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Harald Logt

Sr Program Mgr regulation, merger & sustainability

€1,320/day
Amsterdam, NL
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Harald

Harald is an experienced programme manager and business consultant that delivers results quickly and specific to the customers' business and sponsor’s specific needs.

He has a track record in implementing strategic business and regulatory change, working with a wide range of stakeholders (customers, front-office, finance, legal, risk, IT and Operations) across the different jurisdictions in the EMEA region.

Harald has worked 20+ years in change and management functions across multiple organisations in Financial Services, before starting his own consulting business.

His consulting experience includes:

- Programme lead of the legal integration of the EU entities of a global bank to create one universal bank within the EU


- Customer Lead for a Market & Opportunity Review for trading in the Voluntary Carbon Market

- Project Lead for CSRD awareness and market opportunity analysis for a large global mobility services company.

- Project Lead for the Implementation of Sustainable Finance and Climate Risk Assessment methodology of a large UK commercial bank, reaching 1,000+ sector bankers and credit risk officers.


Harald brings 20+ years of international experience in business and regulatory change in financial services in Corporate, Institutional, Commercial & Investment Banking. He has lead large regulatory and strategic change initiation and implementation projects and is experienced in working in international matrix, multi-service, and multi- capability projects and teams.

Harald is the founder and owner of Planet A change & interim management BV since 2019.

Harald is certified in Sustainability Business Management (2019) and Sustainable Finance (2020) by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership and in Circular Economy by MIT Professional Education (2023). He has an up-to-date understanding of EU and international regulatory and policy context including CSRD, CSDDD, EU Taxonomy, ISSB, TCFD, GRI, and SASB.
  • Dutch

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Amsterdam (up to 20km), Utrecht (up to 20km)

Experience

  • Baringa Partners
    Associate Director - Climate Change & Financial Services
    March 2021 - Today (5 years and 3 months)
    Advisor Climate Change and Carbon Markets Assignments:
    - Voluntary and Compliance Carbon Market advisory
    - Carbon Offset Market Entry Strategy
    - Business implementation of Sustainable Finance Taxonomy and Regulation
    - Business implementation of Climate Change Risk Taxonomy
    - Customer Engagement of bank clients on Climate Change
    - Climate Change Stress Testing (Bank of England CBES)
  • Planet A - change & interim management
    Senior Program Manager and Senior Advisor
    January 2019 - Today (7 years and 5 months)
    Netherlands
    Experienced Programme Manager and Advisor on organisational change initiation and implementation. Track record in business change implementation, regulatory change, programme governance, business sustainability and sustainable finance Assignments:
    - Sustainability & ESG Market Proposition review and implementation
    - Sustainability Innovation Advisor in RFP process
    - Sustainability Business Awareness and Sustainable Finance capability building
    - Impact Assessment and Opportunity Review of EU Sustainability Regulations
  • NatWest Markets
    Chief Operating Officer NatWest Markets NV
    January 2017 - January 2019 (2 years)
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Start-up COO of NatWest Markets NV responsible for the start-up of the investment banking activities within the EU post the Brexit decision. Achievements:
    - defined Brexit legal entity strategy and lead the execution
    - designed and implemented the business operating model and governance structure
    - defined profiles and recruited the commercial, operational, functional roles (150 FTE)
    - agreed vendor contracts and service (outsourcing) agreements for the new entities
    - defined, tested and implemented the business (control) processes, systems and infrastructure
    - applied for and obtained supervisory approvals (banking license) to start activities within the EU
    - defined and implemented risk and policy frameworks for the head office and branches
    - moved customer contracts and positions from UK entity to the EU investment bank

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Education

  • Sustainable Finance, Finance and Financial Management Services
    UNIVERSITY of CAMBRIDGE
    2020
    Sustainable Finance, Finance and Financial Management Services
  • Business Sustainability Management, Sustainability Studies
    UNIVERSITY of CAMBRIDGE
    2019
    Business Sustainability Management, Sustainability Studies

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