About
Melanie Aimer is Chief Commercial Officer at Finance in Motion and a senior executive with over 20 years of experience in global financial services, including roles at Citibank, BNP Paribas, Barclays, and Schroders across corporate and investment banking, capital markets, asset management, and wealth management. Her career encompasses leadership in sales, client experience, product strategy, digital solutions, and enterprise transformation, with focus on developing go-to-market strategies and modernizing operations across regulated global environments. She has experience serving mass affluent, high net worth, ultra-high net worth, family office, institutional, and corporate client segments.
Experience
- Finance in MotionChief Commercial Officercurrent2026 — present
- SchrodersHead of Client Group Transformation & Head of Value Proposition (Interim)2025 — 2026London Area, United Kingdom
- Barclays Private Bank and Wealth ManagementManaging Dir:Head of International Banking & Global Head of Client Experience: Private Bank & Wealth2020 — 2025Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Barclays Private BankManaging Director: Global Head of Client Experience: Barclays Private Bank2020 — 2021Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- BNP Paribas Asset ManagementGlobal Head of Client Experience2018 — 2020London Area, United Kingdom
- BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional BankingGlobal Head of Digital for Employees: Corporate and Institutional Bank (CIB)2016 — 2018Paris
- BNP ParibasGlobal Head of Client Development: Global Markets2015 — 2016London
- BNP ParibasGlobal Head of Client Development: Fixed Income2014 — 2015London Area, United Kingdom
- BNP ParibasGlobal Head of Client Development: FXLM2013 — 2014London Area, United Kingdom
- CitiGlobal Business Development Manager: FX Institutional Sales, Global Markets2011 — 2013London Area, United Kingdom
- CitiEMEA Global Markets Strategic Client and Business Development, Vice President2009 — 2011London Area, United Kingdom
- CitiSenior Strategy Officer & Coverage Business Analyst, Local Commercial Bank,2008 — 2009City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
- CitiSouth Africa Compensation and Benefits Manager2006 — 2007City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
- CitiSouth Africa HR Operations Manager2005City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Education
- University of Cape TownBusiness Science Honours Degree, Bachelor of Business Science (Honours)1998 — 2003
Skills & more
Commercial Management6Successful Negotiation6Business Negotiation4Problem Solving3Business Leadership3Financial Instruments3Decision-Making2Executive Management2Investing2Strategic Initiatives2Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)2End to End Solutions2
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Global StrategyExecutive LeadershipBusiness IntegrationBusiness StrategySales ManagementWealth Management ServicesPrivate BankingInterdisciplinary CollaborationEasily AdaptableManagementStrategyLeadershipLanguages English
- Brummell Magazine Top 30 Ones to Watch 2016 & Inspirational Women Trailblazers 2022 — Brummell Magazine
From Melanie's professional profile.
Colleagues at Finance in Motion
Andrii Rozumny
CRO at Finance in Motion
Anne Zeller
Institutional Investor Relations at Finance in Motion
Borislav Kostadinov
Portfolio Manager at Finance in Motion
Diego Stapff
Portfolio Manager at Finance in Motion
Elvira Lefting
Investor at Finance in Motion
Georg Sticher
Investor at Finance in Motion
Hector Gomez
Managing Director at Finance in Motion
Iveta Tancheva-Nikolova
Portfolio Manager at Finance in Motion
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Melanie Aimer work?
- Melanie Aimer is Chief Commercial Officer at Finance in Motion.
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Shared employers
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