1. David Vaninetti-Smart
Age: 48 Nationality: British
Contact: 07771 928 558 Location: Mottingham, London
Employer: Capco Management Consultancy
Dates: October 2016 - Present
Role: Barclays Capital SRP Due Diligence Project Manager
• Ensuring business review the separation of business assets as part of RFB process
• Ensuring DD docs contain all detail as required for PRA submission, Court Scheme, Witness Statements
• Ensure that business units DD process is reviewed and signed off to meet the Court submission dates
• Creation and Maintenance of RAID Log and presentation to GCA central LE function
• Creation of Business Due Diligence Work Group Presentation and minutes and actions
• Effective project management of the Due Diligence process across Business/Function/Horizontal areas to
support the SRP programme changes to existing and new legal entities of Barclays.
Employer: Capco
Dates: April – September 2016
Role: Paternity Leave
Employer: Capco
Dates: August 2015 – March 2016
Role: Project Manager - Global Custody Master Data Management
As per the below, the department/role was outsourced (TUPE’d) to Capco
Employer: HSBC I.T. Middle Office Programme Office
Dates: 11 January 2015 – August 2015
Role: Project Manager - Global Custody Master Data Management
• Management of a Project Portfolio of $1million I.T. & Business Project Budget
• Management of multiple project workstreams
• Project and Forward Budget planning
• Senior Management Project Steering Committees, including minutes, agenda, actions etc
• Chairing Project Working Groups, including minutes, agenda, actions etc
• Team management of 3 BA-s including appraisals etc
• Project support to 3 offshore service centres including Bangalore, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpa
• Project Management of MarkitEDM (CADIS) software upgrades and functional/technical releases. Including
scope.
• Creating project plans and co-ordinating test cycles
• Assistance during implementation of project releases
• Reviewing and approving BRD's/Functional/Technical Specs
• Supporting the managers of the Global Custody Centres in Hong Kong and UK
• Identifying risks and issues and implementing risk based assessment solutions and recommending solutions to
the Global Management Steering Committee.
• Creation of Senior Stakeholder Monthly MIS report
• Resolving contentious issues between teams to enable the project to move forward
• To make management decisions to enable delivery of project deliverables.
Systems used: JIRA, Clarity, HP ALM Quality Centre, MS Project, MS Office, Markit EDM (CADIS)
2. Employer: HSBC I.T. Middle Office Programme Office
Dates: 01 July 2013 - 11 January 2015
Role: Business Analyst/PM – Global Custody Corporate Action STP Implementation
• Deputising for the Project Manager
• Project Manager for the implementation of HSBC Corporate Action Webportal Instructions
Tool, including all aspects of Project Management, Requirements Gathering, Project Planning, Test Scripts,
Testing, Client Presentations, Client Onboarding and post implementation review.
• Project Manager for Corporate Action Standing Instruction capture, processing automation
• Managing conference calls and Webex meetings
• Requirements gathering with Stakeholders and documenting
• Managing 3rd
party vendor Defects , Change Requests, Road Map deliverables
• Designing project briefs, business designs and functional specs
• Creating project plans
• Writing project Test Plans
• Writing Test Scripts
• Test Execution & Documentation
• Daily Test completion MIS
• System interrogation to identify workarounds to system limitations prior to vendor fix deliveries
• Creating training implementation documents
• Effective Communication to stakeholders and senior management team
• Risk Management
• Defect Tracking
• Chairing Meetings, Creating Agendas and Minutes
• Systems used: XSP, eTRAN+, SWIFT, MS Office, MS Project, HP ALM Quality Centre (test execution &
defect tracking)
Employer: Cazenove Capital Management
Dates: September 2012 – June 2013
Role: Investment Operations Business Analyst/PM
• Chairing project meetings
• Creating meeting agendas
• Taking, writing and distribution of meeting minutes
• Tracking action point resolution
• Presentations to the Board of Directors
• Liaising with Stakeholders regarding requirements gathering
• Managing 3rd
party vendor deliverables
• Designing project briefs
• Creating project plans
• Calculation and analysing project costs
• Writing project test scripts
• Creating training implementation documents
• Effective Communication to stakeholders and senior management team
• Creating MIS documentation and updates
• Reviewing current department procedures for potential technical enhancements
• Impact analysis of regulatory change to business processes
Employer: Cazenove Capital Management
Dates: 11 April 2011 – August 2012
Role: Client Operations Manager (secondment)
• Meetings with Fund Managers and resolving any back office operational issues
• Meetings with Custodians regarding service delivery
• MIS Stats for the dept
3. • Project Management of changes
• Meetings with Directors regarding departmental issues.
• Back office team management
• Appraisals & Training
Employer: Cazenove Capital Management
Dates: 06 May 2006 – 11 April 2011
Role: Asset Services Manager
• Managing a team of 4 staff who process Global Corporate Actions, Income, Tax reclaims, Proxy Voting
• Managing Staff Appraisals/Disciplinaries/Redundancies
• Monitoring cash & stock reconciliations
• Migration of existing clients on to new platform
• Chairing and Agenda setting of custodian meetings
• Attending management meetings
• Creating test scripts for system upgrade implementation
• Creating business cases for new system implementation
• Creating and reviewing processing procedures
• Creating and delivering workshop presentations
• Monitoring CGT reporting system
• Review income and corporate actions data on client reports and composite tax vouchers queries at tax year
end.
• Monitoring UK & Overseas taxation changes and applying them to clients
• Hedge Fund Administration for Corporate Actions & Income
• S18 & EUSD Tax reporting
• Dividend Tax reclaim for Charities and Pension Funds
• Overseeing Proxy Voting
• Answering/contacting Private Client queries
• Systems Used: Dimension, CGIX, CARS, MS Office, Proxyedge
Employer: Royal London Asset Management
Dates: 30 Nov 2005 – 05 May 2006
Role: Income and Corporate Actions and Tax Manager
• Managing a team of 3 staff
• Staff Appraisals
• Monitoring cash & stock reconciliations
• Migration of new client business
• Attending Custodian meetings
• Attending senior management meetings
• Writing and updating procedures
Employer: The Bank of New York
Dates: March 2004 – Nov 2005
Role: Retail Fund Manager – Credit Suisse Account
• Managing a team of 10 staff processing UT deals, including fund switches, transfers, settlements, registration
and dealing
• Staff Appraisals
• Checking UT deals placed
• Monitoring and resolving cash & stock reconciliations
• Box Management
4. • Attending Client Meetings
• Attending senior management meetings
• Writing and updating procedures
• Stystems used: RUFUS, Microsoft Office, CARS
Employer: The Bank of New York
Dates: Sept 1999 – March 04
Role: UK Corporate Actions Manager
• Managing a team of 4
• Staff Appraisals
• Staff Training
• Checking Events
• Placing FX deals
• Managing/resolving Cash/Stock breaks
Employer: Shareholder Communications
Dates: Dec 1998 – Sept 1999
Role: Senior Supervisor
• Managing a fluctuating team from 10 – 150
• Staff training/monitoring
• Liaising/reporting call statistics to clients
• Bidders in takeovers would employ Shareholder Comms to contact all shareholders in the target company
to ensure that they had received all the documentation and ascertain whether the shareholders would
accept the bidding company’s offer.
Employer: Life Guards Band of The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment
Dates: June 1987 – Dec 1998
Role: Lance Corporal – Principle Oboist
• Performing for the Queen and Heads of State
• General duties included, changing the guard at Horse Guards and Windsor Castle, as well as investitures at
the Royal Palaces. Trooping the Colour and the Royal Tournament etc.
• Running the Band library
Qualifications:
• Prince 2 - Foundation
• IAQ Qualified
• ICSA – foundation level
• 7 CSE’s
• 2 ‘O’ Levels
• Licentiate of the London College of Music (Conducting)
Languages:
French: Conversational
Spanish: Basic
Italian: Currently learning
Hobbies:
David is the Founder and Director of Music of The Help for Heroes Band, a band which he set up in January 2014.
As well as conducting David enjoys going to the gym.