Tom Morrison Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg, Gp, Za

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Responsible for Growth and Operations of Africa's largest independent payments company. More than R90bn TPV per annum

Africa And Latin America

Focused on Strategy Design, M&A and Strategic Execution across 2 continents, 9 operations and >USD1bn in assets. Reporting into Group CEO.Responsible for developing and evaluating the group and country strategies across lending, retail banking, insurance, and payments. Strong focus on fintech and digitisation of businesses across African and South American continents. The role involves balancing strategic design and rapid operationalisation.Role characterised by a high level of execution pressure and need to quickly unpack and understand unfamiliar problems before designing and implementing robust solutions. High level of stakeholder management across multiple global regions.Further responsibilities included:• Support of Group CEO alongside Group CFO in the execution of strategic direction• Delivery of initiatives across every business line, operation and functional area of the business• Involvement in the budgeting processes, with direct responsibility for key cross-operational outcomes• Simultaneous management and co-ordination of multi-functional teams across different operations and initiatives• Driving buy-in and engagement in design and implementation of solutions from the local operations CEO’s and management teams

Africa And Latin America

Global Operations Management:Responsible for the implementation of large-scale, multinational projects and operating model transformationResponsible for the oversight of the legal, financial and operational aspects of the projectsResponsible for commercial discussions with key suppliersDirectly generated >$USD10m in revenue in FY17 through delivery of revised Operating ModelM&A and StrategyResponsible for the oversight of key M&A opportunities (NAV >$200m)Developed IT Strategy, Digital Banking Strategy, country-specific origination and retention strategiesMember of StratComReport directly to Group CEO

Seconded with Group Exco into the turnaround of one of the Group’s operations (>US$400m in assets).Role involved the rapid delivery of key strategic and operational initiatives with mandate from CEO.• Support of CEO in execution and management of strategic direction and new business development• Pro-active development and implementation of new insurance and lending products and partnerships• Delivery of operational improvement across the customer life cycle alongside local leadership

Role involved working across Strategy, Business Development and Operations for global operations.Support Group CEOs in execution of their strategic direction and new business developmentSupport senior management in development of in-country strategy and competitor analysisDeliver operational improvement across the customer life cycle alongside local leadership.Support senior management in due diligence evaluation and researchDevelopment and roll-out of insurance products and collection mechanism pilotsSupport management in development of innovative new business linesModelling and support in development of non-traditional products and collection mechanisms tailored at low-cost marketLaunch insurance businesses across African and Latam operationsSupport the modelling and development of innovative insurance and credit products for our markets

Uk And Johannesburg

Worked across mobile and fixed telecoms, mining, sustainability and innovation.

South Africa

South Africa

Developed and refined an innovation mechanism for the evaluation and improvement of innovation across businesses in South Africa and globally.This involved looking at over 100 organisations and applying an innovation score card, as well as business evaluation to determine areas of comparative strength and weakness. Based on this, key innovation improvement levers were identified with tangible suggestions related to business operations and strategy.This work was expanded upon and is now a global benchmarking tool for innovation strength within organisations.

Bsc Eng. Hons Ind. Eng, Industrial Engineering, A

Activities and Societies: Golden Key Society, Parity Committee Member, SAIIE Member, Wits Rugby, Wits Waterpolo Graduated A aggregate.

High School Matriculation, A

Graduated with Distinction Prefect