strategic Planning
Staff Development
Problem Solving
Effective Communication
Decision Making
Risk Management
Team Leadership
Staff Management
Computing Skills
MS-Office
Mig-21
Sentinel
Multifonds
Eurosycomore
Various in-house applications
Languages
Luxembourgish
Proficient
C2
English
Proficient
C2
French
Proficient
C2
German
Proficient
C2
Italian
Beginner
A1
Children
Marie, aged 17 years
Liv, aged 19 years
Personal Information
Place of Birth: Luxembourg
Date of Birth: 04/05/1972
Nationality: Luxembourgish
Marital Status: Married
Timeline
Group Manager
BNP Paribas (Luxembourg) SA
11.2015
Contractual Investment Compliance Manager
Brown Brothers Harriman (Luxembourg) SA
11.2014 - 10.2015
Investment Compliance Manager
BNP Paribas Securities Services (Luxembourg) S.A
01.2014 - 10.2014
Investment Compliance
BNP Paribas Investment Partners
03.2008 - 12.2013
Investment Compliance
Credit Suisse Asset Management (Luxembourg) S.A.
12.1999 - 02.2008
Fund Administration
Credit Suisse Asset Management (Luxembourg) S.A.
04.1998 - 11.1999
Back Office – Securities and Corporate Actions Handling
Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (Luxembourg) S.A.
10.1994 - 03.1998
Ecole Primaire Kopstal 1978-1984
Athénée Grand-Ducal, Luxembourg-Merl 1985 - 1987
Lycée Technique Michel Lucius, Lxbg 1988 - 1993
Lycée Technique Du Centre, Luxembourg 1993-1994
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