Abdullah Khan is an accomplished and results-driven IT and consulting executive with 20 years of experience in developing and implementing technology strategies to meet core business objectives. Over the last 15 years in the financial services industry, Abdullah held various senior and executive leadership positions leading technology functions and large-scale digital transformation programs with strong focus on commercial return on investment, customer experience, operational performance and business agility. He is passionate about making the complex simple, and the simple compelling through driving adoption and implementation of new ways of working and digital transformations. With extensive experience in leading large technology functions in regulated industries, Abdullah is adept at turbocharging digital transformation programs that drive digital capabilities, operational performance and data driven experiences while improving agility, cost efficiencies and risk posture to enable business success while aligning technology with board’s risk appetite.His approach to maximise sustainable business value and deliver a competitive edge, centres on approaches such as scaled agile, customer centred design, DevOps, secure by design, hyper automation, shift left and servant leadership practices. Through these approaches, Abdullah has reduced lead and cycle time by 500%, cost reduction by 70% and created pipelines of customer defined offerings that are secure and compliant. Abdullah attributes success to attracting and building high-performing teams, a strong engineering capability, robust risk and compliance governance discipline and establishing commercially sound, strong partner ecosystems to drive progressive change. All with a relentless focus on the exceptional customer service experience.Abdullah holds a bachelor’s degree in IT from Monash University, an MBA from Macquarie University, and an executive certification in Digital Business Strategy from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.