Simon Leong
Programme Manager, Banking and Payments @Barclays
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WORK HISTORY
Programme Manager, Banking and Payments @Barclays
London, GB
Instant Payments Squad lead for Banking & Payments within Private Bank and Wealth Management.SEPA Instant successful delivery of <10 second payments inbound and outbound, 24x7x365 availability and target operating model by challenging EU regulatory deadlines.Payments Central Infrastructure Renewal (PCIR) programme manager, moving to ISO 20022, the emerging global standard for payments messaging across a number of payment schemes
EDUCATION
University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting/Finance) / Bachelor of Information Systems
Berklee College of Music
Music Production and Technology, Music Technology
SKILLS
ABOUT SIMON LEONG
Simon has 20+ years experience in financial services and is currently at Barclays, having spent 12+ years delivering successful regulatory, product, customer, onboarding and financial crime change programmes within Wealth/Investments and Private Banking. Simon is currently leading banking and payments programmes in Private Bank and Wealth Management. Previously, Simon spent nearly 8 years at ANZ, a top 25 global bank, in various COO, Risk, Strategy, Analytics and Change functions, with broad experience across all major divisions (Retail, Institutional, Markets) in Australia, New Zealand and Asia Pacific. Most recently at ANZ, Simon was a Business Manager in Global Wealth & Private Banking working exclusively for the Chief Operating Officer. His main responsibilities encompassed setting up the Business Management function, which included operational strategy development, implementing performance management, driving strong governance practices and alignment across projects and risk management, and delivering upon multiple strategic initiatives.5 years in Institutional division included broad roles in operational strategy, project management and portfolio governance, business planning, MIS analytics and Operational Risk; and 3 further years in Global Technology and Operations in process improvement, project delivery, risk and strategy teams. Major highlights include delivering an end to end customer experience platform and framework across 26 countries across Australia, NZ, Asia Pacific and Europe/America, joining the ANZ Talent Program (2010-12), and being awarded the inaugural ANZ CEO award (2009).Prior to ANZ, Simon spent 5 years at iiNet, Australia\'s second largest DSL Internet Service Provider (ISP) in various customer sales, service, technical support and training roles.Simon holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Information Systems from the University of Melbourne.
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