Pratap Rao is the geography head for South Africa. He joined EXL in 2001, and has since managed diverse portfolios across the organisation from Process Excellence (Quality), Operations and Migrations.

In his time with EXL, he has worked across various domains, client geographies and functions across the wide spectrum of Customer Experience, Quality, Migrations, Training and Service Delivery. Pratap has a total experience of 20+ years in Sales, Inbound Tourism and the ITES industry. Pratap holds a Bachelor’s degree in English from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata (India) with specialization in Economics and History.

S’Lene is responsible for leading the Human Resource function for the South Africa geography. She has more than 23 years of Human Resource management experience within different industries, FMCG, Financial/Banking, IT and 10 years within Business Process Outsourcing (BPO). Her past experience as a senior leader in the BPO include managing Human Resources functions, new business tenders, project management, due diligence and client onboarding. She was also previously responsible for the full HR function servicing an offshore operations with +-1400 FTEs. She has more than 15 years of experience in working on key strategic projects within Human Resources to ensure continuous improvement.

S’Lene completed her tertiary qualification in Human Resources Management, Labour Relations and several leadership programs from the University of Stellenbosch business school.

Rahul Arora is EXL’s Client Executive for a leading utilities provider in the UK. During his 10 years in this role, he spearheaded the Customer Transformation Programme.

Rahul is responsible for growth, strategy and client management. Collectively, he has over 15 years’ experience in managing large client operations and relationships, improving operational performance and sales and marketing for multiple clients in utilities, consulting, banking, financial services and the BPM industry. Rahul graduated from Institute of Hotel Management, Bhopal.

Jonathan Phillips is Senior Vice President and Geography Head for UK & Europe.

Having spent over 35 years in the Financial Services sector, Jonathan is an Insurance expert and his knowledge and experience spans across both retail and commercial lines in multiple markets around the globe. He has held C-suite roles at leading insurance organizations including Zurich, AIG and Chubb . During his career, Jonathan has focused on delivering optimization and transformation across the insurance value chain, competitive advantage, material gains for P&L, increase in NPS and customer satisfaction scores, whilst at the same time increasing employee engagement.

Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Movement from Trinity College, University of Leeds.

Mohit Manchanda is Vice President and Head of Insurance practice for UK & Europe which includes Operations Management, Digital Transformation, Analytics, Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance. In his role, Mohit is responsible for shaping the overall strategy and growth of Insurance business and owns the full P&L responsibility including sales, client relationship management, product development, partnership & alliances and acquisitions.

Mohit has 20+ years of experience in business management across multiple Industry verticals including Insurance, Banking & Capital Markets, Professional Services, Utilities, Travel, Retail, Hospitality and Manufacturing. Mohit has held multiple roles during his tenure at EXL including setting up the Consulting and Finance & Accounting practice across US, UK & Europe and APAC region. Prior to EXL, Mohit worked with two of the Big 4 accounting firms and is a Chartered Accountant by profession.