Business Manager & Market Data Services Expert
London, United Kingdom
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- Market Data Business Manager at WestLB
- Director at MDS Contracts Ltd
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- Interim European Manager at Skyler Technology Europe Ltd
- Interim Business Manager at CounterpartyLink
- Interim Manager at ASPone
- European Business Director at The Roberts Group
- Global Project and Market Data Manager at Prebon Yamane
- Business Director at Reuters
- Business Manager at Reuters
- Comms & Market Data Manager at American Express Bank Ltd
- Comms & Market Data Manager at Trade Development Bank
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Alan Covall’s Summary
MDS Contracts Ltd is an independent Consultancy and Services business specialising in all aspects of Financial Services Resource & Skills Management, Trading room and Market Data technology, advice and management and Business Development and innovation to Supply side vendor firms.
In business for over eight years and recognised as a highly qualified expert in the niche area surrounding all aspects of Financial Market Data services and can assist clients by working in partnership to improve efficiency, reduce costs enterprise-wide, choose the right people and give the correct advice to help you run your business more effectively.
Alan Covall’s Specialties:
Market Data - Information & Systems
Ultra Low Latency and Market Data Hosting
Business & Change management - Financial Services
Project Management
Relationship Management
Business Development
Technology and support personnel
Product management
Programme and Development staff
Market Data Analysis & Admin
Sales and Support staff – all levels
Marketing and Services personnel
Alan Covall’s Experience
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Market Data Business Manager
WestLB
(Public Company; Banking industry)
March 2009 — Present (5 months)
Short term contract at WestLB Dusseldorf and London to analysis usage of Market Reference Data and develop a business and user case and possible requirements specification for a global EDM system
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Director
MDS Contracts Ltd
(Financial Services industry)
September 2001 — Present (7 years 11 months)
Consulting Services within the Financial Sector for Market Data Strategy & Cost control, Trader Profiling and Audit expertise.
Interim management specialist for Business Growth including Operational and Strategic Management, Business Planning and Advice and Marketing and channel development.
Consultancy and Interim Management assignments completed in recent years at - Tullett Prebon, CounterpartyLink, Greener Consulting, avantage Capita, ASPone, Emsure, Exmplary and The Roberts Group.
Services - we offer a focused bespoke approach to search, selection and recruitment advice - interim, permanent or contract. Sales, Operations, Project,Technical and Market Data staff & Management at all levels.
Clients include - Oracle, Sungard, Reuters, Datasynapse, Informa, Markit, Super Derivatives, S & P, Thomson, Tenfore, Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan, eSpeed, Credit Suisse, UBS, Fidelity, Morley FM, AXA IM, DRCM, ICAP -
Interim European Manager
Skyler Technology Europe Ltd
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
November 2008 — March 2009 (5 months)
Skyler provides the fastest insights for trading. The solutions they develop source liquidity, trigger smarter trading decisions, and minimize market impact. They address specific low latency trading needs and emphasize flexibility, ease of use, and simplicity of integration. Also they combine powerful in-memory data processing technologies with market specific business logic to drive more innovative trading systems
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Interim Business Manager
CounterpartyLink
(Financial Services industry)
June 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 5 months)
Interim Manager for New Products & Services at CounterpartyLink the Legal Entity Reference Data supplier selling and managing new business and developing business relationships in key financial service institutions in The City and UK markets. They sell a highly respected service of data content for KYC, AML, 3rd MLD and MiFID requirements plus consulting and services around assisting Banks and Financial services firms maintaining compliant data and outsourcing the maintenance and management of low-risk data
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Interim Manager
ASPone
(Financial Services industry)
February 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 5 months)
Software and Consulting Solutions firm selling trade capture, trade routing and straight through processing (STP) systems and services within the over-the-counter (OTC) markets.
My responsibilities included creating, managing and running our Channel Sales and Partnership programme, running direct end user sales and promoting the companies products and services to the general Financial Markets, via a variety of channels including software system vendor partners targeting the MiFID space; Market Data vendors including Reuters, IDC and Tenfore, providing added value applications and services into specific market sectors such as Hedge Funds; Bank and Brokers, offering STP Workflow connectivity solutions; and End user direct customers where we offered end to end financial IT consulting services. -
European Business Director
The Roberts Group
(Privately Held; Package/Freight Delivery industry)
October 2003 — January 2006 (2 years 4 months)
Financial Information Trading Solutions for market data inventory management system (FITS). Set up and ran European operation based in London, opened 5 man office and grew 15 new customers – Tier 1 & 2 Investment banks and buy-side investment firms. Built Market Data consulting operation to advise clients on Cost Saving initiatives
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Global Project and Market Data Manager
Prebon Yamane
(Financial Services industry)
2001 — 2003 (2 years)
Hired to run global front office dealing room market data and strategic cost initiatives. Restructured technology, implemented new Market Data Trading Room system and Inventory management database. Managed all market data services globally and saved $2.5m a year in running costs in Year 1.
Successfully completed a major comparison of various web-based user applications with an objective of replacing some of the more expensive user terminals across the global operation -
Business Director
Reuters
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; RTR.L; Financial Services industry)
1985 — 2001 (16 years)
Reporting to the UK Board. Responsible for all Client facing sales and Marketing activity within the top 100 UK based Global Accounts. Directed Sales and Account teams of multi-functional staff and Marketing Department, who manage the day-to-day and strategic business relationships, with a targeted annual budget of £3.5m and revenue under management of £230m pa.
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Business Manager
Reuters
(Financial Services industry)
1985 — 2001 (16 years)
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Comms & Market Data Manager
American Express Bank Ltd
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AXP; Financial Services industry)
1982 — 1985 (3 years)
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Comms & Market Data Manager
Trade Development Bank
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1980 — 1982 (2 years)
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Alan Covall’s Interests:
Sport - Rugby (England), Football (Arsenal), Cricket (Sussex) Social - Theatre, Restaurants, Days/ weekends away Wine Collector - New & Old World Travel - USA, Europe, Australia, South Africa
