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Craig
Colclough

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41, London, United Kingdom

Craig A. Colclough is a banking professional from London, England specializing in credit and operational risk assessment including Basel II. Mr. Colclough has been in the risk assessment and consulting field for over 15 years. He began his career working for collection agencies and consulting firms in Europe with global reach, but left the collection field in 2000 to work as a credit risk manager both as an employee and later as a self-employed contractor. Craig A. Colclough was educated at the Institute of Credit Management in the UK, and he is a current member of the Global Association of Risk Professionals. He has worked for numerous banks throughout Europe, performing risk analysis and helping them improve their credit scoring and risk parameters. While contracting for Skipton BS and Baseline Capital Ltd., Craig Colclough was responsible for designing and developing the first LGD mortgage model the United Kingdom approved by the FSA. In addition to his career, Craig A. Colclough devotes much of his time to physical and spiritual growth with the assistance both of friends and professionals. Mr. Colclough has become a fitness enthusiast who enjoys running, gym workouts, and long distance self-sustained expeditions. Mr. Colclough has also returned to tertiary education in 2008 to continue his academic growth, currently working on his MSc in Risk Management at Portsmouth under Dr John Daly.


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  		•  Fair Isaac 2007 - London, United Kingdom
    Programme Director, Retail Banking
    - Providing direction and guidance through multi-disciplinary teams in delivery of compliance and risk management in the UK and internationally, including Saudi Arabia - Enabling the creation of consulting engagements in mass market, private, Islamic and non-Islamic banking operations in front, middle and back office requirements - Offering expert guidance to clients in measurement and maintenance of operational integrity from a risk and compliance perspective
  		• Britannia Capital Investment Group 2006 - 2007
    Senior Consultant / Manager, Credit Risk
    - Translation of technical issues from compliance and regulation to a non-technical audience therefore ensuring maximum possible uplift and buy-in including KYC - Subject-matter expertise contribution to the business programmes from a Risk point of view including as de facto Head of Risk for two businesses with thirty staff members - Creation and maintenance of “best in breed” tools and processes in business including Risk, Compliance, Administration, Operations and Treasury (via second BCIG company)
  		• ABN Amro 2006 - 2006 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Senior Consultant / Risk Manager
    - Leading the delivery of a stream of ABN Amro global risk strategy and working with business areas on adoption, ownership and operational delivery of strategy - Mentoring of operational staff through the implementation process of change programmes in areas of risk including branches where changes made to KYC process
  		• GE Money 2005 - 2005 - Prague, Czech Republic
    Senior Consultant / Senior Change Manager - Risk
    - Creation and management of new operations and risk processes within consumer lending for three countries within Central Europe leading to increased profitability - Owning relationships with local regulators whilst enabling local in-market processes to be maintained enabling increased efficiency across branch and centralised operations
  		• Yorkshire Building Society / Accord Mortgages 2005 - 2006
    Senior Consultant / Senior Manager Risk
    - Establishment of credit committee and significant contribution to risk profile management for Accord Mortgages, enabling better control and increased sales through brokers - Creation of rating-sensitive unit for YBS Group to better communicate with FSA and other stakeholders, together with management of staff members

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