manish kothari

Led the strategic investment platform transformation across private market business lines, directing the delivery lifecycle for an enterprise Charles River Private Markets (CRPM) cloud-hosted implementation. Directed a Private Credit pilot, defined target operating model, and established rigorous project governance and controls.

Restructured and governed the Quasar Fund Code Programme portfolio spanning 800+ IT applications, 300 end-user tools and 70 external counterparties. Designed and delivered the Target Operating Model for middle and back-office operations outsourcing to State Street, and directed end-to-end implementation of the inaugural Charles River Private Markets platform.

Directed in-house development teams to deliver an automation programme in customer services operations, achieving 15 FTE savings and architecting a factory process targeting an additional 50+ FTE savings. Led a Speech Analytics programme providing insights and sentiment analysis from customer complaints and calls.

Selected to lead turnaround of a failing multi-vendor trade settlement platform migration, restructuring delivery to deliver on deadline for Societe Generale, Barclays, and ING, recovering a 3-month delay and generating £10M in cost savings. Designed the post-divestment business intelligence target operating model for Schroders Personal Wealth at Lloyds Bank, leading the rollout of Tableau MI dash

Drove the SEPA EMV roll-out of chip-and-pin capabilities and servicing across 17 European markets, owning technology delivery, risk and issue resolution, and managing a $12M budget over 3 years. Led the EU Cookies Privacy initiative remediating internet cookies across the American Express web estate in 10 European markets.

Managed 20 resources delivering multiple American Express projects across J2EE, VB, SQL Server, UDB and Access technologies. Served as offshore representative for the Delivery Manager, coordinating with Finance and the Project Office on monthly billing of 80+ resources across global locations.

Higher Diploma in Software Engineering from Aptech Computer Education.

Bachelor of Commerce from Rajasthan University.

Banking Diploma from the Chartered Banker Institute.