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CA with 30 years of experience

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Chartered Accountant and Certified Internal Auditor with extensive experience of Internal Audit (IA) , Risk Management, Capital Markets and Strategic Initiatives.

. Global best practices for IA

. Top 6 worldwide CIA from 23,000.

. Conducts independent, objective evaluation of risk management practices, internal control and corporate governance processes.

. Group Risk Management,  Global Syndications, Leverage Finance, Corporate Banking, Credit Transaction Management, Trading Credit Risk Management, Structured Transactions.

. Private Equity, Debt Capital Markets, Equity Capital Markets, Research.

. Regulatory Compliance, Corporate Governance, Basel Compliance, Privacy, AML, HR, Finance, SOX, BCM, IT, Fraud.

. Complex products - Structured Tax Transactions, Securitization, Structured Credit, Corporate Finance, M&A.

. Instructing in internal audit best practices.

. Real estate: evaluations of retail, office, industrial, multi-residential, housing development, construction and hospitality. 

​. Mergers, Acquisitions and joint ventures - strategic assessment, valuation, negotiation, due diligence.

. Negotiating unique deal structures.

. Valuations.

. Scenario planning.

. Corporate bench-marking.

. Reviews on key financial sectors -  mutual funds, discount brokers, U.S. banks, insurance, international entities.

. Complex financial analysis for major merger and acquisitions. 
EXPERIENCE
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IaS, Toronto - Managing Partner 2018 - Present
. Established IaS as a provider of internal audit, AML, accounting, financial reporting, enterprise risk management, AIRB, data analytics and related services for businesses, governments and charities. The firm has integrated the deep specialization of experienced independent professionals to provide holistic and well-proven solutions to business problems. The average experience of IaS’s 70 consultants is 30 years.

RBC
Internal Audit Capital Markets
. Expert in global best practices within a leading internal audit function.
. Conducted independent, objective evaluation of risk management practices, internal control and corporate governance processes.
. Responsible for auditing $600bn credit risk portfolio.
. Identified that Lehman Brothers (the infamous US broker dealer) would not survive well before it went bankrupt.
. Diplomatically communicates issues to senior executives.
. Lead audits for complex businesses/functions including: Group Risk Management, AML, Corporate Governance, Global Syndicated & Leverage Finance, Corporate Banking, Real Estate Capital Partners, Credit Transaction Management, Trading Credit Risk Management, Basel Compliance, Oversight of Structured Transactions, Private Equity, Debt Capital Markets, Equity Capital Markets and Global Research.
. Extensive experience in valuation methodologies.
. In-depth knowledge of a wide variety of complex products, including Structured Tax Transactions, Securitization, Structured Credit, Corporate Finance and M&A. . Supervised teams of up to 20 auditors from a variety of disciplines. Audit activities include Regulatory Compliance, Data Analytics, Privacy, Anti-Money Laundering, Human Resources, Finance, Sarbanes Oxley, Business Continuity Management, Information Technology and Fraud.

CashEdge (RBC) - VP Internal Business Development 
.Responsible for business development of Aggregation/Money Movement service in Canada and the UK. Clients: TD, CIBC, RBC, Laurentian Bank, Credit Unions and UK Banks

RBC Various roles
. Lead on acquisitions. Responsible for strategic assessment, valuation, negotiation and due diligence. Acquired the world’s first Internet bank.
. Evaluated acquisitions of mutual fund companies, discount brokers, U.S. banks, insurance companies and Latin American entities.
. Assessed mergers with other Canadian Banks.
. Acquisition of the largest independent mortgage originator in the U.S.
. Responsible for RBC’s Global Forest Products Portfolio ($bns).
. Responsible for restructuring $1bn commercial real estate portfolio.