Giles Askham
Vice President, Operational Risk Identification, Assessment & Reporting @American Express
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WORK HISTORY
Vice President, Operational Risk Identification, Assessment & Reporting @American Express
Brighton, GB
The International Card Services Control Management Risk Identification, Assessment, and Reporting team is responsible to identify, assess, mitigate, and report on Operational and Compliance Risks to ensure adherence to regulatory standards, internal policy and enhance resilience through managing a clear methodology of inherent and residual risk eg. RCSA.Responsible for the implementation of the RCSA Framework ensuring identification and assessment of operational and compliance risks with clear mitigation strategies. Responsible for the design and implementation of the Emerging Risk Framework. Responsible for Risk Aggregation methodology implementation across Countries, Legal Entities and International Card Services.Lead the Business Continuity approach and co-ordination for the International Card Services business working with plan owners to ensure minimal business disruption.
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ABOUT GILES ASKHAM
Professional ProfileHighly skilled, results-driven, people focused Risk and Operations leader with experience in designing, developing and implementing frameworks, policies and procedures across different sized, diverse, multi-location financial services organisations. Ability to be both hands on and strategic with commercial awareness operating at Board & Executive level. Proven track record in identifying and evaluating improvements & potential risks and implementing strategies to mitigate risk, maximise efficiency & create good customer outcomes. Actively included in business transformation and critical regulatory, mandatory & business change projects. Exceptional skills in risk & operational analysis, monitoring and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to achieve objectives. Excellent motivator of people, passionate in developing individuals and a good sense of humour.Areas of ExpertiseRisk Management | Operational Risk | Conduct Risk | Financial Crime Risk | Economic Crime Risk | Risk Management Frameworks | Fraud Risk | Risk Governance | Risk Reporting & Insight | Risk & Control Self-Assessment | Controls Assurance | Controls Optimisation | Consumer Duty |Quality Assurance | Controls Testing | Customer Outcome Testing | Operations | Customer Onboarding | Customer Due Diligence | Process Improvement | Process Implementation | Arrears | Bereavements | Vulnerable Customers | Operational Resilience | Facilities | Third Party Management | Stakeholder Management| Communication | Strategy | Transformation | Change Delivery | Team Building & Leadership | Payments
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