Operations & Infrastructure

In 1993 Jay Gaines & Company was asked to do the first pure operations search at the commencement of the repositioning of operations on Wall Street. Since then operations represents a significant practice for us globally. We have sat at the evolving edge of the integration between risk, controllers, finance, and securities processing, recognized in the Economist as the leading search firm in Operations.

Head of Operations & Processing Systems,
Knight Trading Group
Develop and execute a strategy for becoming self-clearing and achieving a competitive advantage through highly efficient, low cost, straight through processing systems.

MD, Securities Processing Renovation,
Morgan Stanley

Develop a new blueprint for the millennium to rebuild Morgan Stanley's global back office processes and systems encompassing operations, compliance, legal, credit, IT, controllership, etc.
MD, Operations,
Lazard Freres Company
Manage all operations functions on behalf of this dynamic, growing firm.
MD, Head of Global Operations,
Barclays Capital Group
Completely rebuild operations, upgrading staff, systems, and processes globally.
VP, Clearance & Settlement, Europe,
Instinet, London
Build from scratch European cross-boarder Clearance and Settlement. Launch a self-clearing business as a new revenue source.
Principal, Global Foreign Exchange Operations,
Morgan Stanley
Stabilize and strengthen operations in support of this $800 million high growth business.
Global Head,
Operations,
Instinet
Manage global operations integrating US, European and Asian processes. Build a self-clearing capability and reduce reconciliation fails through automation and reengineering.
Principal, Collateral Management,
Morgan Stanley
Develop a sophisticated collateral management operation spanning products and supporting new product development and lending activities.
VP, Supply Chain
Strategy, MedChannel.com
Create a new, integrated supply chain strategy as the backbone for this exciting medical supply e-commerce startup.
VP, Materials Management,
MedChannel.com
Create a global sourcing and procurement capability for this high growth, e-commerce, medical supply company.