
Hema Raghunath
Project Manager/Programme Manager

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About me
Popia Operational Compliance & Program Management
Education

Project Management Institute
2009 - 2010PMP Project Management
Unisa
1998 - 2004Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) Business Administration, Management and Operations
Cranefield College of Project and Programme Management
2006 - 2008Post graduate diploma in Project Management Project Management
Cranefield College of Project and Programme Management
2004 - 2008Advanced Diploma in Project Management Project Management
Monash University South Africa
2016 - 2019Masters in International Business International Business/Trade/CommerceIn-depth study of International Business encompassing International Business Strategy, Marketing Business Management,Trade Law,International Economics , Accounting,and the Cultural Landscape that is apart of the international arena.

Monash University
2016 - 2019Masters In International Business International/Global StudiesSubject :International Management -Comment by professor " The presentation I did actually elevated the standard of the class"

Monash South Africa
2016 - 2019Masters in International Business International BusinessStudy of International Business Management

Damelin
2004 - 2005Fundamentals of Project Management Project Management
Experience

Liberty Life
Aug 1989 - Jul 2008Project Manager/Programme ManagerMy career started at Liberty Life from a junior role and progressed to a programme manger role. Coupled with this my skill level spanned from the business operations division to the professional Actuarial environment to the group level programme and IT divisions. Project and experience was well aligned to my professional journey as I moved from one division to the next.I had the privilege of succesfully deliverabling projects and programs from an operational, tactical and strategic level across the entire Insurance and investment industry. Show less

Nedbank Personal loans
Aug 2008 - Jan 2010Project Manager
MTN IS- CIO Office
Feb 2010 - Aug 2017Currently the Program Manager for the implementation of the Oracle RODOD implementation for the Enterprise stream.The scope includes the MTN Enterprise stream for MTNSA, Group Enterprise and the cross border Opco's which are Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda. The is a first time initiative for the organization where many innovative models are to be created.The program scope covers the implementation of the Oracle Rodod software into MTN, re-engineering business process,polices and procedures ,End to end integration and user testing across all the business streams,report identification and creation,business dependency management, inflight project managment,re-engineering and product caltalogue creation,Change managment and full training of all new processes, systems and fucntionality.Enterprise stakeholders extend from both internal and external MTN, to vendors and cross border stakeholders from Nigeria , Ghana, Dubai ,Ivory Coast and Cameroon inlcuding the MTN Group Enterprise. Show less
Programme Manager -Enterprise Business Unit
Dec 2014 - Aug 2017Senior Project Manger
Feb 2010 - Nov 2014

MTN South Africa
Sept 2017 - Aug 2022Program Management :Project Stabilization & Optimization, Operations ManagerProgram Continuation: Project Stabilization & Optimization, Operations Manager: December 2017 to 31 August 2022 Program Functions: Planning, leading and Managing the end to end Program Transformation for ICT Business stabilization: Business ownership, capacity planning, knowledge sharing and upskill ,User acceptance planning and signoff Change management for ICT business nationally and MTN Group System stabilization planning and management: Post program delivery - Planning, leading and managing the business end to end value chain as part of business stabilization, Business handover Managing Migration gaps and contingency planning: data gaps ,updates and maintenance Data Cleansing Planning, managing and implementation Resource planning: BA, Project Managers, Process analysts, Change Training capacity, Program management: New initiatives/projects for business optimization, Enterprise & Compliance Regional rollout and change management for ICT business across 9 national regions,Specialized Functions: Information Privacy Champion for ICT: End to end POPI compliance planning and implementation of POPI requirements, Retention and archiving rule implementation, POPI compliance adherence, POPI change management 3rd party suppliers, Documentation of ICT POPI requirements specific to EBU Corporate businessSpecialized Projects: Optimization and Automation Initiatives: Automation and optimisation of all ICT business and IT Processes, policies ,systems, procedures and templatesBusiness Operations Manager EBU SA: Full management and control ICT Order to Cash Capture team, including regions End to end management of order capture function: Gauteng, KZN, WC, EC, North West, MTN Group Implement and adhere to compliance requirements for ICT Process design for the end to end order capture function Order and Billing escalation management Show less

MTN
Sept 2022 - nowSenior Manager: Operational Compliance
Licenses & Certifications

PMP
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Hema RaghunathJan 2014 Selected by PMI for their next PMI Mega Exam Development Workshop PMI Jan 2014 Workshop Objective:To to review, edit, and write questions/items for use in future PMI credential exams.
- Awarded to Hema RaghunathTop Performing PM for 2012 Business Optimisation and Customer Experience Dec 2012 Awarded the BO top performing PM overall at MTN for 2012
Volunteer Experience
Practitioner
Issued by SBSM Career day on Jul 2011
Associated with Hema Raghunath
Languages
- enEnglish
- afAfrikaans
- hiHindi
- guGujerati
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