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Strategy Professional with expertise in Banking and Payments
Richard Williams
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London, United Kingdom
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Strategy professional with 10+ years’ experience supporting high street banks, global payment companies, and FinTechs to develop business strategies, commercialise services, and build digital propositions. Love exploring new technologies, products, and markets. Recent experience at the forefront of OpenBanking, Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Real-time payments.
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English
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My experience
2019 - ?
freelance
Open Banking Subject Matter Expert
Deloitte.
Advised Central Bank of Bahrain on Open Banking Standards
Banking, Open banking
2013 - ?
freelance
Strategy Consultant
Winterbrook Advisory.
Strategy consulting focusing on banking and payment strategy
Consulting, Banking, Strategy Consulting, Management Consulting, Project Management, Business strategy, Payments, Business cases, Interim management, Digital Strategy
2018 - 2020
freelance
Policy Consultant & Proposition Manager
Open Banking.
Implementation entity to drive the development of Open Banking APIs and standards in the UK
• Build commercial model and go-to-market strategy for new Open Banking Services
• Ran trail in FCA sandbox for recurring payments with Starling Bank and 3 FinTechs
• Defined commercial strategy to expand the ecosystem and drive adoption of Open Banking
• Build commercial model and go-to-market strategy for new Open Banking Services
• Ran trail in FCA sandbox for recurring payments with Starling Bank and 3 FinTechs
• Defined commercial strategy to expand the ecosystem and drive adoption of Open Banking
Banking, Implementation, Development, Go, Manager
2018 - 2018
freelance
Engagement Manager
Rightmove.
Digital mortgage strategy and commercial benchmarking for leading property online portal, identifying incremental revenue opportunities of £2m in digital lending
Digital Lending, Commercial Due diligence, Strategy, Business strategy, Competitive analyzes
2018 - 2018
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Co-Founder & Head of Commercial
Pigzbe.
• Build card proposition on blockchain - Identified customer needs and opportunity. Set up partnership and launched proposition
• Set up partnership with card provider, Wirex, to launch crypto payment card
• Developed insight base (consumer, competition, and market) to inform key strategic initiatives
• Managed investor relations for £6.25m seed round - created decks and pitched to numerous angels, family offices, and small funds
• Set up partnership with card provider, Wirex, to launch crypto payment card
• Developed insight base (consumer, competition, and market) to inform key strategic initiatives
• Managed investor relations for £6.25m seed round - created decks and pitched to numerous angels, family offices, and small funds
Block Chain, Investor relations, Founder, Go to Market strategy, Strategic Planning, Business strategy, Cryptocurrency, Negotiation, Strategic Partnering
2017 - 2018
freelance
Corporate Strategy Lead
Visa Europe.
Corporate Strategy team looking at technological and regulatory change impacting the business
• Led B2B strategy development (segmentation, market sizing, unmet needs and strategic response) to try and capture a greater share of the $200T B2B payments market
• Developed real-time payments strategy and advised on $1.5bn acquisition of a European processor
• Created FinTech offering to streamline on-boarding and attract new FinTech customers
• Led B2B strategy development (segmentation, market sizing, unmet needs and strategic response) to try and capture a greater share of the $200T B2B payments market
• Developed real-time payments strategy and advised on $1.5bn acquisition of a European processor
• Created FinTech offering to streamline on-boarding and attract new FinTech customers
B2B, Fintech, Strategy development, Regulatory, Payments, Real time payments, Commercial Due diligence
2017 - 2017
freelance
Commercial Lead
The Good Lab.
Incubator for social impact businesses supported through investment by the largest UK charities
• Led the commercial analysis and assessment of 15 charity start-up incubator ideas
• Created business case and secured seed investment of £100k from charity investment committee
• Led the commercial analysis and assessment of 15 charity start-up incubator ideas
• Created business case and secured seed investment of £100k from charity investment committee
Business Case, Business Analysis, Business strategy
2016 - 2016
freelance
Strategy Manager
Leeds Building Society.
Omni-channel sales and serving strategy
• Designed omni-channel sales and servicing strategy to target customer who use multiple channels
• Led the development of digital savings and mortgage strategies
• Developed the case to automate and digitize mortgage processing
• Designed omni-channel sales and servicing strategy to target customer who use multiple channels
• Led the development of digital savings and mortgage strategies
• Developed the case to automate and digitize mortgage processing
Digital Lending, Digital Strategy, Omnichannel, Business strategy
2013 - 2016
freelance
Strategy Consultant
Commercial Bank International.
• Developed the digital strategy for Commercial Bank International in Dubai which has lead them to refocus on valuable segments, reationalise the branch network and develop digital services
• Design of UK digital banking offering for leading bank in Kazakhstan and lead the project through the first round of acquiring a UK banking license
• Design of UK digital banking offering for leading bank in Kazakhstan and lead the project through the first round of acquiring a UK banking license
Design, Digital Strategy, Banking, Network, International
2011 - 2013
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Managing Consultant
Market Gravity.
Innovation consultancy (acquired by Deloitte Digital)
• Led strategy and proposition development projects for leading Financial Services clients
• Developed contactless cards strategy for key high street bank
• Developed commercial banking offering for high profile branch-network organisation
• Led strategy and proposition development projects for leading Financial Services clients
• Developed contactless cards strategy for key high street bank
• Developed commercial banking offering for high profile branch-network organisation
Innovation, Banking, Payments, Business strategy, Digital Strategy, Value proposition design, Design thinking, Idea generation
2009 - 2011
freelance
Business Analyst
Royal Bank of Scotland.
High-profile channel transformation project within the High Street bank
• Designed a new multi-channel commercial banking offering for SMEs
• Created propositions for savings, lending, and transactional banking services
• Identified customer segmentation and led extensive customer testing
• Designed a new multi-channel commercial banking offering for SMEs
• Created propositions for savings, lending, and transactional banking services
• Identified customer segmentation and led extensive customer testing
Banking, Transformation, Analyst, Customer segmentation, Innovation, Idea generation, Value proposition design
2009 - 2009
freelance
Business Analyst (freelance)
McKinsey & Company.
Benchmarked competitor pricing globally for leading computer manufacturer
Analyst
2007 - 2009
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Business Development Manager
Barclays Bank PLC.
Graduate program at Barclays
• Developed cross-border strategy for Barclays Commercial Bank across 10 countries in Africa
• Coordinated over £1m of outward investment deals from the UK to 6 African countries
• Developed cross-border strategy for Barclays Commercial Bank across 10 countries in Africa
• Coordinated over £1m of outward investment deals from the UK to 6 African countries
Business development, Development, Manager
2006 - 2006
freelance
Business Development Intern
PayPal Mobile.
Independently researched and created Competitive Analysis Report on European Mobile Payments
Business development, Development, Market entry, Business strategy, Competitive intelligence
My education
2005
Pontificia Universidad Católica
semester exchange, Philosophy
semester exchange, Philosophy
University of Edinburgh
Masters, Philosophy
Masters, Philosophy
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