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Welcome to the OBSL
Web Site.
OBSL provides business expertise to
the
financial services industry.
OBSL has extensive operational, business and project management
capability.
Our experienced market practitioners, with a track record of
achievement, provide the depth of knowledge, skills and practical
"know-how" to make things happen.
Our aim is to work in partnership with our clients to deliver
the service they need, when they need it and at minimum cost.
OBSL can provide:
Operational line management
Interim management
Managing and participating in outsourcing
Process review and re-engineering
Process flow health check
Project management
Systems user test management
Training
John is a very
experienced Operations Manager, working for over 20 years in
Fixed Income, Treasury and Project Management. He is highly
motivated and uniquely placed to provide support and leadership
in both line and project roles. He can provide that key link
between the business user and technology.
John has worked for a number of top tier investment banks before
setting up OBSL. He has implemented major process change and
project delivery, including the global realignment of functions,
delivery of eCommerce products and implementation of new processing
platforms. He also has experience with merger related projects.
Most recently, John has managed the Operational Workstream for
a major Fixed Income programme at a top tier investment bank,
resulting in the successful implementation of a single European
processing platform.
Phillip is a highly experienced
investment banker with 25 years experience in Trading, Treasury
and Capital Markets. He possesses a wide range of knowledge
of Investment and Commercial Banking.
Most recently he has been involved in the implementation of
a clearing system for and had previously managed the development
and marketing of several Internet products – trading,
clearing and showcase platforms - for a French investment
bank. He has managed various treasury-trading functions and
had risk and credit management responsibilities for those
functions.
His experience includes
significant change management and post merger integration
projects including the integration of an FX business. He has
a very sound record of successful business development, system
implementation and profit delivery - through strong strategic,
project and team management.
Craig is a highly
experienced Broker/Manager with over 13 years service divided
between the natural gas market and foreign exchange. Self-motivated
with strong business development skills. Fluent in both French
and Spanish and with German spoken, Craig developed an extensive
network of European contacts.
Craig now uses his foreign exchange expertise to provide client
orientated, bespoke foreign exchange service, ranging from trade
execution to full review of client needs.
Ian has 20 years
operational experience within the financial services industry.
He has worked for a variety of brokers and top tier investment
banks. He has also worked as part of a joint venture where operational
functions were outsourced. This was primarily for Money Market
business.
As well as his deep business expertise, Ian has developed key
IT skills and is now focussing on web design and database development.
Michael Simmons
has been involved with the securities industry throughout his
career, focusing primarily on settlement and operational aspects
within broker’s and investment banks. In the past, he
gained hands-on experience in, but also managerial responsibility
for many operational areas (including debt, money markets and
equity), and for various operational functions across both domestic
and international markets.
Michael is a highly experienced business analyst covering all
aspects of the End-to-End Process, providing specific focus
on process efficiency, control and risk reduction, whilst bringing
a highly structured approach to his assignments. He is an experienced
trainer on operational topics (including ISMA seminars), and
is the author of Securities Operations; A Guide to Trade
and Position Management (ISBN 0471497584, publisher John
Wiley).
Ken has 30 years
experience of Operations Management within the Cash and Treasury
areas of Foreign and Investment Banks. In more recent years
he has used his wide and extensive knowledge of SWIFT messaging
standards and payment systems to achieve higher STP rates along
with the reduced operational costs demanded by the current global
financial market environment. His SWIFT messaging and payment
skills have also been used in the training of banking staff
in payments and static data capture areas.
OBSL has a number of associates that
can assist with your project:
Some of the many benefits of using OBSL:
Independent and unbiased process review.
Cost control - by maximising process efficiency and timely project
delivery.
By working in partnership
with our clients, OBSL will deliver the service they need, when
they need it and at minimum cost.
Minimal disruption to client business, whether we are providing
line management, project management, process review or training.
Our expertise ensures that client programmes can be up and running
quickly.
Our independent review and health check of your process will
provide you with information needed to make change and information
to present to auditors to highlight control awareness.
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