natalie grantham

chief of staff

About

A financial services professional with 29 years' working in the industry, of which 21 years was spent working in regulation. Now working in the investment banking field, my experience spans, corporate governance, co sec, risk, compliance, data protection, intelligence, supervisory, change and project management activities. A highly versatile Prince 2 Qualified Practitioner who possesses expertise and knowledge of full project lifecycle, business change management, organisation development and process improvement. A strong leader who strives to deliver excellence in both others and herself; good analytical, problem solving skills and a proven ability to introduce new ideas and deliver results. Specialties: managing high pressure and rapidly evolving environment, whilst working with executives and senior management team in the preparation and delivery of company secretariat and corporate governance obligations, Risk Mitigation Programmes, project delivery, busincess change, stakeholder management, data protection, compliance and financial crime intelligence management.

Country

united kingdom

City

london

Industry

financial services

Skill

stakeholder management, fsa, change management, team management, financial regulation, governance, project management, project delivery, leadership, compliance, compliance monitoring, prince2, operational risk management, financial services, data protection act, training delivery, regulatory requirements, business analysis, business process, kyc, communication, risk management, s166 advisory, risk mitigation planning and delivery, business process improvement, investment banking, management, strategy, corporate governance

Experience

chief of staff - executive office

otkritie capital international ltd.

2014-6 - Present · 12 yrs 4 mos

Advise and supports the CEO, acting as a lead project manager according to the CEO’s agenda, strategy and direction. The position works closely with the Board and senior management team, to ensure compliance with regulatory matters, company secretariat and corporate governance activities.

chief of staff

sova capital

2018-1 - Present · 8 yrs 9 mos

compliance director

otkritie securities ltd

2010-10 - 2012-12 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Regulatory and compliance advisory, team management, Risk Mitigation Programme planning and implementation. Specialising in S166 requirement delivery and data protection. Business change and project management.

enforcement assistant

lautro

1989-9 - 1992-6 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Developed processes, procedures and systems for the handling of Intelligence information. Reviewed recruitement procedures with member firms to ascertain compliance with with regulatory rules. Disseminate and captured intelligence from/to internal and external parties.

associate - business change and project management

financial conduct authority

2004-9 - 2010-10 · 6 yrs 2 mos

* Business change consultancy and project management delivery, to time, budget and quality across FSA business functions. * This includes: * Business analysis and requirements gathering e.g. translating business strategy into organisational design * Process improvement – typically using Lean/six sigma methodology * Operations management – delivering efficiency * Project management

data protection officer team leader

financial conduct authority

1999-6 - 2004-8 · 5 yrs 3 mos

Development of FSA's data protection framework to meet DP obligations. Team management and development, implementation of systems and controls, including responding to SARs, FOI requests, audit, advisory, communications and training delivery.

intelligence manager

personal investment authority

1995-7 - 1998-5 · 2 yrs 11 mos

* Managed PIA’s intelligence function. This included: * Operational analysis, including work prioritisation and business change impact; * Line management responsibilities for 13 Intelligence Officers (Recruitment, training, workflow management and planning the unit’s development; * New systems development to capture, analyse and disseminate intelligence on PIA member firms and associated individuals; * Advice/training * Handled the initial stages of Money Laundering Notifications to the National Criminal Intelligence Service in conjunction with the Money Laundering Reporting Officer. * Given full clearance from the Bank of England for investigative enquiries and having access to highly confidential and sensitive information within the regulatory field.