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An accomplished senior executive with 20 years of vast experience across enterprise change management and operational within major international financial services environments. Consistently initiates and delivers strategic and innovative solutions which significantly reduce and manae costs across all areas of the business, successfully bridging IT strategies with business alignment, simplification and efficiency programmes. First class ability in securing wholesale buy-in from the business for major transformation projects which minimize and manage cost. Excels in leading multi-disciplined, international, virtual resource teams across both the business and IT. Fluent in English, Arabic and French. MBA qualified.

Chief Information Officer @ Provide vision and leadership for developing and implementing information technology initiatives that align with HSBC Strategy. Directs the planning and implementation of enterprise IT systems in support of HSBC operations in order to improve cost effectiveness, service quality, and mission development. Responsible for all aspects of the HSBC information technology and systems across MENA. From August 2015 to Present (3 months) MENAGlobal Head of Global Banking & Markets Operational Effectiveness - IT @ Develops the Global Banking & Markets (GBM) IT Operational Effectiveness strategy to manage BAU activities and direct the IT Transformation Programmes. The role operates at a strategic and operating level to: Drive operational efficiencies by standardizing, optimizing and measuring operational performance whilst aligning GBM HTS, HSBC Technology Services, with the objectives of Central Functions; Standardize and implement an Operational Performance Management model supported by metrics that measure activity against strategy, benchmark performance and drive improvement actions; Drive out savings and sustainable behavior through simplification, cost optimisation, process industrialisation and efficiencies; Act as point of coordination with Global Functions for cross-Group operational effectiveness; Act as the Board and Change office for Business-IT alignement Governance body. From March 2014 to August 2015 (1 year 6 months) GlobalGlobal Head of Application Services @ Global Software Delivery Head responsible for: Disposals, Mergers, Acquisitions, De-risking, Ever-greening, Testing, Support Models, Production Support, Deployment and Releases. From March 2012 to February 2014 (2 years) DubaiRegional Head of SwD Operations - MENA @ From June 2009 to March 2012 (2 years 10 months) Regional Head of IT Operations - ME @ From November 2006 to June 2009 (2 years 8 months) Head of Business Intelligence @ From June 1999 to October 2006 (7 years 5 months)

MBA, Business Administration @ Bradford College From 2004 to 2007 MS, Computer Science @ Lebanese American University From 1994 to 1996 Ghinwa Baradhi is skilled in: Organizational..., Organizational Design, Organizational Change, Organizational..., Organizational Structure, Strategic Planning, Strategy Development, Strategic Thinking, Strategic Leadership, Strategic Analysis, IT Strategy, IT Management, IT Service Management, IT Governance, IT Audit, IT Operations, IT Outsourcing, Innovative Thinking, Cross-functional Team..., Leadership Development, Change Leadership, Technical Leadership, Thought Leadership, Budget Management, Budget Oversight, Budget Analysis, Business Intelligence, Due Diligence, M&A due diligence, Banking Operations, Banking, Banking Relationships, Customer Focus, Customer Engagement, Customer Insight, Change Management, Program Management, Risk Management, Management Consulting, Operational Risk..., Enterprise Risk..., Data Warehousing, Data Warehouse..., Data Mining, Data Analysis, People Management, Project Planning, Project Implementation, Testing, Governance