Head of Change Delivery at HSBC Singapore
Sydney Area, Australia
- Current
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- Head of Change Delivery at HSBC Singapore
- Director at digital4sight
- Past
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- Senior Manager at HSBC Australia
- Board Director at PMI Sydney Chapter
- Program Manager at HSBC
- Program Manager at Macquarie Bank
- Management Consultant at Motorola
- Senior e-business Consultant at IBM
- IT Director at Swetenhams Marketing Services Ltd
- Education
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- Greenwich University
- Hurstpierpoint College
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Simon Herbert’s Summary
An experienced and highly successful change delivery professional with both portfolio and program management expertise.
A successful career of 22 years working in 9 companies across 12 countries including the US, UK, Germany, France, Belgium, UAE and Australia.
Highly qualified with a Diploma from Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD), Project Management Professional (PMP) and Chartered Engineer in Information Systems (CEng).
Simon Herbert’s Specialties:
Portfolio Management, Program Management, Project Management, Non-Executive Directorships
In-depth knowledge of financial services, telecommunications and information technology.
Simon Herbert’s Experience
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Head of Change Delivery
HSBC Singapore
(Public Company; 99; Financial Services industry)
December 2009 — Present (1 month)
Portfolio Director for projects in HSBC Singapore.
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Director
digital4sight
(Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)
Holding company for two different businesses:-
1. Non-Executive Director Services
2. Data4sight - A direct marketing consultancy -
Senior Manager
HSBC Australia
(Financial Services industry)
May 2008 — December 2009 (1 year 8 months)
Portfolio manager leading a team of project managers.
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Board Director
PMI Sydney Chapter
(Education Management industry)
January 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 6 months)
Manage the Volunteers portfolio for the Sydney Chapter
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Program Manager
HSBC
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Banking industry)
January 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 5 months)
Program Manager within the HSBC Technology Services. Responsible for GoldSuite program with value in excess of AUD 8M.
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Program Manager
Macquarie Bank
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Banking industry)
January 2006 — October 2006 (10 months)
Programme Manager to rollout HR services and payroll to Macquarie International companies based on Peoplesoft Enterprise Human Capital Management System
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Management Consultant
Motorola
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; MOT; Telecommunications industry)
January 2003 — June 2004 (1 year 6 months)
• Bid Manager for the pre-sales phase of a national Public Safety Trunked Network (PSTN) in Poland with a value of US$200M which included the coordination of three local partners.
• Part of a four person Business Development team within CGISS EMEA for the pursuit of national PSTN opportunities offering programme management, business consultancy and negotiation coaching.
• Development of a pre-sales methodology for national PSTN opportunities including workshops, project office, reporting, risk management and pursuit planning.
• Management consultant to MTC-Vodafone (GSM operator) in Kuwait advising on the development of a service development function within the operator including organisation and process consulting. -
Senior e-business Consultant
IBM
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2000 — December 2002 (3 years )
• Won and managed a European B2B supplier portal programme for €7M for Toyota Europe to improve their new model development lead times.
• Implemented an e-business Rapid Application Development (RAD) centre in London for Shell IT Europe consisting of 50 staff including project managers, business analysts, architects, web developers and creative.
• Managed a US5M global B2B customer portal for Shell Chemicals to deliver an online trading platform to lower the cost of sale with key customer accounts
• Developed a 3rd party content management strategy for HSBC.com incorporating syndication and aggregation for different languages.
• Transition Manager for IBM in Ford Europe for customer database team (CUPID) replacing IBM staff and improving business processes -
IT Director
Swetenhams Marketing Services Ltd
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 1995 — February 2000 (5 years 2 months)
Board Member, Overall responsibility for IT function including product development, bureau services and infrastructure
Simon Herbert’s Education
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Greenwich University
BSc , Computing Science , September 1984 — June 1988
- Activities and Societies:
- Hockey team
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Hurstpierpoint College
GCSE & A Levels 1979 — 1984
Additional Information
Simon Herbert’s Websites:
Simon Herbert’s Interests:
Classic Cars - Owner of Shelby Cobra replica, Cycling - both on and off road Triathalon
Simon Herbert’s Groups:
Alumni of Australian Institute of Company Directors,
Member of Project Management Institute,
Member of the British Computer Society,
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The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees -
Motorola Alumni -
Project Manager Networking Group -
PMI Sydney Chapter -
Business Change Professionals -
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Simon Herbert’s Honors:
Graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD)
Project Management Professional (PMP),
Chartered Engineer in Information Technology (CEng),
Certified IBM Systems Integration Consultant
Simon Herbert’s Contact Settings
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