Barry Smith

Professional Background

Wide experience in Financial Services working at senior-management and CxO/Board level.
Trusted advisor to Investment Wholesale, Commercial, Private and Retail Banks, Custodians, Financial Market Infrastructure Firms and Asset Managers.
Clients include JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, BNY Mellon, Deutsche Boerse, RBS/NatWest, Coutts, ICE Clear, LCH, ABN AMRO, UK Financial Services Authority, BBA/UK Finance.
Expert in financial sector regulation in the UK and European Union.
Specialist in risk management, capital management, financial crime, data science, machine learning.
Built central data science/machine learning capability at RBS/NatWest as groupwide Head of Data Science.

M&A Skills & Expertise

Financial services governance, regulation and compliance
Capital and liquidity planning
Recovery and resolution planning
Risk policy and risk governance
Credit, market and operational risk analysis
Business model and operating model design
Data science, machine learning & AI
Data management, data protection, privacy and AI ethics
IT architecture and software development, including cloud-native applications & diigital transformation
Project management – team sizes from 5 up to 100

Project Highlights

PMI and corporate restructuring experience includes:

ABN AMRO-RBS – post-merger balance sheet and regulatory capital impact analysis/optimisation.
ABN AMRO-RBS – post-merger alignment of credit processes and credit data migration.
UK FSA-Bank of England – worked in a joint FSA-BoE team to transition prudential risk analytics infrastructure.
Bank of China UK – advised on Brexit-driven restructuring, including bank holding company regulations and rules for financial consolidation.
Advised on regulatory implications of Dexia demerger at Banque Internationale à Luxembourg.