Tom Phebey on LinkedIn: It was good to feel the sand back between the toes on this holiday back in… (2024)

Tom Phebey

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It was good to feel the sand back between the toes on this holiday back in the UAE last year. I realise there is some LinkedIn chatter about the site turning more into Facebook than its networking origins intended, but I am easing my way back in, and there will be more purpose when September comes round, I promise. A friend, helpfully role-playing a potential future employer recently challenged me, "So what sets you apart from all these other applicants?" It often translates nowadays into the ‘what’s your superpower?’ question.Over the course of my career, I've worked in nearly every team and unit within the Compliance function imaginable: - from sat in the middle of businesses, helping, challenging and guiding; to- setting up new desks, entities and even country presences, end-to-end with regulatory and licence applications and embedded enterprise risk frameworks; to- lamp-in-the-face inspections and investigations from the authorities; to- writing policies and designing control frameworks from scratch and then driving implementation locally/globally; to- testing, assuring and monitoring that all that is working effectively; to- Playing a decisive and purposeful role heading/around Management and Risk committee tables of all shapes and sizes; to- leading and managing teams of diverse sizes, backgrounds and experiences, as a hands-on, empathetic, player-coach. I’ve done that across most products and client segments in financial services, and in most locations you can think of, given the geographical exposure Standard Chartered and Bear Stearns gave me over the last two decades.BUT, are those superpowers? No. Lots of you will have done/are doing lots of that. My REAL superpowers… the things almost no-one can do better than me on the planet: Weaning that one on the left off Pokemon cards, and onto football stickers, to EVERYONE’S relief; andAs a baby, getting that one on the right, a terrible sleeper, to nod off each night AND transition him from arms to cot seamlessly However, all that important stuff earlier might also be exactly what you're looking for to assist and grow your businesses and teams. If so, give me a follow, and drop me a message. Let’s chat.Now if I can just get that one on the left riding a bike before summer holidays, I will be ready for The Avengers!

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Amit Jain

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Beautiful note. V much belongs on Linkedin

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Carwyn Evans

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Good to see the Albion flag being flown there by the boys.

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Muhammad Tashreef Reza

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Beautifully note!

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