Prasad Hattikudur, MBA
Director — Group COO (Compliance & Anti-Financial Crime) @ Deutsche Bank
About
Director with over 15 years of experience in investment banking across COO, business management, regulatory change, governance, and organisational transformation.I have worked closely with senior leaders to deliver strategic priorities, lead complex change programmes, and improve the way teams and organisations operate. My experience includes workforce strategy, governance, and regulatory programmes across global teams of around 350 employees and a €70 million cost base. Alongside my professional career, I am passionate about mentoring, developing people, and creating inclusive workplaces where individuals and businesses can thrive.I am currently exploring Director opportunities in COO, Business Management, Strategy, Transformation, and Workforce Strategy.Career Highlights:- India UK Achievers Honours List - Business & Entrepreneur (2025) - Diversity Champion of the Year - British Diversity Awards (2025) - Empower Role Model List (2026, 2025)
United Kingdom
London
Financial Services
SAP, MERIT, Business Objects, Mercury Quality Centre, Mainframe, Essbase, Microsoft Office, Process Improvements, Quality & Control, Project Management, Platform Conversion, Business Strategy, Reconciliations, Standard Operating Procedures, Training & Development, Process Migration, Stakeholder Management, Risk and Issue Management, Financial Risk, Process Improvement
Experience

Director — Group COO (Compliance & Anti-Financial Crime)
Greater London
Support Compliance & Anti-Financial Crime leadership across Frameworks & Programmes and Group Conflicts Office as part of the Global COO function, covering workforce planning, governance, and delivery of regulatory and organisational priorities across teams of c.350 FTE and a €70million cost base. • Promoted from Vice President to Director (2023). • Served as AFC Regional COO for the UKI region and Global COO for Financial Crime Data and Intelligence and Business Line AFC teams in CIB and KYC,c.350 FTEs and a cost base of €70million. • Partnered with 3 AFC Executive Committee members, including the UK MLRO, to deliver priorities and operating model improvements. Led organisational simplification, location strategy, business reviews, cost-benefit analysis, governance, and year-end compensation and promotions. • Oversaw organisational design and operating model changes across Regional and Business Line Compliance and AFC functions, delivering EUR 10million of annualised savings and reducing in- scope FTEs by 9%. • Implemented a capacity model across c.15 functions to meet UK Financial Crime Risk Management resourcing obligations under Section 166, supporting Phase 1 conformance. • Collaborated with HR and Recruitment to develop a hiring strategy that reduced regional attrition by 12.2%, restored resourcing to plan, and aligned with gender targets in scorecards. • Acted as an AFC COO ambassador for the "This is Deutsche Bank" initiative, supporting phase 1 rollout of culture and behavioural change programmes across UKI.

Vice President — IBOR Programme (COO / PMO)
Greater London
Supported delivery of a large-scale regulatory programme, establishing governance, reporting, and coordination across multiple workstreams. • PMO manager leading a team of 3 PMOs on the Interbank Offered Rate (IBOR) programme; responsibilities include: planning, monitoring and reporting of KPIs, programme milestones. • Established and mobilised the COO function for IBOR programme, overseeing a multiyear budget circa EUR 90million with ~60 FTEs. • Partnered with senior management and work stream leads to streamline and enhance existing processes to save on operational activities through setting up 2 offshore centres in India which achieved yearly saves, circa EUR 4million. • Produced monthly financial and forecast reports for the Group Steering Committee and Management Board, securing a 3 year financial and resource plans across 9 workstreams.

Vice President — Business Finance (Europe Repos, Core Rates)
London Area, United Kingdom
Supported delivery of balance sheet and control-related initiatives across Europe Repos, Core Rates trading. • Remediated the Europe Repo Risk Weighted Assets clean up, reducing the balance from EUR 1.2billion to EUR 0.5billion. • Provided Auditors with necessary comfort to close a significant SOX deficiency by performing quarterly CCP PV reconciliations (LCH, EUREX and CME) to ensure no material misstatement. • Collaborated with Senior Traders, Sales, Legal, and Finance teams to review and rectify data integrity issues, reducing leverage from EUR 0.5billion to EUR0.1billion. • Project managed the FSIP Brexit trade migration across Linear and Non-Linear Europe Trading desks within Core Rates business, delivering Brexit readiness and operational continuity. • Developed executive business review packs for Repo trading desk, enabling senior management and business oversight of monthly performance, risks, control gap and key issues.

Vice President — Transfer Pricing, Global Markets
London Area, United Kingdom
Focused on governance of transfer pricing frameworks and supporting organisational structure across Global Markets. • Promoted from Assistant Vice President to Vice President (2016). • Acted as central liaison for the Trader Management Service Fee process and Americas IHC queries across FX and Core Rates, partnering with Finance, Regional Directors, and Tax to ensure consistent delivery and timely issue resolution. • Prepared and presented the Advanced Pricing Agreement reports covering 3 tax authorities (HMRC,Japan and Germany) to 3+ senior stakeholders, translating complex tax requirements into clear business actions. • Advised on transfer pricing implications of European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) regulatory changes for Global FX business, supporting compliance across 2 regions (UKI and Germany) and reducing tax and regulatory risk. • Managed headcount data for FX and Core Rates, enhancing the accuracy of the monthly Trader and Structurer matrix, and supporting Legal Schedules and Service Level Agreements. • Built and stabilised a 4-FTE offshore transfer pricing team in Manila, transitioned Cost and Revenue reporting processes for Global FX, and trained 10+ colleagues to strengthen capability and support sustainable offshore delivery.

Business Analyst — UBR Restruture Programme (Contract)
West Midlands
Supported restructuring programme across Global FX, including governance and process setup. • Led the creation of over 250+ cost centres during the FX division restructure, developing process maps, governance frameworks, and manual restatements to align financials and resources globally and improve operational efficiency.

Controller - Treasury Services & General Ledger
Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Supported the JP Morgan and Bank One merger by defining business requirements, assessing infrastructure and SAP impacts, designing MI suspense reports, and securing stakeholder sign-off. • Enhanced Treasury reporting through standardised scorecards and balance sheet/ P&L variance analysis, improving management insight and decision support. • Resolved USD 50billion in suspense balances, decreasing financial risk, improving control, and earning a Spot Award for execution and cross-functional leadership. • Streamlined the SAP month-end close by steering automation of journal entry processing and testing, improving efficiency and control.
Education

Modules: Operations Management, Marketing, Accounting for Managers, Organization Behaviour, Strategic Management, Finance, Business Economics and Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Business Ethics and Responsibility, Leadership Development, International Business and International Marketing Management.
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