Abdoul Aziz Wane -

Deployed by Halian to lead strategic delivery initiatives within the IT Strategy & Planning division at Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB). Progressively entrusted with leadership responsibilities across digital delivery, portfolio governance, and business-IT alignment. Began as Chapter Lead for the Consumer Digital Platform, overseeing the delivery of 12+ digital products across cross-functional teams (Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Solution Architects) and reporting directly to Senior platform Head and Portfolio Leadership. Later served as IT Business Partner for ADCB Operations (ITMAM), aligning delivery with operational priorities, improving governance practices, and enabling outcome-focused execution. Concluded the assignment as Governance & Delivery Lead, where I supported the Head of Portfolio Performance (PPO) with governance continuity and execution standards, ensuring adherence to ADCB's Agile Operating Model and established delivery standards.

Directed cross-functional IT teams to deliver a key stream within AXA's strategic Network Transformation programme. Oversaw the implementation of Carrier Hotels to enhance interconnectivity between AXA regional clouds and major public cloud providers (Azure, AWS). Improved resilience, performance, and scalability of core infrastructure.

Led key IT initiatives for the Corporate Bank (CB) business, delivering solutions such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, Salesforce, and Webex. Managed the migration of 15TB of Microsoft Outlook public folders and the compliance of hundreds of applications as part of Barclays IT infrastructure transformation. Enabled the shift to Microsoft Azure Cloud, reducing operational costs by 30% while strengthening security and scalability. Presented monthly updates on all CB IT programmes to the COO, senior MDs, and business managers.

Directed the Simphonie programme, deploying pre-payment solutions to clinics and hospitals nationwide. Resulted in a 20% reduction in unpaid bills and improved revenue assurance. Led multiple projects with cross-functional teams of 20+, including offshore resources, external vendors, and internal stakeholders. Managed a €1.5M budget and reported directly to the CEO and Sales Director of Ingenico Healthcare.

• Directed the delivery of a €1.5M custom-built ERP system, leading a 20-member cross-functional team across external vendors and internal IT to deploy an enterprise-wide solution supporting 2,000 users globally across Operations, Marketing, Finance, and Sales. Enabled seamless integration of core business processes and improved global operational efficiency. • Strengthened programme governance and delivery performance by implementing structured prioritisation and change control processes, reducing turnaround time for business requests and enabling faster deployment of enhancements. This led to more predictable delivery and increased stakeholder confidence

• Managed Smart Metering projects portfolio within the Operating/Business Support Systems (OSS/BSS) division, directing multiple managed services partners to deliver more flexible and efficient energy usage to UK businesses and individual consumers. • Monitored overall program progress, resolving dependencies, major issues, initiating corrective actions, coordinating and fostering teamwork within the wider organisation

• Directed Program and Vendors, planning the deployment of High Speed Fibre Optical Network for 125 hospitals, clinics and Datacentres, enhancing efficiencies for core applications such as systems used in Cancer treatment • Managed several workstreams for the “Hôpital Numérique” Program (Digital Hospital), to comply with technical or business regulations enforced by the French government in order to modernize the National Health Information Systems.

• Planning for the Product strategic roadmap to align with corporate objectives and reporting delivery progress to the executive committee • Head of Web Applications Developers delivering Web Portals, enhancing Users browsing experience by linking Publishers and Advertisers using ISPs transformed network infrastructure • Managed Mobiles devices applications (iPhone, iPad, Android) bringing Mobility and Scalability for the company’s behavioural targeting solutions

• Recruited and coached Project Managers to drive high performance and improve our Capacity, thereby reaching the Service Maturity Level expected by internal customers • Led a business Transformation programme (« Rightshore ») reorganising Client Network operations optimally and reducing costs up to tenfold whilst delivering a better support quality for external customers • Headed cross-functional teams of 50+ consisting of Delivery Managers, Engagement Managers, Architects, Project Managers, Engineers and Network Administrators to ensure business benefits are on track • Negotiated with Suppliers on services, cost, delivery dates, terms and conditions related to the support of customers’ network equipment in Datacenters improving the profit and loss position of Capgemini

• Head of IT Delivery for major Network Transformation projects or Requests for Changes (RfCs) from initiation to sign-off, designing and delivering the most cost effective solutions, among various proposal options, ensuring business benefits are realised (e.g. project margins forecast) • Deployed the OSS/BSS-Operating/Business Support Systems (e.g. Billing, Revenue Assurance, Network Management Systems) for multi-million pounds Change programs such as Next Generation S/GGSN, IN, HLR, MSS and Voice Mail Services, reducing Operational costs and enhancing Capabilities of Tmobile 3G Network and Value Added Services • Coordinated team of functional IT managers, Contractors and 3rd party suppliers of Customer/Revenue Management Systems to deliver projects or assess the impact of major Changes on the cost, delivery baseline, resource plans and solution • Migrated the VPN (Virtual Private Network), Internet bandwidth and Access Control services, improving T-Mobile productivity by enhancing the reliability of the remote access to T-Mobile network for 4000+ employees