Anna: COO/Managing Director - USA

 

iCEO™: 97721

Position: COO/Managing Director

Nationality: USA

Home Country: USA

 

Operating executive with 20+ years of COO-level leadership across financial services and digital platforms, distinguished by the breadth of operator roles spanning P&L ownership, COO, market operations, and strategic advisory.

1) Building and scaling operating infrastructure from the ground up: Grew a new business line from 300 to 1,000+ employees across 4 acquisitions, directed $2B+ product strategy and $200M+ technology investment, and established the operating model, decision rights, and organizational capabilities that enabled a complex, multi-sided platform to scale with pace and discipline. 2) Driving transformation in high-stakes, regulated environments: Led enterprise-wide transformation across investment banking, wealth management, and consumer platforms delivering $100M+ in cost optimization, $250M+ in post-merger synergies, and closure of 60+ critical audit findings while navigating regulatory readiness with the OCC, FRB, CFPB and SEC. 3) Architecting the operating model for what comes next: Partnered with executive leadership teams at critical inflection points to design operating models across people, process, and technology, closing the gap between strategic intent and execution across complex, high-stakes environments.