Duncan Simmonds's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

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Duncan has over 18 years global experience, predominantly holding Senior Management/Director positions, providing a consultative solution to his clients resource requirements, whether that be on an ad-hoc BAU or project basis. Currently heading up Montagu Black in the UK and EMEA, and previously set up UK Division of a global consultancy turning over $400m per annum. Duncan specialises in forging long term relationships on both client-side and consultant/candidate alike. Specialties: Digital, eCommerce, IT, Financial Services (Investment Banking, Wealth Management, Hedge Funds, Asset Management, Private Equity, Fund Accounting, Trading Applications, Settlements), Insurance (Lloyds markets), Media, Fashion & RetailSales Director @ McCabe & Barton are a specialist IT Recruitment Company focusing on the global financial marketplace. We are a small, focussed and professional organisation with years of practical experience in Financial Markets, technology and City Headhunting. We offer a bespoke recruitment service specialising in the placement of high calibre staff for Financial IT markets around the globe, and have a highly successful track record of delivering at all levels: from CIOs to Analyst Programmers. From September 2015 to Present (4 months) Managing Director @ Heading up operations in UK & EMEA with Montagu Black; a fresh, dynamic consultancy dedicated to achieving the highest levels of service, borne out of unrivalled industry knowledge and dedicated staff committed to providing the best solution for our clients requirements. Montagu Black offers a hybrid service that is rare, if not unique in todays marketplace - a genuine one to one service with your own personal Account Manager. Covering all aspects of Digital, Project/Programme Management and PMO, Business Analysis, Financial Applications Data Caching. Big Data. Compliance/Regulatory Risk (Solvency II, SOX, Basel II & III, MiFID). Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing SQL. UX/UI Design, PC/Web Development (HTML5, JavaScript (OO), Java, Agile .NET technologies) "Reputation built on recommendation!" Client list includes - various tier 1 Investment Banks, Media companies (both global & UK), Lloyds Insurers, Social & Digital Media companies (large established and SME's) and large Retail organisations (including eCommerce) From May 2014 to September 2015 (1 year 5 months) Executive General Manager - MD UK @ Founded and set up Talent International in the UK; a highly successful provider of IT&T recruitment services to Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore. Formed in 1995, this progressive, independent company has 14 offices across Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, and annual turnover of over $400 million. 2,000 contractors working at client locations on four continents, and placed well over 950 permanent candidates annually. Specialists in all popular technologies within the applications and infrastructure space. Client list includes - UBS, ASOS, Talbot Underwriting (Lloyds Insurance), RBS, JPMorgan, HSBC, sportlobster, Monitise & NCR. From February 2012 to May 2014 (2 years 4 months) Contracts Director @ Responsible for the Contracts Division for Siena Red, specialising primarily within Financial Services and Media, including Investment Banking, Wealth Management, Hedge Funds, Asset Management, Private Equity, Fund Accounting, Trading Applications, Settlements, Insurance & Re-Insurance. Covering all aspects of Project and Programme Management and PMO, Business Analysis, Financial Applications (Calypso, Murex, Sungard, Summit etc) Data Caching - Oracle/Tangosol Coherence, GemFire. Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing (SSIS, SSRS, SSAS) SQL. PC/Web Development (Java/J2EE, C++, C#, .NET technologies, Agile (SCRUM), Sybase, Oracle, Excel/VBA etc) Tradefloor Support, Telecoms and Infrastructure. Client list includes - UBS, Morgan Stanley, HSBC, Barclays Capital, FT (Financial Times) & Talbot Underwriting (Validus Group) From January 2009 to February 2012 (3 years 2 months) London, United KingdomDivisional Manager @ Responsible for managing client requirements, predominantly within the Investment Banking arena. Clients include - HSBC, Credit Suisse, BarCap, Deutsche & Unilever. From March 2008 to December 2008 (10 months) New Business Development Manager @ Set up the recruitment division of this global IT Consultancy. Clients include - Morgan Stanley, Invesco, Citi, BarCap, RBS, Lloyds, JPMorgan, Reuters & Credit Suisse. From June 2005 to September 2007 (2 years 4 months) CEO and co-Founder @ Responsible for 30 sales staff. New Business & Account Management. P&L. Cashflow forecasts. KPI's. Investment Banking. Insurance & Reinsurance. Retail Banking. Showed growth from zero to £12m in 4 years. Clients include - SBC Warburg, UBS, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche, CSFB (Credit Suisse), Enron, Chase Manhatten & JPMorgan, Brevan Howard Asset Management, SunGard, Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas, Barclays Capital (BZW) & HSBC. From June 1997 to February 2004 (6 years 9 months) Senior Consultant @ Commissioned with setting up the PC Development area dealing with Financial Markets and Investment Banks, in Futures Markets, Swaps & Options, Fixed Income, Equity Derivatives and Credit/Market Risk, from Front Office alongside Traders to the Settlements in the Back Office. Dealing mainly with Sybase, Oracle, C++, Java and most Microsoft products. Clients include - SBC Warburg, CSFB, JPMorgan, Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas, BZW and DMG. From June 1996 to June 1997 (1 year 1 month) ProspectProspect College Duncan Simmonds is skilled in: Leadership, Digital Media, Management, Recruiting, Business Analysis, Mobile Applications, Consulting, Investment Banking, Contract Recruitment, Java, Business Intelligence, Account Management, IT Recruitment, Permanent Placement, Project Management