Entrepreneurial, well-rounded, multi-lingual senior Financial Services Executive with over 20 years experience with roles spanning sales, marketing, operations, Chief of Staff and most recently Managing Director.
My area of expertise includes international clearing and settlement, global custody and regulatory compliance.
I have demonstrable experience of meeting challenging revenue and cost saving targets, launching start-ups and managing and motivating teams of more than 100 people.
Head of Business Development Continental Europe @ Responsible for strategic account sales of regulatory reporting solutions in Continental Europe. Solutions cover current requirements under MiFID, EMIR (and related derivative reporting requirements globally) as well as further requirements introduced under revised versions of aforementioned regulation (e.g. MiFIR)
Abide Financial is an independent Approved Reporting Mechanism, EMIR reporting hub and transaction reporting consultancy.
Abide Financial provides a suite of reporting tools and managed services to facilitate implementation of but also reduce risk, and total cost of ownership of regulatory reporting. From January 2015 to Present (1 year) London, United KingdomManaging Director @ REGIS-TR is the first European trade repository for derivatives, founded by two leading Central Securities Depositories (CSD) – Clearstream Banking Luxembourg, part of the Deutsche Börse Group, and Iberclear, a subsidiary of BME.
REGIS-TR offers participating entities every facility to ensure regulatory compliance regarding derivative financial instruments, traded OTC and on-market. We are covering the full range of derivative products, allowing you the registration of derivatives based on interest rates, foreign exchange, equities, commodities and credit default swaps. From March 2013 to December 2014 (1 year 10 months) LuxembourgManaging Director @ Launched first European Trade Repository for derivatives under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).
Set-up and registered company with the European Security Market Authority (ESMA).
Significantly exceeded business case revenue expectations. From March 2013 to December 2014 (1 year 10 months) LuxembourgCo-head Strategic Sales and Marketing @ Led cross-functional sales effort across Europe and the Americas in support of a transformational repositioning of our business financed by double-digit EUR mio investment budget. Responsible for sales, marketing, pricing and product development From October 2009 to February 2013 (3 years 5 months) Senior Vice President Relationship Management Europe and Americas @ • Responsible for managing the acquisition of, and relations with, Global Custodians.
• Responsible for defining as well as coordinating the delivery of bespoke servicing solutions across the areas of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, and securities financing.
• In parallel initiating and accompanying strategic reviews of Clearstream’s service scope and delivery (including media). From August 2007 to September 2009 (2 years 2 months) Head of Quality Management and Controls and Acting Chief of Staff for COO @ - Responsible for divisional budget including staff and related project budgets
- Created and implemented quality management processes across division spanning Trading, Clearing, Settlement and Custody Operations
- Managed a cost reduction program From January 2006 to July 2007 (1 year 7 months) Global Head of Customer Service Worldwide @ - Managed 110 staff across 3 countries servicing 2,500 customers holding EUR 10tri in securities assets From January 2004 to December 2005 (2 years) Head of Marketing @ - Provided marketing strategies for Clearstream Banking`s domestic German Central Securities Depository franchise
- Conceived/ implemented pricing proposals for custody, settlement and securities financing services From July 2001 to December 2003 (2 years 6 months) Sales and Relationship Manager @ - Responsible for managing and selling into the German banks in Luxembourg as well as the Russia and the CIS region From April 1999 to June 2001 (2 years 3 months) Product Manager @ Definition of servicing strategy for corporate bonds and extension of network coverage to Eastern Europe From January 1997 to March 1999 (2 years 3 months) Network Manager @ Managed 4 of the larger sub-custodial relationships across Austria, Germany, and Switzerland From January 1995 to January 1997 (2 years 1 month)
International Executive Programme (IEP), Transition to General Management @ INSEAD From 2005 to 2005 MBA, Economics @ University of Leuven From 1998 to 2001 Bsc Industrial and Business Economics, Economics @ London School of Economics and Political Science From 1989 to 1992 Associate of Arts, Economics @ University of Maryland College Park From 1987 to 1989 Nicolas Boatwright is skilled in: Product Development, Pricing, Financial Institutions, Budgeting, Financial Services, Derivatives, Collateral Management, Budgets, Strategy, Equities, Financial Markets, Business Strategy, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Commodity, Management