PROFESSIONAL PROFILEExperienced Business and Partnership Development Manager, offering a successful 9-year track record of selling and growing specialist products and services in the payment and financial services industry. Able to work in consistently fast-paced environments and strive to offer solutions within the FinTech landscape that are relevant, in demand, and help deliver on high-level targets. Occupied strategic roles in large-scale payment solution management companies, with a specific focus on identifying business opportunities and developing capabilities for product management and customer strategy execution. A wealth of industry knowledge, sales strategy execution experience, and deep-seated relationships with crucial banking partners ensures a sound understanding of the Merchant, their aligned processes, and, more importantly, how to communicate that value to partners. MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS & HIGLIGHTS►Currently involved with the process of building an Omni-channel system for BMW South Africa with their UK development team, allowing clients to select cars, parts, and services on the floor and complete the payment journey from their own devices.►Successfully structuring and signing on banking partners to a public sector agreement, enabling accessibility to large government entities with 3 to 5-year contracts.►Worked with technical banking teams to successfully move over their entire merchant base onto a new bank link while ensuring minimal loss in processing.►Worked with a major international retailer to help build a complex online marketplace to expand in the South African market rapidly.►Project managed a critical recon project with a sizeable strategic merchant, implementing temporary internal processes until our technical team could deliver the required functionality.►Using a mix of our payment technology and bank capability to create a custom payment system for a car hire company.►Managed a multi-tenancy project with Leroy merlin which required collaboration between 5 different systems, run by different teams based all around the world.►Designed and implemented an "Uber" style system and solution for high-security VIP company.►Created a personal family investment fund using Ethereum as base currency and have been investing in Crypto for 3 years. Completed a Udemy course "Blockchain for Business: The New Industrial Revolution".