1. Mark O’Hanlon 07727 666389
markohanlon@btconnect.com
OVERVIEW
• Experienced Project Manager, focused on delivering the stakeholders requirements with an
in-depth knowledge of Treasury and Risk Management in financial services.
• Proven track record of delivering; complex, revenue enhancing, regulatory and time critical
project outcomes.
• Specialising in relationship and stakeholder management, innovation and persistence to
deliver outstanding solutions to difficult issues in challenging environments.
CAREER HISTORY
Barclays Bank PLC,
Director, Treasury – Asset & Liability Management (‘ALM’) Sept 12 – Current
ALM subject matter expert and Project Manager within the Quantitative Risk Management (‘QRM’)
regulatory project to deliver; data, model & reports to manage Interest Rate Risk in the Banking
Book (‘IRRBB’).
• Successfully managed the implementation and obtained stakeholder sign off for the model to
be promoted to production:
o US Card – Assets & Liabilities £33bn
o Corporate Bank – Assets & Liabilities £166bn
o UK Retail - Assets & Liabilities £296bn
o Wealth - Assets & Liabilities £77bn
o UK Card - Assets & Liabilities £43bn
This allowed existing inferior models, reports & processes to be decommissioned.
This included: -
o Recruited & managed of a team of data analysts and QRM modellers.
o Re-defined & standardised data capture (in conjunction with technology, across
approx. 50 systems) to identify interest rate exposures.
o Re-designed, re-built and standardised the QRM model and reports (consolidating 6
business models into a single group model) to manage IRRBB and produce risk
metrics conforming to regulatory requirements.
• Development of rate shocks to meet the European Banking Authority requirements.
• Developed the target operating model and procedures which allowed centralisation of the
process and reduce planned BAU headcount by 75%.
• Developed key controls to conform to the enterprise risk framework and policies. The Controls
received favourable comment from US regulators.
• Managed the production of the Firm Data Submission Framework (‘FDSF’) for the PRA.
• Managed the QRM Change process:
o Developed, agreed and prioritised future BAU developments with stakeholders.
o Managed the implementation and status reporting of change.
One initiative initiated within the change team; aggregation of the data, led to a reduction in
production time for generating the monthly reports from 10/15 days to 3/4 days without any
loss of report quality, enabling staff to be deployed to undertake greater analysis of reports
rather than generating the reports.
Lloyds Banking Group,
Senior Manager, Group Asset and Liability Management Mar 10 – Aug 12
ALM subject matter expert within the QRM Project to deliver, an update of the model
configuration (made possible by a QRM software upgrade) and an extension of coverage of the
model used to manage IRRBB and undertake forecasting and planning.
• Developed design principles utilising elements of existing Retail QRM model and incorporating
new features and capability of the QRM software which satisfied the internal and external
(regulatory) reporting requirements.
• Delivered the Treasury, Wealth and International Business models and reports.
• Lead the Reconciliation work stream to ensure data capture and outputs matched the
business balance sheet and net interest income forecasts.
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2. Cater Hire (Ipswich) Limited,
Director May 06 – Mar 10
Owner / Manager of the family business, providing catering, event & marquee hire to the general
public, corporate and public bodies throughout East Anglia. Delivered a doubling of turnover and
quadrupling Net profit.
In addition, as a part time consultant for Intuition Publishing Limited developed a number of bank
training modules for a large UK Bank covering all aspects of corporate & wholesale banking.
Barclays Bank PLC,
Director, Asset & Liability Management Sep 01 – Apr 06
Managed the business Asset and Liability Committees and the identification, modelling and
reporting of interest rate risk for the UK Retail & Corporate businesses. This included; daily
management of product pipeline of new business and stock for; fixed rate lending, fixed rate
savings & structural balances and reporting the risk positions versus limits.
• Integrated the risk management of Barclays and Woolwich mortgage books including
standardisation of the hedging strategy. This simplification of operating processes led to a
50% reduction in headcount.
• Managed implementation of SunGard’s BancWare asset & liability software which eliminated
the use of inferior Excel and Access models.
• Managed the introduction and fine-tuning of the transfer pricing of economic capital and
liquidity for mortgages and savings businesses.
• Participating in the development of the hedge strategy to remove interest rate volatility and
optimise income from structural balances.
• Seconded to the corporate bank to project manage a revenue enhancement project; with a
target of developing a strategy to deliver an incremental 25% annual increase in income from
the liability business.
Director, UK Banking Services Treasury Sep 94 – Sept 01
Established and managed the product development function within Treasury to generate / identify
new innovative product ideas for the UK Retail and Corporate Bank using wholesale market
instrument. This pivotal role linked the investment bank to senior management within the
businesses deciphering terminology and delivering propositions which met customer needs and
business target and strategies whilst managing the market risk.
• The initial launch of Barclays’ savings bonds & structured products (including; Equity, Gold,
RPI which recruited C.£5bn) and a residential mortgage equity release product.
• Seconded into Product Management and managed a revenue enhancement project; the
restructure of the current account proposition. This generated a net 25% increase in annual
income.
Manager, Financial Institutions Group May 89 – Sep 94
Lending Manager - Established and managed a team responsible for managing and approving
credit applications. My personal lending discretion was £500,000.
Relationship Manager - Management of a portfolio of 50 financial institutions including some of
the UK’s largest banks, building societies and smaller Authorised Institutions.
Various Roles, Branch Network Jul 1979 – May 89
Joined the Accelerated Training Programme. Undertook a number of branch roles.
EDUCATION
Education: De La Salle Grammar School, Liverpool (1979)
9 ‘O’ Levels & 3 ‘A’ Levels
Professional
Qualifications: (ACIB) Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers
Lean Competency Level 1a, b, & c – Cardiff University
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