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Description

Agathe has a total professional experience of 23 years, after starting in a law firm, she has been working in asset management for over 18 years. Versatile and multi-specialist with a background in law and project management, she has worked in the Legal, Compliance, Regulatory Risks, IT and Strategic Marketing departments.

She has developed the following knowledge and skills:

Expertise and business knowledge:

 PMO, Project Manager Esma Cloud, DORA, EBA, CSSF (ICT outsourcing and incident management)

 Consulting, coordination of regulatory projects in asset management

 Financial Legal (financial contracts, Rules and regulations applicable to UCITS, AIFM, MMF)

 Regulatory Risks (Investment rules, ratios, risk allocation)

 Marketing (design of new products and services, project coordination, Product management)

 Compliance (2nd level control over operations and services, audit, Implementation of regulatory changes)

Organizational skills:

 Requirements gathering

 Business/IT interface

 Strategic planning

 Autonomy in task management

 Communication and interpersonal skills

 Versatile

Sector knowledge:

 Financial products and services

 Investment funds,

 Management company and investment company

 Banks,

 Insurance companies,

 Asset management regulations UCIT, AIFM, SFDR, MIF II, ETF, ESG, EMIR

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Fluent
French
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris 8e Arrondissement (up to 50km)

La Banque Postale
Project Manager: Management of the DORA Contract Remediation Task Force
BANKING AND INSURANCE
March 2025 - Today (1 year and 3 months)
Paris, France

- Animation and management of remediation work with the Purchasing, Legal and IT, Risks teams
- Production of deliverables for contract remediation (operating procedure, RACI, Compliance Visas, decision tree)
- Definition of rules and exclusion criteria in-scope DORA or outscope DORA
- Review of contracts, risk analysis of points discussed by suppliers and preparation of reasoned responses
- Legal monitoring and operational implementation of regulatory texts and guidelines
- Participation and contribution to other bodies on the DORA pillars: Risk management, Incidents, resilience
- On EBA/SRU Run activities: Management of delivery of exit strategies; PCI campaign animation

DORA Activity management Permanent control PMO Compliance
CAGIP
DORA Project Manager
BANKING AND INSURANCE
June 2024 - December 2024 (6 months)
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France
• In-depth decryption of the DORA regulation and delegated acts to guarantee compliance.
• Conducting gap analyses and developing targeted remediation plans.
• Full management of the compliance project, ensuring coordination between the Purchasing, IT, Business, SSI, Legal and Compliance teams.
• Preparation and presentation of strategic materials (dashboards, progress reports), and facilitation of monitoring committees and project weather reports. (Kick-off, Copil/ Project Committee)
• Proactive risk management, monitoring of remediation plans and implementation of a rigorous monitoring framework.

Major achievements:
• Clear and precise definition of the scope of services impacted by DORA. Validation of PCI qualification / dequalification to non-PCI. (350 IT services eligible for DORA out of a total of 500 services, including 40 PCI); Implementation of the PCI / Non PCI qualification matrix with eligibility for SRB/EBA/DORA regulations.
• Design of standard document templates to assess the criticality of each service and analyze the associated risks.
• Formalization of key regulatory information and registration in the dedicated register.
Results:
Activity management
Henner SAS
DORA Project Manager
BANKING AND INSURANCE
June 2024 - February 2025 (8 months)
• Definition of the regulatory scope: Identification and delimitation of the services concerned by DORA, with the development of clear criteria to differentiate between in and out scope elements.
• Support for contributing teams: IT, SSI, Purchasing, Legal, Compliance: Operational and strategic assistance in the implementation of corrective actions, ensuring execution aligned with regulatory requirements.
• Facilitation of collaborative workshops: Design and facilitation of workshops with business contributors, followed by the production of strategic summary deliverables for the executive board.
• Governance and monitoring: Preparation, facilitation and drafting of minutes of steering committees and monitoring bodies (Coproj), ensuring rigorous governance and smooth communication of progress.
• Document modeling: Creation of standard templates for assessing the criticality of services (PCI/non PCI) and risks, facilitating structured management, matrix of mandatory clauses and elements of exit strategy for PCIs.
• Implementation of regulatory registers (ROI and Incidents): Formalization and registration of critical data in the DORA registers, respecting the requirements of the regulatory authorities.
• Outsourcing processes and operating procedures: Development and implementation of robust processes compliant with DORA standards, strengthening the management of supplier relationships.
• Implementation of rigorous governance frameworks and inter-team coordination to achieve compliance objectives.
DORA Process optimization Regulatory reporting