Iqbal is a Project Management Consultant, and is Project Management Professional (PMP) certified. Iqbal is an accomplished and integrity- driven Professional, offering 18 years of enormous success in Project Management in the corporate environment nationally. His experience in Project, Programme, Portfolio and Project Management Consultation consisted of various strategic themes and focused around the following: • Improved customer Service and Experience, • Implement low cost ICT platforms, • Improved turn around times, • Roll out of New technologies, • Innovation, • Business Process Improvement, • Improving execution and delivery of Projects, • Standardised and simplified solutions, • Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity • Operational cost reduction. • Business to Business Integration • Automation of Manual Process • Call Centres • Compliance • Integration of systems • Enterprise Content Management Iqbal is recognised as a savvy leader with the ability to Manage Virtual Teams, and executes projects and programmes from a de- centralised location. His key experience includes: • Participating and facilitation in the alignment of Projects to Strategy. • Participating in the building of the rolling three year strategy. • Developing the skill level of the PM’s in the team through coaching and training. • Delivery of Portfolio, Programmes, and Projects. • Actively manage staff and project resources • Management of the PMO budget, processes and optimal delivery of projects. • Change management of all projects within Portfolio. • Business and Executive Stakeholder Management. • Participate in all Project forums. • Management of multiple, complex projects to achieve strategic and organizational results • Establishment of Project Management Offices (PMO), for Consumer Credit and Personal Loans. • Application of all PMBOK processes and fundamentals • Compilation of Project Documentation • Maintain project governance and compliance. • Provide Reporting to Business and various project forums. • Management of projects and programmes – scope, time, cost, quality, process, resources, risks and issues. • Application of Software development life cycle (SDLC). • Consult with stakeholders and provide recommendations. • Management of virtual teams across South Africa. • Professional engagement with clients and vendors. • Relationship Building In his personal capacity, he has spent the last 12 years developing and fostering Project Management in South Africa, through the participation in Project Management South Africa (PMSA), as a Director, National Executive Committee Member and Branch President. This included the hosting of regional events and conferences, which included local and international subject matter experts providing workshops and presentations on various topics related to Project Management in the different industries nationally and internationally. Being a people – centre person, he has been assisting individuals over the past ten years as a coach and mentor.