Jim Harris
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About:
Jim Harris is a leading authority in Global Custody, Securities Lending, Settlements and Network Management teams. He is a Securities Industry professional with over 40 years’ experience in the UK and Canada.
Jim has had leadership roles in projects related to UK Gilts, Equity settlements and offshoring.
Jim was the Chair of the Association of Global Custodians largest project on Depository Information Gathering.
Jim Harris is a leading authority in Global Custody, Securities Lending, Settlements and Network Management teams. He is a Securities Industry professional with over 40 years’ experience in the UK and Canada.
Jim has had leadership roles in projects related to UK Gilts, Equity settlements and offshoring.
Jim was the Chair of the Association of Global Custodians largest project on Depository Information Gathering.
Expertise
Jim is able to deliver projects on the following:
Securities Services
. Request for Proposal (RFP) reviews/Custodial benchmarking/Due Diligence/Service Delivery Management/Risk Management
Securities Lending
. Education/Awareness - Benchmarking/Due Diligence/RFP process
Contingency Planning
. High Impact Risk Assessment (HIRA)
Operational Service Reviews
. Current versus future modelling
Cost/Revenue Management
. Operational cost management/Revenue Generation
Business Transformation
. Strategic/Structural Re-engineering
Fiduciary Oversight
. Documentation/Regulation/Risk centric reporting
Education
. Training/Knowledge sharing
Jim has decades of On Site Due Diligence expertise, managing major relationships, and increasing efficiencies through Continuous Risk Assessment models.
Jim is able to deliver projects on the following:
Securities Services
. Request for Proposal (RFP) reviews/Custodial benchmarking/Due Diligence/Service Delivery Management/Risk Management
Securities Lending
. Education/Awareness - Benchmarking/Due Diligence/RFP process
Contingency Planning
. High Impact Risk Assessment (HIRA)
Operational Service Reviews
. Current versus future modelling
Cost/Revenue Management
. Operational cost management/Revenue Generation
Business Transformation
. Strategic/Structural Re-engineering
Fiduciary Oversight
. Documentation/Regulation/Risk centric reporting
Education
. Training/Knowledge sharing
Jim has decades of On Site Due Diligence expertise, managing major relationships, and increasing efficiencies through Continuous Risk Assessment models.
Experience
Projects completed include;
. Transformation (dematerialization (UK Gilts),
. Team build and delivery (UK Equities desk),
. Industry initiatives (settlement cycles (UK Equities),
. Offshoring (Global Custody to Malaysia) and Global expansion (Regional hubs).
. Total Quality Management creating and implementing a Process Improvement program for a 200 strong Global Custody Operations team in London
. Global Custody training program across several major centres, which extended into RBC’s client base.
Projects completed include;
. Transformation (dematerialization (UK Gilts),
. Team build and delivery (UK Equities desk),
. Industry initiatives (settlement cycles (UK Equities),
. Offshoring (Global Custody to Malaysia) and Global expansion (Regional hubs).
. Total Quality Management creating and implementing a Process Improvement program for a 200 strong Global Custody Operations team in London
. Global Custody training program across several major centres, which extended into RBC’s client base.
Associations
. Served twice as the Chair of the Association of Global Custodians largest ongoing project, the Depository Information Gathering Project.
. Regular speaker at Industry events.
. Served twice as the Chair of the Association of Global Custodians largest ongoing project, the Depository Information Gathering Project.
. Regular speaker at Industry events.
