Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Certification
LANGUAGES
REFERENCES
Timeline
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Gladys KWARTENG

London

Summary

Commercially minded and results-oriented Client Relationship Manager with 15 years’ experience of driving client satisfaction, retention, and revenue growth.

I am a people person, skilled in developing and implementing client engagement strategies, analyzing data to identify trends, and resolving client issues to improve overall satisfaction scores. Key aspects of my work are growing revenue, building strong and trusted relationships, delivering impactful presentations, and implementing initiatives to maintain and increase client engagement and loyalty.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

SENIOR RELATIONSHIP MANAGER (Gaming)

NUVEI
London
06.2017 - Current

Driving long-term, sustainable growth for the company by strengthening client relationships, delivering exceptional service, and ensuring clients' business needs are met in a proactive and efficient manner.

  • Performance tracking: monitoring key metrics such as client satisfaction, revenue growth, retention, and ensuring targets are met.
  • Business development: planning a strategic roadmap, both commercial and product-related, to ensure growth of revenue.
  • Negotiating contracts to maintain current revenue streams and secure new opportunities.
  • Collaboration: liaising between customers and cross-functional internal teams to ensure the timely and successful delivery of our payment solutions according to customer needs.
  • Leading regular customer meetings (online or onsite) to understand requirements and deliver customised solutions.
  • Participating in trade shows, conferences, and networking events to represent the company.

SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER (Gaming - Retail)

KALIXA PAYMENT GROUP
London
06.2015 - 05.2017
  • Performance tracking: monitoring key metrics such as client satisfaction, revenue growth, retention, and ensuring targets are met.
  • Managed projects involving complex work streams and cross-functional collaboration (internally and externally).
  • Participated in trade shows, conferences, and networking events to represent the company and attract new business.

KEY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

SKRILL
London
10.2011 - 10.2014
  • Identified and drove growth opportunities by building strategic partnerships, acquiring new clients, and expanding business with existing customers.
  • Portfolio management: acted as the primary point of contact, generating and converting new leads, onboarding new merchants, account management, upselling, and cross-selling.
  • Special project: Project Manager for the sponsorship of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Season 8 and 10. Built a network of potential client and grew revenue with new clients, VIPs, agents, and journalists/bloggers attending the EPT event.

VIP MANAGER

SKRILL
London
02.2011 - 10.2011
  • Developed and maintained strong relationships with current and prospective VIP clients to ensure the satisfaction of their needs.
  • Identified and pursued upselling and cross-selling opportunities within the existing client base.
  • Offered bespoke services such as exclusive offers, events, and experiences to enhance client lifetime value and loyalty

VIP MANAGER & CONTENT ASSISTANT

UNIBET
London
01.2009 - 02.2011
  • Developed and maintained strong, long-term relationships with VIP clients across all products (Sportsbook, Poker, and Casino).
  • Offered bespoke services such as exclusive offers, promotional campaigns, events, and experiences.
  • Event and press management during the Unibet Open (poker tour).
  • CRM and translation for Unibet and MariaBingo websites (content, newsletter, promotion, live poker event...)

Education

MBA - SPORT MANAGEMENT

Ecole Supérieure De Gestion (ESG)
Paris, France
05.2008

English Certificate - Business Communication

Diploma of The Franco British Chamber of Commerce And Industry
10.2007

MA and DEGREE - Applied Foreign Languages (English/Spanish), in Trade And Commerce, International Project Management

Université La Sorbonne-nouvelle
Paris, France
06.2007

Baccalaureat - Literature And Foreign Languages

Lycée Galilee
Cergy, France
06.2003

Skills

  • Portfolio growth
  • Customer retention strategies
  • Cross-selling and upselling
  • Data analysis and reporting
  • CRM Software (Salesforce)
  • Contract negotiation
  • Presentation skills
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Customer service and client satisfaction
  • Problem-solving and conflict resolution
  • Active listening and strategic thinking
  • Cross-functional collaboration

Affiliations

  • Sport: Running, Boxing, Pilate, former Self-defense instructor
  • Former Triple Jumper: French National Championship Runner-up (2004), selection in the Youth French National Team (2004), regular attendance to the National Championship for 10 years.
  • Travels, photography, cinema and music.

Certification

  • NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming): Practitioner and Master Practitioner

LANGUAGES

French
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Spanish
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
Italian
Intermediate (B1)
B1

REFERENCES

References available upon request.

Timeline

SENIOR RELATIONSHIP MANAGER (Gaming)

NUVEI
06.2017 - Current

SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER (Gaming - Retail)

KALIXA PAYMENT GROUP
06.2015 - 05.2017

KEY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

SKRILL
10.2011 - 10.2014

VIP MANAGER

SKRILL
02.2011 - 10.2011

VIP MANAGER & CONTENT ASSISTANT

UNIBET
01.2009 - 02.2011

MBA - SPORT MANAGEMENT

Ecole Supérieure De Gestion (ESG)

English Certificate - Business Communication

Diploma of The Franco British Chamber of Commerce And Industry

MA and DEGREE - Applied Foreign Languages (English/Spanish), in Trade And Commerce, International Project Management

Université La Sorbonne-nouvelle

Baccalaureat - Literature And Foreign Languages

Lycée Galilee
Gladys KWARTENG