Executive Operations Board

Amor Chebira is Market & Financing Services global COO.

He is in charge of Operation, Middle Office, Product Control and Projects for all MFS activities worldwide.
Prior to this assignment, Amor Chebira was Programme Director at BNP Paribas Securities Services. He did manage successfully the implementation of a critical custody / clearing programme (more than 100 MEUR investments), did lead strategic projects for buy side and did strongly contribute to BPSS client communication set-up.

Prior to joining BNP Paribas, Amor Chebira was managing director and COO of global credit markets activities at Calyon (Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank). He was member of Calyon management committee. Prior to that, Amor Chebira was managing director and Asia COO of Credit Lyonnais Capital Market activities (all activities: fixed income, equity derivatives, and commodity derivatives). He was member of the Asia Bank Comex and member of capital markets management committee.

Amor Chebira did start his banking career as Credit Lyonnais head of quant (pricing) and IT/OPS for fixed income businesses.

Amor Chebira is member of various associations, among which REAGE (association helping improve education in difficult suburbs, and helping various initiatives between Algeria and France), NQT (helping young graduates finding their first job), X Finance (group of Ecole Polytchnique Graduates working in finance area), Mazag (group gathering COO, CIO and CFO around innovation & fun), ++

Amor Chebira did graduate from Ecole Plytechnique Paris and holds a PHD in quantum Optics (he made various publications in well known scientific research magazines like Physical review letters)

BNP Paribas Securities Services
BNP Paribas Securities Services is a wholly-owned banking subsidiary of the BNP Paribas Group and a leading provider of securities services and investment operations solutions to issuers, financial intermediaries and institutional investors.

Ben Johnson, MD – EMEA Regional Head – SSGM Operations and Onboarding Ben joined State Street in 2003 and is currently EMEA head of Global Markets On-boarding and Operations. Ben has performed multiple roles at State Street including Head of EMEA Securities Finance Operations and Head of EMEA Client On-boarding and Middle Office. Prior to joining State Street Ben held positions at Deutsche Bank, Bankers Trust and the Bank of England. Ben has +20 years of experience across multiple financial products and support functions and is equipped with a deep knowledge of the Global Custody and Capital Markets Industry. Ben is a highly motivated and ethical professional with experience of managing large on/ offshore teams covering various operational disciplines including Middle Office, Operations, Client On-boarding, Collateral Management, Settlements, Entitlement Servicing, Financial Accounting, Reconciliation, Relationship Management.

Carol Tompkins, Director, manages the EMEA Securities Lending middle office who are responsible for ensuring the transactional integrity of securities lending activity and managing lifecycle event processing. Carol has 19 years of investment banking operational experience across settlements and middle office.

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James Montgomerie is the EMEA Head of Securities Lending Operations and Head of Financing & Collateral Operations (Glasgow) at Morgan Stanley. Since joining Morgan Stanley in 2005, James has worked across a variety of Operations teams, spanning all areas of the Post Trade environment in supporting products which have included Derivatives, Repo and latterly Securities Lending. James is a member of the International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) Executive Operations committee and Chair of the ISLA CSDR Working Group.

John Paul McDade , Director, is the head of the EMEA & North American Securities Lending Operations with teams in Dublin, London, New York, Raleigh and Pune.

Securities Lending Operations is responsible for the management of post-execution lending activity, including collateral management, reconciliation and inventory management. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, JP worked for Citi in Dublin, where he served as Agency Lending Operations Manager for 10 years.

Julia joined The Bank of New York Mellon in 2001 and worked in UK custody operations before moving to the Securities Lending department in 2007. She is currently the Manager of the Middle Office for International Securities Lending with teams in London, Manchester, and Pittsburgh.

Kathleen is the head of EMEA Liquidity Operations and Bank Relations at Goldman Sachs, responsible for the oversight of short term forecasting, post-trade activities for secured financing, and management of cash and securities across global markets. After 18 years with Goldman Sachs, Kathleen has held various Operations roles in Fixed Income, Treasury and Funding, in locations across the United States, Japan, India and United Kingdom. She is a member of the ISLA Executive Operations committee, the European Repo and Collateral Council (ERCC) Operations Working Group and the ECB’s AMI-SeCo Collateral Management Harmonization Taskforce. Kat holds a BBA in Finance, from Loyola University in Maryland.

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Marc Turnbull, Director, is the head of the EMEA Securities Lending Operations. Securities Lending Operations is responsible for the management of post-execution lending activity, including trade processing and settlement, reconciliation, inventory optimization and collateral management. Additionally, the team is responsible for facilitating the effective and risk-mitigated delivery and growth of the Securities Lending business. Mr Turnbull’s service with the firm dates back to 2010 with Business Operations. In his previous role, Mr Turnbull was the Team leader for the processing team within EMEA Corporate Actions working closely with other operational teams globally and BRS Solutions for external client training. Prior to joining BlackRock, Mr Turnbull worked for State Street in Edinburgh, where he served in several Corporate Actions roles. Mr Turnbull’s won a CISI award in 2015 for achieving the highest mark for the Asset Servicing unit part of the Investment Operations Certificate.

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Paul is responsible for Northern Trust’s Securities Lending Operations group globally. This group supports Northern Trust’s securities lending program and clients’ own lending programs. The functions covered by the group include trade support and settlement, collateral management, corporate actions and income, billing and management reporting. Paul joined Northern Trust in 1997 and has worked in various roles in the Securities Lending group since 2000. Prior to joining Northern Trust, Paul worked in the Financial Services group at EY covering a number of different areas including audit, consultancy and corporate finance. Paul graduated from Bristol University in Physics and qualified as a Chartered Accountant at EY.

Russell Bellows is the Global Operations Manager for the Trade Support and Collateral functions for Northern Trust Global Securities Lending Operations, covering the oversight and management of teams in London, Chicago, Bangalore, Manila, Hong Kong and Limerick. Within these regions he is responsible for ensuring all locations meet the servicing standards and deadlines required to ensure appropriate collateralisation and settlement of all lending related transactions. Joining Northern Trust in 2008, Russell has spent his entire time managing Securities Lending Operations teams.  Prior to this role, Russell spent 13 years with JPM in their Securities Lending group performing a variety of roles.

Scott is the EMEA Head of Prime Brokerage and Secured Financing Middle Office at Barclays. Scott has worked across a variety of Operations teams, spanning multiple areas of the Post Trade environment including Control functions, Derivatives Middle Office, Client Valuations, Equities Middle Office, Cash Prime Brokerage and most recently Equity and Fixed Income Financing Middle Office functions. Prior to this Scott led the build out of Barclays Ops Relationship Management function covering senior cross-product and front-to-back transaction cycle reviews with key client accounts.