Profile
I am an experienced risk management professional in the financial services industry, with specialized knowledge in the payment and settlement system industry. I have spent the last twenty-four (24) years with the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). Fifteen (15) of these years were spent in various roles in the payment and settlement operations environment. The remaining nine (9) years were spent in the enterprise risk management environment and leading the Risk Management and Compliance Unit.
Throughout my career, I was able to acquire skills and knowledge in the following areas: payment and settlement operations, financial system, enterprise risk management, payment system risk management, cyber security, business continuity management, compliance risk, project risk, change management, stakeholder engagement, corporate governance, operational risk management, service level management, information security and, risk incident management. This exposure has prepared me for the role of a generalist. A generalist however who pays attention to detail.
I am capable of facilitating risk assessment workshops and meetings, mapping of processes, analysing and dealing with complex issues, engaging stakeholders at different levels, providing leadership and coaching, preparing reports for various stakeholders, prepare content of and deliver presentations, design content for training and awareness, drafting of business and operational procedures.
Risk management has provided me with a valuable opportunity to engage a wide spectrum of stakeholders i.e. within the South African Reserve Bank, the financial sector/system and the international payment system. On the other hand through facilitating risk assessment workshops, managing risk incidents, coordination business continuity activities, of various business units within the National Payment System Department, has deepened my understanding of the national payment system, financial system, international payment system and global financial system. I am therefore able to connect dots relating to Settlement operations and Oversight of the national payment system and, Policy and regulation of the national payment system.
I am interested and available if you want to enlist the following services:
Facilitation and implementation of a risk management function,
Facilitation of risk assessment workshops,
Preparation of content for training and awareness,
Preparation of risk, business and operational reports,
Implementation of a business continuity management system,
Preparation or review of incident response and recovery plans,
Drafting of risk management framework
Analysis, assessment and logging of emerging risks
Coordination and facilitation of simulation exercises
Drafting of operational and business procedures
Drafting of cyber-resilience framework
Coordination and contribution to cyber risk assessment
Facilitation, identification and implementation of key risk indicators
Designing content for risk reports
Oversight and management of project risk
As a student of corporate governance and as an aspiring non-executive director I am also interested in vacancies for me to serve as a director specifically relating to risk committees/oversight. I have already completed director training with Institute of Directors South Africa. My next step would be to sit of board exam in order to qualify as a certified director.
During my career at the South African Reserve Bank, I have represented the department in the following structures:
Cyber Risk committee
Risk management forum
Compliance forum
Business Continuity forum
Industry Operational Risk committee
Industry Cyber Response committee
Industry Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery forum
Communication skills
Training
Leadership Skills
Procedure Documentation
Stakeholder Management
Report Writing
Facilitation
Project Risk Management
Communication Skills
Writing
Risk Assessment
Compliance
Change Management
Incident Management
Business Continuity Planning
Risk Management
