Thomas Ward

Executive Director, LSE World Bank Deloitte PwC and more

PROFILE
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COACH, TRANSFORMER, MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE AND STRATEGIC FINANCIAL ECONOMIST
Focus on Anti-Money Laundering, Governance, Systems, Regulations (Dodd-Frank, Basel, CDR)

TW Consult 1993-2006 & 2012-Present
Executive Director – International & Corporate Financial Economic Strategist; Coach/Mentor and Transformer

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), McLean, VA 2010 - 2012
Director – International Banking and Capital Markets practice
Trusted adviser to C-Suite private sector and government clients; delivered professional services for private sector, International Financial Institutions (BNYMellon, and others), International Development Organizations (WBG, IMF, USAID/MCC, Global Fund) and government clients. Performed Business Development activities including proposal development and provided subject matter expertise for multiple major full life-cycle systems, integration programs as well as ICT, Mobile and Cloud functional options.
• Managed full account development; responsible for creating and driver for the rebranding and rebuilding of the account, boosting revenue levels by over 100% across the following areas:
o Private-Public Partnerships (CPI-Infrastructure & Healthcare), Strategy, Human Resources, Surveys and Assessments, Treasury, Mobil Banking/ICT, Controls, Finance, Project Investments, Anti-Corruption / Anti-Money Laundering, IT systems, Evaluations, Transformations, Organizational Efficiency/Effectiveness, and Business Development – cultivate and respondent for EOIs & RFPs. Lead Transform trainer. Financial regulation developments: D-F, Basel, CDR, etc.

Deloitte, Kabul Afghanistan 2010 - 2010
Master Specialist - Lead of Project Management Training
• Founding member and motivation of the Mentoring Program and Business Analytics/Intelligence CoP.

ICF International, Fairfax, VA 2008 – 2009
Senior Technical Specialist / Advisor – Financial System Design
Streamlined and combined financial economic principles with systematic data to best derive a strategic vision and implementation baseline for a solid system implementation tracking performance. This includes championing transition, systems integration, resolution facilitation, evaluation, performance measurements and budgets/actuals for Department of Homeland Security.

Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, VA 2006 - 2008
Associate – Economic and Business Analytics cross matrix / sector practice
Ensured successful Business Transformations with Project Management and Risk Mitigation while leveraging knowledge of General Accounting Principles, FAR, and CAS Regulations:
• Instilled confidence and understanding of risk monitoring techniques and models for Capital Markets and Sovereign Wealth Funds, banking stress test preparations, trade & investment facilitation, and financial regulations developments – Basel, ECR.

The World Bank Group, Washington, DC 1997 - 2006
Corporate Strategist / ERP-SAP Global Implementation Champion (2000 – 2006)
International Financial Economist for Venture Capital Investment Operations/Projects (1997- 2000)
Drove structured financial investment projects throughout their full life cycles from Planning/Preparations (LEN) to Supervision (SPN) to Exit evaluations (ICR) driving financial and economic sustainability.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

London School of Economics – London, UK
Masters of Science: Political Economy of Transitions, International Business, 1995

University of St. Thomas – St. Paul, MN
Double Major: Bachelor of Arts, Business Economics & Ethics, 1988
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, 1988

Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS.org)
Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, 2003

Project Management Institute (PMI.org)
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), 2008 and a PMIwDC.org PMP lecturer/speaker

Languages: English - Native, Russian – Proficient.
Activities and Memberships: PMIWDC Project Management Professional (PMP); Risk Managers - GARP.org; community outreach–big brother; Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity – VP/Treasurer; volunteer with shelters and persons with disabilities; professional photographer; multiple Linkedin groups, election judge, events and logistics including Presidential Advance.

Analytical Tools: CRM/ERP Systems and Knowledge Champion, Superuser, and Trainer; Costab, Crystal Ball, GLAS/JAMS, Factiva, Lotus Notes R5 designer, Microsoft Products, Momentum/ Phoenix, Lexis-Nexis, Open Systems, PeopleSoft, PRISM, SAP/Business Warehouse, BPRT-TM1, Strategic Performance Contracts system, SPSS, and Visual Basic6.0.

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