LAILA BENYATIM

Define the impact of new regulations, create compliance roadmaps and ensure the organisation’s approach and policies are adapted. Manage the implementation of changes required by new regulations which involve systems, processes, training and decision making. Foster strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including senior management and influencing their understanding and support for compliance efforts

Define the Target Operating Models to ensure Compliance with UCITS V CSSF Circular 14/587 regulatory requiremets Identify the policies and procedures that need to be upgraded Report Progress status to the senior management Work on the succsessful implememtation of the UCITS V regulatory requirements Identify the major impacts on the IT governance

- Manage a project team in Brussels of 14 persons with different skills and profiles (Business analysts and IT developers) -Manage a very large BI project with a high degree of risk and impact within an investment bank in Brussels - Identify the critical tasks & milestones - Identify costs and resources - Assign the tasks to the appropriate resources - Identify Business needs and document them clearly - Ensure the new TO BE processes have been fully validated with the business owners, clearly articulate workflow rules, risk and controls points - Communicate, manage and effectively exchange accurate and relevant information with all level stakeholders -Provide guidance and motivation to team members and project stakeholders and ensuring resources are achieving project objectives -Prepare and shape presentations to Senior Management

-Implement a rating data base for the Risk Management department to automate the capture of ratings from S&P, Moody’s and Fitch in order to comply with Basel II requirements Tasks:  Assess the functional needs and gather business requirements  Break down complex requirements into constituent parts Define the macro planning and identify potential risks Monitor project risks, issues and dependencies Organize and support UAT

- Manage a project team located in different sites (Paris, London & Boston) - Lead important Business process reengineering projects to improve processes, increase productivity, reduce costs and monitor operational and financial risks - Lead important fund migration projects • Mapping of the funds • Mapping of operational activities (fund accounting, custodian, TA, domiciliation, others) • Identification of gaps (functional, interfaces, reports) • Solution proposal and differentiated analysis • Defining the fund migration approach • Drafting the IT development requests • Change management • IT development testing and implantation • Implementation of the new operational organization • Funds migration preparation and test • Funds migration • Process stabilization - Set up the projects structure - Establish the project governance structure - Confirm the global approach - Set up the work streams and synchronization - Determine key critical path - Define the macro planning - Prepare valuable reports and projects documentation

Manage projects - Communicate, revise and update project status - Achieve coordination between departments - Explore alternatives for project feasibility - Define potential risks inherent to the project development - Report risks to the chain of command - Set up procedures for all phases and all participant roles and responsibilities - Ensure realistic focus and workable solutions - Detect quality problems and building quality into solutions - Ensure ABN AMRO ’s standards of quality service - Provide responsiveness to queries - Provide regular progress reports on status of problem resolution February 1999 – August 2001 - ABN AMRO Bank – Casablanca/ Morocco: Securities Business Manager - Establish relationships with foreign institutions (Global Custodians, brokers/dealers and securities trading firms) - Offer tailor- made and flexible settlement services. - Offer Market Intelligence to foreign Customers - Improve Customer service by adopting the “quality service” approach - Generate completed RFP (Request for Proposals) responses to existing and prospective clients. - Offer client- driven solutions - Supervise all transactions and corporate actions processing.

01/97-01/99 Position: Securities Clients Manager - Manage a team of 5 client services Officers - Serve customers seamlessly with consistently high quality by giving them real time responses, and by answering correctly their questionnaires concerning the Moroccan Stock Market - Open up new ways to access and service clients - Ensure maximum satisfaction across all custody product areas - Maintain custody information database - Interact with clients and investment managers 11/95- 12/96 Position: Custody Operations Manager - Manage a team of 6 Operations Officers - Handle transactions processing (DF, RF, RVP, DVP) - Administer Client portfolio - Handle corporate actions processing - Liaise with market participants to arrange securities settlement and collection processes - Provide notifications of payment to customers