Graham D. Ashby is a senior project manager with over 30 years of experience managing complex international projects in the banking and finance sector. He has expertise in project recovery and leadership, stakeholder management, and software development. Some of his career achievements include successfully recovering a delayed project at Telefonica and managing the migration of branches from one banking platform to another without any loss of data.

1. Graham D. Ashby
85 rue de Reckenthal, L-2410, Luxembourg
Tel: +352 27 28 29 29 GSM: + 352 621 35 99 34 + 352 661 44 01 33
Email: gashbylux@me.com
Senior Project Manager with a deep understanding of project management principles and practises; an outstanding track
record of success in leading the implementation of complex international projects, working with clients operating in the
banking and finance sector. Delivery focused and pragmatic; fully capable of driving the completion of projects against tight
deadlines, influencing leadership teams, challenging current behaviours and consistently achieving positive results through the
development of effective planning and stakeholder engagement. A motivational leader with outstanding interpersonal skills
and the vision, drive and intellect to consistently deliver projects on schedule and to agreed cost and quality targets.
KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Project Management. Provides pragmatic leadership to plan, resource and deliver large-scale, international projects in compliance
with specification, cost and schedule and in line with strategic objectives.
Project Recovery. Extensive experience of recovering distressed projects. Real expertise in devising robust remedial action plans
that bring projects back on track and deliver the planned business objectives and return on investment.
Motivated Leadership. Demonstrated experience in multi-disciplined project leadership roles; works effectively with cross
functional teams and leading in-house and remote/offshore resources.
Stakeholder Management. Outstanding ability to engage effectively with the leadership team and key stakeholders on an
international basis to establish and maintain total confidence in achieving positive outcomes.
Communications. Acts as the main point of contact with the customer for project delivery; maintains effective communication
and coordination throughout the overall project team.
Functional Experience. A strong background in banking with in-depth experience of corporate actions, custodian activities, global
security markets (front and back office), income derivatives, local/central bank reporting, Basle II & operational risk.
Software Development. Expert knowledge and practical experience of managing the full lifecycle of software development
projects from capturing user requirements through development, testing and release.
SELECTED CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS
• Tasked with recovering a distressed project at Telefonica which had fallen 6 months behind schedule. Agreed a revised
schedule and put in place a robust remedial action plan to turn around the project. Effectively managed the project team,
established full credibility with senior stakeholders and successfully delivered the full project on schedule.
• As an Independent Consultant at BNP/Fortis Bank, managed the migration of small branches from the MIDAS platform to
Atlas (a BNP bespoke System). Managed the full lifecycle of this challenging project; successfully completed the migration
of data to the new platform across 10 locations in Europe without any loss of data or major issues.
• As a Senior Consultant at Misys International Banking Systems based in Luxembourg, focused on further developing the
Misys suite of products. Developed the corporate actions module for Midas; designed, tested and rolled out the Midas
module to redenominate all securities from old currencies to the Euro.
• Acted as Functional Consultant at Fortis Bank in Brussels for the roll out of the Midas plus system covering capital markets
products encompassing FX, money market FRA/IRS, futures and options securities, corporate actions and derivatives
products. Successfully delivered all system parameters to the bank’s New York branch.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
November 2013 – Present
Lead Functional Consultant and Project Manager
Telefonica, Madrid (under contract to Misys)
• Took responsibility for the design and delivery of an application to support Telefonica’s internal bank project.
• Designed the innovative application using a reconciliation engine as a base to define and create accounting entries for
clients in the master banking application.
• Carried out an analysis for a payment factory as part of the internal bank.
• Designed the banking infrastructure; successfully rolled out the first phase of the project to the Amsterdam branch.
• Designed the structure to manage and automatically optimise pooling structures used with correspondent banks.

2. January 2010 – November 2013
Independent Consultant/Project Manager
BNP Paribas Fortis Bank
• Managed a major project as a Midas specialist to migrate BNPPF Lisbon to the BNPP banking platform.
• Coordinated all testing activities for the migration of BNPPF Light Branches (DK, RO, AT, CZ, SE) to BNPP platform.
• Acted as the product specialist (fixed income and FX) for all migrations to BNPP systems.
• Developed a robust process for the Lisbon migration which was subsequently used as a blueprint for other sites.
• Managed twin bank (Germany and Spain) migrations which were completed successfully and on schedule.
• Completed the transfer of activities for Oslo, Amsterdam and Lisbon branches on schedule.
June 2009 – December 2009
Independent Consultant/Project Manager
RZB Bank, Moscow
• Appointed as Implementation Consultant and Business Analyst for derivatives products of Midas Plus, including FRA, single
currency IRS, cross-currency swaps, futures & options.
September 2006 – January 2009
Independent Consultant/Project Manager
Fortis Bank Brussels
• Managed the global rollout of the Midas plus system as Functional Consultant and Solution Designer covering capital
markets products (FX, money market FRA/IRS, futures & options securities, corporate actions & derivatives products).
• Coordinated the development and application of the product catalogue for the Midas plus products.
• Designed and planned the testing strategy for New York and UK Operations.
• Devised and managed the defect management process for UAT of the New York delivered system
• Coordinated the adaptation and delivery of global system parameters for the UK rollout.
• Redesigned and implemented the funding process for all foreign branches of Fortis.
December 2003 – September 2006
Principal Consultant
SmartStream Technologies SA, Luxembourg
• Designed and specified major functional enhancements to the corporate actions system to meet N. European needs.
• Led the first corporate actions implementation project for SmartStream Europe; this was delivered ahead of schedule.
• Designed business process mapping for controlling the Transfer Agent’s security process.
• Designed the control system for a major custodian bank.
EARLY CAREER
08/01 – 12/03 Marketing and Business Development Manager Misys International Banking Systems, Luxembourg
05/98 – 08/03 Senior Consultant Misys International Banking Systems, Luxembourg
04/95 – 05/98 Manager IT Department/Deputy Operations Manager Banque de Dépôt, Luxembourg
04/94 – 04/95 Customer Support Consultant for Investment Fund Dept. Banque Générale du Luxembourg
09/91 – 11/93 Datacentre Manager Fidelity Investments
01/89 – 09/91 Department Head (IT) Brown Brothers Harriman, Luxembourg
10/81 – 01/89 Custody Account Manager Brown Brothers Harriman, London
01/80 – 09/81 Back Office Settlements Clerk Kitcat & Aitken, Stockbrokers
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
1984 Registered Representative New York Stock Exchange
1992 Professional Certificate in Management Open University
1993 Professional Diploma in Management Open University
1997 Master in Business Administration Open University
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Nationality: British
Languages: English (mother tongue) and French (fluent)
References: Available on request