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Experienced Risk and Controls professional with a strong background in the financial services industry. Proven expertise in risk assessment, control design, and developing strategies to identify and mitigate risks with greater efficiency and impact.

Expert in building and leading diverse, high-performing teams, delivering enterprise-wide projects, and engaging effectively with global regulators (FRB, SEC, OCC, PRA, among others). Skilled at navigating complexity, influencing senior stakeholders (C-suite level), and providing strategic insight on high-risk areas to support sustainable business growth and regulatory confidence.

Recognized for resilience, adaptability, and thought leadership across multiple domains, including Global Markets, Culture & Conduct, Third-Party Risk, and Product Control.

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CITIGROUP
Managing Director, Chief Auditor, Executive Management
januari 2014 - december 2024 (10 jaren en 11 maanden)
Amsterdam, NY, USA
Team reporting to Global Chief Auditor
• Held multiple leadership roles, including cross-department and bank, in Citi's global Internal Audit (IA) function (C suite - 1), driving strategic transformation, governance and regulatory engagement across business lines and geographies.
• Led global audit programs covering Global Markets, Cross-Enterprise Risks (Third Party Risk, Culture & Behaviour, HR, Public Affairs, Program Management) and Finance (Product Control, and Treasury), delivering over 200,000 audit hours annually with teams of up to 150 professionals.
• Designed and implemented thematic, risk-based audit strategies that enhanced issue detection, addressed regulatory expectations, and improved cross-silo risk connectivity. These strategies supported risks that were unsatisfactorily rated and which were remediated in 2-3 years.
• Oversaw high-impact regulatory initiatives including the FX Consent Order (semi-annual audit of 60,000+ hours), coordinating 100+ auditors and external consultants and presenting results and insights monthly to Citi's global sub committee of Global Board and Regulators.
• Built and scaled multiple global audit teams from the ground up, achieving significant audit findings and driving functional change.
• Sponsored a number of team led automation initiatives such as Culture dashboards, Sentiment analysis of interviews for Cultural assessments, Conduct "Red Flag"dashboards, etc.
• Served on global steering and oversight committees; presented to the Citigroup Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, and various regulatory bodies.
• Managed key stakeholder relationships at the C-suite level and engaged regularly with global regulators (OCC, SEC, PRA, MAS, etc).
• Developed and mentored high-performing teams; supported multiple team members in achieving senior leadership promotions.
• Managed large budgets for each of my teams and monitored a number of department KPIs.
Interne audits Team management Leiderschapsontwikkeling Regulatory engagement Strategy design
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Senior Manager
januari 2006 - januari 2014 (8 jaren)
Toronto and East York, ON, Canada
Consumer Finance Group and Banking and Capital Markets
• Designed and drove implementation of the Global Valuation audit approach for JPMorgan across different geographies out of the New York office.
• Part of the JPMorgan / Bear Stearns Merger team responsible for reviewing Valuation of Bear Stearns assets for Day 1 balance sheet. Attendance and presentation of audit work to the PCAOB.
• Led EMEA JPMorgan audit team of 30+ people reporting to EMEA partners, responsible for planning resourcing, coordination across global team and identification of audit risks to develop audit approach and strategy.
• Facilitated quarterly meetings with senior client contacts to discuss and resolve key quarterly matters. Key contacts included Global Controllers, Regional CEO & CFO, Global Price Verification Lead, Internal Audit and others.
• Developed audit budget, including tracking and driving efficiencies to improve recovery of a large engagement.
• Reviewed the Model Risk Governance framework in a Top 5 European Investment Bank.
• Provided specialized audit support in valuation of mortgage-backed securities for portfolios at Freddie Mac.
KPMG Associate
Senior associate
januari 2003 - januari 2006 (3 jaren)
Lisbon, Portugal
Worked on the IFRS transition for a large bank as well as focusing on the holding company filing with the SEC.

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