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SHENAAZ KHAN

Johannesburg

Summary

Strategic Customer Operations and Commercial Leadership Executive with more than 30 years of professional experience and over 25 years of leadership delivering operational excellence, customer experience transformation and commercial performance across Financial Services, Insurance and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO). Throughout my career I have successfully progressed into increasingly senior leadership positions by consistently improving business performance, strengthening governance frameworks and building high-performing customer operations. My experience spans client governance, outsourcing oversight, operational excellence, quality assurance, customer experience, leadership development, compliance, complaints management and commercial accountability. Currently responsible for the commercial and operational delivery of a major outsourced portfolio supporting First National Bank (FNB), providing executive accountability for client governance, operational performance and cross-functional collaboration across Operations, Sales, Information Technology, Development, Reporting, Recruitment, Learning & Development and Quality Assurance. Recognised as a trusted business partner who combines strategic thinking with operational execution to deliver measurable business outcomes while building customer-centric organisations and developing high-performing teams.

Work History

MSA Outsourcing Solutions

Sales Practice Manager

AIG South Africa
  • Progressed through three senior leadership positions at AIG: Sales Practice Manager, Relationship Manager, Head of Contact Centres.
  • Developed and implemented quality assurance and scripting governance to align with EMEA best practices, enhancing operational consistency.
  • Directed governance of outsourced operations in South Africa, Kenya and Manila, ensuring compliance and quality standards.
  • Achieved Employee of the Year recognition for four consecutive years by consistently exceeding performance targets.
  • Honoured with the AIG 10-Year Long Service Award for a decade of dedicated service and commitment to the organisation.

O'Keeffe & Swartz

  • Executive accountability for a 180-seat outsourced customer operation supporting First National Bank.
  • Responsible for governance across 16 customer campaigns.
  • Successfully improved operational profitability from 53% to 73%.
  • Scaled operations from 60 to 190 employees during business expansion.

Education

NQF Level 5 Digital Marketing -

Digital School of Marketing
01-2024

SVQ Level 5 Customer Experience Performance Leader -

COPC EMEA
01-2022

NVQ Level 5 Leadership -

VUKA Leadership Apps for Life
01-2022

Six Sigma Green Belt -

Six Sigma Institute
01-2021

Regulatory Examination (RE5) -

01-2018

Management Development Programme - (NQF 6)

GIBS
01-2018

Diploma in Occupationally Directed Education, Training and Development Practices -

Maccuvlei
01-2015

Leadership Development Programme -

Stephen Covey Institute
01-2009

FAIS Certificate of Competence -

Moonstone
01-2008

COP Certificate of Proficiency - Level 4

01-2007

Skills

  • Executive Leadership
  • Customer Operations Leadership
  • Commercial Leadership
  • Business Transformation
  • Executive Client Governance
  • Strategic Stakeholder Management
  • Shared Services Leadership
  • Operational Excellence
  • Customer Experience (CX)
  • Contact Centre Leadership
  • Service Delivery
  • Operational Risk Management
  • Performance Management
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Governance & Compliance
  • Outsourcing Governance
  • Vendor Management
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Quality Assurance Governance
  • Audit & Governance Reviews
  • Treating Customers Fairly (TCF)
  • Complaints Management
  • P&L Accountability
  • Budget Management
  • Revenue Growth
  • Operational Performance
  • KPI Management
  • Productivity Improvement
  • Profitability Optimisation
  • Executive Coaching
  • Leadership Development
  • Succession Planning
  • Talent Development
  • Change Leadership
  • Cross-functional Collaboration

Custom

Strategic Customer Operations and Commercial Leadership Executive with more than 30 years of professional experience and over 25 years of leadership delivering operational excellence, customer experience transformation and commercial performance across Financial Services, Insurance and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)., Client governance, Outsourcing oversight, Operational excellence, Quality assurance, Customer experience, Leadership development, Compliance, Complaints management, Commercial accountability, Currently responsible for the commercial and operational delivery of a major outsourced portfolio supporting First National Bank (FNB), providing executive accountability for client governance, operational performance and cross-functional collaboration across Operations, Sales, Information Technology, Development, Reporting, Recruitment, Learning & Development and Quality Assurance.

Timeline

MSA Outsourcing Solutions

Sales Practice Manager

AIG South Africa

O'Keeffe & Swartz

NQF Level 5 Digital Marketing -

Digital School of Marketing

SVQ Level 5 Customer Experience Performance Leader -

COPC EMEA

NVQ Level 5 Leadership -

VUKA Leadership Apps for Life

Six Sigma Green Belt -

Six Sigma Institute

Regulatory Examination (RE5) -

Management Development Programme - (NQF 6)

GIBS

Diploma in Occupationally Directed Education, Training and Development Practices -

Maccuvlei

Leadership Development Programme -

Stephen Covey Institute

FAIS Certificate of Competence -

Moonstone

COP Certificate of Proficiency - Level 4

SHENAAZ KHAN