Simon DEFRENET

Project manager / Senior business analyst


Good understanding of financial organizations and strong skills in project execution,
business process improvement and change management.

Analytical and synthesis skills along with critical thinking and problem solving approaches.

Strong Facilitation and communication skills, partnering with senior managers, business owners, sponsors, process owners, operational teams, clients and vendors.


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Skills

Expertise

Business Analysis, Change Management, Project Management, Risk Management,
Lean Six Sigma, Design thinking
Agile, Agile at scale, Scrum, sprint and backlog management


Technics

Advanced skills in MS Office, Visio, MS Project
Knowledge of Business Object, Quality center, Jira, Confluence

  • SQL

  • CSS/HTML

  • Python


Language

  • English

  • French

  • German

  • Cantonese

  • Spanish

Education

Education

EPF Ecole d'ingenieurs

Graduate School of Engineering, Sceaux, France

Master Program in Project Management & Business Engineering
Graduation: June 2009.
Core Subjects: Engineering Management, Project Management, Stock Exchange and Financial Markets


Certifications
Training

Professional Scrum Master I, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Lean Management, ITIL Foundation

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Facilitation Skills, Kaizen, Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
SG CIB asia pac graduate training for GBS functions

Interests

Interests

Aikido (martial arts) for 10 years,
Art and painting,
Ukulele,
Traveling

Volunteering

HK Walls

Non-profit arts organisation that aims to promote street art and create opportunities for artists
to showcase their talent through the medium of street art and street culture.

Work Experience

Now
2015

Head of Asiapac PnL, Risk and Market Data Technology

Societe Generale, Corporate and Investment Banking (SG CIB)
Hong Kong, HONG KONG SAR

Manage and develop the team (11 direct reports)

Business Relationship Manager (BRM) for Product Control Department

Set-up fast IT development environment, transition to agile and devops practises

Manage independently large scale projects

Setting objectives and defining team and individuals development plans, staff appraisals
Coaching and mentoring
Developing and maintaining best practices, knowledge and change management policies
Act as a scrum master, set up and animate agile ceremonies, handle impediments
Budget management and resource planning


Definition of the roadmap and IS strategy
Build and bring business cases from ideation to launch, provide products vision
Set SLA, optimize production monitoring and incidents management
Steer project portfolio, epic and features delivery, communicate and report to regional C-levels


2014
2011

PnL Process and tools Business Analyst

Societe Generale, Corporate and Investment Banking (SG CIB)
Hong Kong, HONG KONG SAR

Expert in Product Control functions covering market data and referential systems, valuation, PnL production, controls and reconciliations

Manage independently small to large scale projects

Collect, analyze and prepare user requirements
Conduct gap analysis, and provide detailed functional specifications
Coordinate and handle user acceptance tests
Design and execute data migration and go live strategy
Assess and design change management to get buy-in from key stakeholders
Risk identification and Mitigation plan definition
Change Management, Communication, Monitoring and Reporting


2011
2009

Lean Six Sigma Project Manager

Societe Generale, Corporate and Investment Banking (SG CIB)
New York City, U.S.A

Program Management and IT Coordinator for the Region off shoring and Location model Program
Manage independently small to large scale projects

Successfully led and managed Process Improvement Projects
Lean, DMAIC, RIP and Process Design


2009
2009

Business analyst

Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking (SG CIB)
Paris, France

IT department for structured finance
Management of two applications catalogs
Loan trading, PnL and VaR calculation, Deal structuring

Collect, analyze and prepare user requirements
Conduct gap analysis, and provide detailed functional specifications
Coordinate and handle user acceptance tests

Projects

Key achievements and realizations to date include but are not limited to the major initiatives below
delivering constantly business values over years:

Global tool deployment for Taipei Branch
40 Tools, 300Keur budget
Global tool deployment for Mumbai Branch
40 Tools, 350Keur budget
Desktops Inventory and Purchase Process (IT)
Estimated Savings USD$ 335,000
Client On-Boarding Process review
FO to BO, Compliance, KYC
Execution Capacity increased by 600%
Defects Reduction from 30% to 10%
High Grade Bonds business development
FO to BO process design
Success Launch of New Business
Regulated Currencies - CNY deliverable in Hong Kong (CNH)
FX, IRD, FXO and commodities chains




















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