Bobby Bains
About Bobby Bains
Bobby Bains is a Project Manager and IT Service Owner currently working at HSBC Global Banking and Markets in London. He has extensive experience in the financial sector, having held various roles at UBS, Schroders, BP, and Deutsche Bank, and has contributed to significant advancements in data analytics and governance.
Work at HSBC
Bobby Bains has been employed at HSBC Global Banking and Markets since 2015, where he serves as Project Manager and IT Service Owner. In this role, he has managed the turnaround of the Financial Crime Intelligence Analytics programme, which involved stabilizing a solution that analyzes billions of records weekly to support regulatory investigations. He has also played a key role in establishing effective governance and controls across multiple global applications within the organization. His contributions include delivering data analytics and artificial intelligence capabilities to over 3,000 users globally within HSBC's Global Standards division.
Previous Experience at UBS
Prior to his current role at HSBC, Bobby Bains worked at UBS as Compliance and Operational Risk Controls CTO from 2014 to 2015 for one year in London, United Kingdom. He also held a position as Front-Office Developer at UBS Investment Bank AB from 2004 to 2005. His experience at UBS has contributed to his expertise in compliance and operational risk management within the financial services sector.
Career Background in Financial Services
Bobby Bains has extensive experience in the financial services industry. He worked as Chief Enterprise Architect at BP from 2005 to 2010, overseeing the Fuels Value Chain across multiple countries including the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, and Germany. He served as Lead Business and Information Architect at Deutsche Bank from 2010 to 2011 and as Enterprise Architect and Programme Manager at HSBC from 2011 to 2012. Additionally, he worked at Schroders as an Enterprise Architect and Solution Architect in 2013.
Education and Expertise
Bobby Bains studied at the University of Warwick, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Sciences from 1992 to 1995. His educational background has provided him with a strong foundation in management principles, which he has applied throughout his career in various roles within the financial services sector.
Achievements in Technology Implementation
Bobby Bains has been involved in implementing new technology proof of concepts, including blockchain and cryptocurrency, from 2018 to 2020. He led the delivery of over 30 complex analytics releases on the Compliance Data Analytics platform, achieving defect rates averaging less than 0.5 per release. His work also includes building analytics using the Ab Initio ETL platform, HortonWorks’ Big Data Hadoop/Spark platform, and Google Cloud Platform technologies.