Financial services consulting firm Sionic has expanded its focus on client lifecycle management (CLM) for the US market with the appointment of senior business strategist Robert Bing as a Partner in its Banking & Markets practice.
Robert (pictured) is an experienced Chief Administrative Officer and strategic business leader, with over 20 years’ experience of working with financial institutions across the US and Europe.
Before joining Sionic, Robert served as Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer at HSBC Private Banking, Americas and Santander Commercial Bank, US. He has held positions of Head of Client Lifecycle Management, US Country Head, Head of Business Management and Head of Business Risk & Control Management.
Robert has extensive experience working on process re-engineering, large scale anti money-laundering initiatives, de-risking strategies, managing large cross-functional teams, and working with external regulators and internal auditors.
In his early career, Robert worked in the Litigation & Dispute practice in the financial advisory services group of Deloitte & Touche. Robert holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from New Jersey City University where he majored in Management & Finance and a Masters of Business Administration in Innovation and Entrepreneurial Leadership from Felician University. He is also a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and a certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (ACAMS).
Sionic offers a range of services in business strategy, operational excellence and improvement, technology transformation and digitisation, international regulatory compliance, risk, finance and control, leadership, talent and cultural transformation to banking, asset and investment management, financial markets infrastructure, wealth management, insurance and reinsurance clients. In December 2021, Sionic became part of the Davies Group, a specialist professional services and technology firm, working with leading insurance, highly regulated and global businesses.
Robert said: “Joining Sionic presents an amazing opportunity to be part of an organization in rapid growth mode. The culture and core values system are strongly aligned to my personal value system and approach to getting things done. I’m very proud to be part of this organization and I am looking forward to working with our talented team in identifying solutions and providing great value for our clients.”
