Michael Samaan

Michael Samaan has a diverse work experience spanning across multiple industries. Michael started their career in 2005 as an Executive Officer at HM Prison Service. Michael then worked as an Operations Analyst for the Consumer Direct Central Team at the dti (Department of Trade and Industry: Republic of South Africa) from October 2005 to June 2006.

From July 2006 to July 2010, Michael worked at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence as an Operations & Billing Coordinator and later as a PMO. Michael then joined Computacenter as a Lloyds Banking Group Portfolio Management Office (PMO) - PMO Finance Manager from January 2011 to December 2012. Michael'sresponsibilities included financial management, budget management, and reporting functions for the LBG Portfolio.

In 2013, Michael joined Lloyds Banking Group as a PMO Finances in the Commercial Banking sector. Michael managed project costs, tracked project spend, and reported on a highly confidential Regulatory Change NDA project. From August 2014 to February 2017, they worked at HSBC as an MI Analyst, Finance Analyst, and PMO Finances. Michael played a key role in managing project costs, tracking project spend, and reporting on a confidential IRP project within Global Banking & Markets.

Michael continued their career at HSBC as a Finance Business Manager, Regulatory Compliance Europe from August 2017 to March 2018. Michael was responsible for supporting all CRAO financial and headcount reporting activity for RC EUROPE. Michael'sresponsibilities included supporting the delivery and financial tracking against the AOP for costs and headcount, managing financials, cost analysis, tracking, budgets, and all financial reporting across RC Europe.

In 2018, Michael joined TSB Bank as a PMO Finance Lead / Finance Business Partner for a brief period of June to September. Michael then moved to BP as a PMO (Finance) Lead from April to October 2019. Currently, they are working at YouView TV Limited as a Finance PMO Lead since October 2019.

From 1995 to 1999, Michael Samaan attended London Metropolitan University, where they earned a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Accounting and Business with a focus on Finance.