1. ROBERT HOCKLEY
Address: 52 Arthur Road, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 9BU
Telephone: +44 1635 938619
Mobile: +44 7799 878 994
E-mail: robhockley@btinternet.com
CAREER PROFILE
A highly skilled Banking professional with solid experience in Retail, Corporate and
Commercial Banking and specialised in Credit Stewardship, Compliance, and Credit
Documentation. Proven leadership skills in various roles, consistently delivering targets.
Ability to work well under pressure and manage working relationships with key partners.
Seeking a position that promotes a strong controls environment.
KEY STRENGTHS
 Risk control skills: Methodological approach developed over 10 years of compliance-
related work, with a strong focus in KYC and transaction due diligence, preparation of
credit agreements, draft reviewing (both bilateral and syndicated), coordination and
authorisation of disbursements, security monitoring, covenant reporting, and issuance of
side documents such as waivers, consents, amendments and notices.
 Management: A full range of skills developed over 26+ years in Banking, always
delivering objectives and adding value to business partners and clients alike, including
staff training, ad-hoc projects, team responsibility, and process improvements.
 Presentation skills: Experience in the delivery of training sessions and management
proposals to a diverse range of audiences.
KEY SKILLS
 Exceptional organisational skills, having provided direct support to Regional
Management and a full network of Commercial & Corporate Banking Relationship
Managers.
 Ability to maintained independent judgement, resulting from my experience in internal
controls management, and staff training ahead of external auditing exercises.
 Acute eye for detail, gained from my experience in process testing, as well as transaction
management and on-going covenant monitoring.
 Drive for results, having identified key risk trends and implemented action plans.
 Excellent communicator, resulting from my experience in a supporting and controlling
unit with exposure to both, business partners and external clients.
CAREER HISTORY
Metro Bank Plc – June 2014 – present
Commercial Lending & Securities Manager
 Responsible for producing as required and the checking of any solicitor produced
commercial facility documentation as well as any ad hoc CCA regulated lending,
ensuring these meet Metro Bank and regulatory requirements.
 Instructing and liaising with panel valuers and solicitors post sanction through to
drawdown.
 Responsible for assigned cases working diligently and effectively through to drawdown
whilst maintaining strong levels of internal stakeholder engagement.
 Coordinate transactional support including liaison with Credit, Relationship Teams and
external solicitors, ensuring due diligence, Conditions Precedent and security
requirements are satisfied prior to drawing of funds.

2. The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc
July 1990 to June 2014 - Various positions held, as follow:
Business Analyst – Corporate Change Management – Aug’2013 to June 2014
 Investigating and reporting on historic and current lending transactions both Base Rate
and LIBOR related using Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Analysis of all financial
information relative to each case.
 Building a full customer file to evidence decisions and sharing common findings with
fellow stakeholders and reporting recommendations into Project Management including
whether redress should be paid.
 Responding to Relationship Team and Customer queries post-review as well as providing
support to front-line staff during the remediation process.
Corporate Documentation & Operations Manager - Corporate, Oct’2007 to May 2013
 Own and manage the post-Credit sanction process by producing internal facility
documentation and reviewing externally solicitor produced documentation for alignment
against Credit Sanction and Bank Policy, both for bilateral and syndicated transactions.
 Coordinate transactional support including liaison with Credit, external solicitors and
syndicated loans’ agencies where applicable, ensuring due diligence, Conditions Precdent
and security requirements are satisfied prior to drawing of funds.
 Provide post-drawdown support ensuring ongoing requirements of loan facilities are
fulfilled, observing a strong controls environment.
 Control portfolio risk by monitoring receipt of Financial / Insurance / Security
information, tracking compliance and coordinating, where appropriate, covenant
amendments, consents, amendments, and waivers.
Area Assistant Manager, Operations - West London, Oct’2005- Oct’2007
 Managed a cluster of eight Retail Banking branches in a peripatetic role, ensuring that
Bank and Industry Control standards were maintained and enforced, including Regulatory
requirements.
 Performed testing of procedures and staff knowledge, identifying key risk areas and
providing direct support and coaching to bring standards to the required level. These areas
included Credit Sanctioning, Payments Authorisation, Account Opening and Anti-Money
Money Laundering / Fraud Awareness training.
 Increased controls’ grading of my cluster by an average of 11%, successfully turning
“high risk” branches into “improving” branches within a maximum time-frame of 6
months. This was achieved through intensive training, often tailor to individual needs.
 Enhanced key relationships with stakeholders including Client Managers, Team Leaders
and Senior Area Management for London, achieving collaboration and embracement of a
strong controls’ environment.
Previous RBS positions held were Customer Service Officer (1990 – 1997), Head Cashier
(1998 – 1999), and Deputy Branch Manager (2000 – 2002), Branch Operations Manager
(2002 – 2005)
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
Three A-Levels: Economics, Classical Civilisation, and English Literature
Eight GCSEs: including Maths, English, English Literature and Economics
IT SKILLS
Excellent use of MS Office including Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Extensive experience in
data management and control for reporting purposes.
PERSONAL DETAILS
Miscellaneous: Full, clean UK driving license; full geographic mobility.
References: Available upon request.