
Strategy, Change & Innovation Management Financial Services
The Hague Area, Netherlands

Strategy, Change & Innovation Management Financial Services
The Hague Area, Netherlands
I am a senior strategy, innovation and radical change management consultant and interim manager with wide range of experiences in many different positions in the Financial Services sector. From senior sales in the investment bank, to head of business support, to head of backoffice, to strategy design and implementation (business, IT HR and Compliance/Due Diligence Management) to global program manager Compliance and Due Diligence Management and much more.
I am especially interested in how to use new technology in different domains to implement flexible and client-responsive organisations including how to use social networking and social media in support of business models, BPM and process management in business-webs within the Financial Services industry going forward. Including
I use my online freelancing to get practical experiences of entrepreneurship in an extreme competitive online environment to stay focused and alert. And to know what new trends will be and what the issues are that financial institutions will face.
I also like to create a professional but human working environment where everybody can leverage his or her competencies in an optimal way.
My goal in life is leading a balanced but exiting life together with my wife, kids, friends and partners across the World to achieve measurable, tangible results in an entrepreneurial environment. Using also virtual collaboration models to work together with people across the Globe. And then put it all into practice.
And have fun....
My motto in life is "Either do it, or stop talking about it".
24 years of international experience in merging, splitting up and buillding financial services companies
Due diligence/(e)compliance set-up and implementation
Personal advisor senior management
Interim & turnaround management
Negotiating and contracting
Public Speaking, workshops and off-sites
Business case development/reviews of business plans.
Implementation of innovation in technology, processes, people, products and organisations including Web 2.0.
(Public Company; ABN; Banking industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)
After having designed and implemented Global Due Diligence Management across the Group, I am currently responsible for splitting-up the Dutch unit (RDDM NL) to (ABN AMRO) RBS and different parts of (ABN AMRO) NL (formerly Fortis). The assignment includes contacts with the Workers Council, planning and executing the Separation and advising the Head of RDDM NL. Including also design of lite Web 2.0 based KYC-tooling.
(Think Tanks industry)
April 2004 — Present (5 years 8 months)
Received the Bedrijfskunde Universalis Price (bedrijfskunde) in 2004 in the categoy "Knowledge Acqusiition".
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ABN; Banking industry)
October 2007 — April 2008 (7 months)
Team member Change Team CORDD Services in split-up. Focus on BU NL and PC Global and Fortis. Due Diligence Management and Know-Your-Customer tooling and strategy and change.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ABA; Financial Services industry)
October 2006 — 2007 (1 year )
(Public Company; Financial Services industry)
2006 — 2007 (1 year )
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ABN; Banking industry)
January 2006 — September 2006 (9 months)
Together with a small team we have implemented the global project for Private Clients risk-assessing all clients in all PC countries including the off-shore countries and France, Belgium and Brazil.
The project included the Diamonds Business of ABN AMRO globally.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ABN; Banking industry)
January 2005 — October 2005 (10 months)
I co-designed and implemented the new Client Acceptance And Anti-Money Laundering Policy of ABN AMRO worldwide in all Private Clients and New Growth Markets countries together with program managers from other Business Units.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ABA; Financial Services industry)
March 2001 — December 2004 (3 years 10 months)
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
2001 — 2004 (3 years )
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2001 — 2004 (3 years )
(Financial Services industry)
1997 — 2001 (4 years )
During this period I was project manager for ABN AMRO for the MEMO and Cerena Esprit Projects. Together with clients of different industries we designed Web 2.0 applications for building, the Rotterdam harbour and fishing auctions (eMarketplaces).
I participated in VC-teams on .com companies and I was one of the senior management consultant for eStrategy and scenario planning for the Board of ABN AMRO.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ABN; Financial Services industry)
1996 — 1997 (1 year )
I was senior sales manager for Dutch, Swiss and other French Speaking Pension Funds and other Financial Institutions. Products: Global Securities Services (Global and domestic custody).
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ABN; Financial Services industry)
1994 — 1996 (2 years )
Heading (55 employees) and reorganising the Back-office of Global Custody in Global Securities Services. Setting-up Network Management and rationalising the network of Local Custodial Banks and carrying out visits to check the quality.
Integrating this back-office in the one for Retail in The Netherlands. Co-designing and implementing a Social Plan.
(Public Company; ABN; Banking industry)
1990 — 1994 (4 years )
I was part of a team that merged the Training & Development departments from ABN and Amro and merged the Educational Development units (TBT and CBT) into one Educational Technology Department. And headed that department.
(Management Consulting industry)
1985 — 1987 (2 years )
Senior Management Leadership Course 2004 — 2004
5 days senior management leadership course including intensive filmed and evaluated role-plays (outdoors).
PHD , Bedrijfskunde , 1998 — 2001
Phd on the future of financial institutions and specifically large European and Global banks. Predicted split-up and future of amongst others ABN AMRO in 2001.
EEP MBA , International JV's and M&A in Banking , 1996 — 1997
Part-time European Executive MBA for senior managers. 8 disciplines in combination with course-weeks at reputable international business schools. Thesis on "Opportunities for Financial Institutions in Marketspace" and the impact of new technology on the business models and structure and size of large Banks.
Int. BA , (Mis) management, change management , 1994 — 1996
International business administration ("internationale bedrijfskunde"). 8 disciplines and focus modules on amongst other things mismanagement, teamwork, change management, transition management etc. Group-thesis with theme on merger between Dutch and German company in concentrated fruit-juices and their strategic choices.
certificate , business administration , 1990 — 1991
Bedrijfskunde voor automatiseerders/ICT managers
Drs. , History and Economics (Banking) , 1975 — 1983
diploma , 1969 — 1975
Gymnasium a: english, dutch, german, history, economics, latin and greek.
I like southern rock music (Allman Brothers Band, Outlaws, Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special. See also my favourite videos at www.youtube.com/tonydebree!), traveling with my wife and kids, spending evenings with friends and family in France, collecting mushrooms, writing, going to the movies, watching films on T.V. with my family....and above all learning new things and developing myself.
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Honor. Consul BUF
Hon. Fellow Arab Banking Academy (Amman, Jordan)