Axay Potdar
Operational Risk and Resilience Professional
Hong Kong
Summary
Proactive Operations Resilience and Risk professional working in the COO office with background in reviewing department-level requirements and building strategic approaches to planning for disasters, managing recovery and mitigating risks.
Proficient in understanding operational workflows; completing risk and impact assessments and utilizing collected information to devise effective plans and business structures.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education
3
3
Certificates
Skills
Business impact analysis
Procedure Reviews
Disaster Recovery Planning
Risk mitigation
Compliance assessment
Planning and Coordination
Self-Motivated
Business process re-engineering
Procedure development
Change Control Processes
Project Management
Disaster Recovery Methodologies
Cultural Awareness
Attention to Detail
Dependable and Responsible
Certification
Certificate of The Business Continuity (BCI) Institute
Work History
Career Break
Travels
10.2022 - 12.2022
- Took a career break to travel across Europe, Middle East and Asia
- Traveled both solo and also got some well deserved time with family during this break
Vice President Organization
Credit Agricole Corporate And Investment Bank
Hong Kong
03.2020 - 10.2022
- Business Continuity team falls under the Organization team which reports directly to the HK and APAC COO
- Joined the team when the social unrest in HK was still in place and soon COVID 19 crisis became the most prominent threat
- Apart from Business Continuity, participated under various audit and regulatory exercises including HKMA Cyber Risk Assessment Framework exercise
- Information Systems Security related topics like Phishing, Access Management, Clean desk policy and Cybersecurity were also under my remit
Vice President, Incident and Claims Management
Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
Hong Kong
02.2019 - 02.2020
- Business Continuity representative for Capital Markets team (>100 members) in order to coordinate yearly tasks of Business Impact Analysis and Drills.
- Acted as a link between the Capital market managers (12 managers) and BCP team to ensure expected results are achieved
- Worked on a Robotics project where automatic email chasers were sent to counterparts which led to team's focus on critical tasks of negotiations with banks and internal analysis of errors
Lead Analyst, Incident and Claims Management
Wipro (Contract with Credit Agricole CIB)
Hong Kong
03.2015 - 02.2019
- Responsible for performing a root cause analysis for an incident and explain stakeholders from Front, Middle and Back Office
- Coordinated the ownership of the incident, ensured corrective actions were taken by the team to have a closure rate of 50% of total claims in 2015-2016 against a benchmark of 35%
- Perform negotiation with counterparties in order to reduce loss and thereby impacting overall P&L positively where there is an internal error
Lead Analyst, Operations
Wipro (Client - Credit Suisse)
Pune, India
06.2009 - 03.2015
- Awareded Employee of year Award for 2011-12
- Green Belt Six Sigma project on fails' reduction - yearly reduction of 5% in total fails in 2014-15
- Static data project led to reduction in fails from 50% to 10% in 6 months during 2013
- Worked s across business lines of securities lending, prime brokerage and fixed income on platforms of Euroclear and Clearstream
- Responsible to identify any gaps in process and take corrective actions to mitigate operational risk
Associate, Operations
State Street Syntel Services
Pune, India
01.2008 - 05.2009
- "Best Performance Award for 3rd Quarter" award in 2008 (booking trades – accounting and custody)
Education
Master Of Business Administration - Finance
University of Newcastle
Singapore 01.2008 - 12.2008
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote
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Tony Robbins
Timeline
Certified in Cybersecurity (CC): (ISC)²
01-2023
Career Break
Travels
10.2022 - 12.2022
Certificate of The Business Continuity (BCI) Institute
10-2022
Vice President Organization
Credit Agricole Corporate And Investment Bank
03.2020 - 10.2022
Professional Certificate In FinTech (HKU - EdX)
12-2019
Vice President, Incident and Claims Management
Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
02.2019 - 02.2020
Lead Analyst, Incident and Claims Management
Wipro (Contract with Credit Agricole CIB)
03.2015 - 02.2019
Lead Analyst, Operations
Wipro (Client - Credit Suisse)
06.2009 - 03.2015
Associate, Operations
State Street Syntel Services
01.2008 - 05.2009
Master Of Business Administration - Finance
University of Newcastle
01.2008 - 12.2008