Mudassar Khan

Guests forget the lounge. They remember the rebooking.

I lead the portfolios that deliver CRM, loyalty and AI-powered service for airlines and hospitality brands, so the moments guests remember go right.

  1. LHRLondon
  2. ZRHZurich
  3. AUHAbu Dhabi
Mudassar Khan, seated portrait in a navy suit
$100M+portfolio value led
50+markets covered
18+years in technology and transformation
3regions: UK, Europe, Middle East
Experience across
Etihad Aviation GroupKKRCredit SuisseZurich InsuranceGSKUPC Switzerland

Three ways to work together.

Airlines, airports, hospitality groups and their investors bring me in at the stage that suits them.

Advisory

Strategy and diagnostics

Customer experience, CRM and loyalty strategy, AI readiness, and independent reviews of customer platforms and vendor estates.

Interim

Programme leadership

Hands-on leadership to stand up a transformation office, run a platform migration, or recover a programme that has gone off track.

Permanent

Executive role

Customer, digital or transformation leadership with airlines, airports, hospitality and PE-backed businesses. Golden Visa, no sponsorship needed.

Programmes delivered.

From booking and check-in to loyalty and service, at Etihad Aviation Group and across private-equity portfolios.

Etihad Aviation Group · Head of Product Delivery, Digital Technology & Innovation, 2019–2024

Ran the customer platforms behind a global airline.

Owned a portfolio spanning CRM, passenger service systems, booking, loyalty and AI automation across 50+ markets. Directed the migration to Amadeus PSS and retired legacy platforms including Sabre Web, Epiphany, Travelport Digital and IBM CTS.

>50%

AI service automation

Took the majority of routine demand off Etihad's customer-support teams.

2020

Verified to Fly

Led the programme that helped reopen Etihad's network after the fleet was grounded.

100+ The same playbook, outside aviation

KKR post-merger platform

Unified 100+ holiday parks on one Sitecore, Salesforce and property-management ecosystem, aligned to KKR's value-creation goals.

Skywards Rail

Multi-partner loyalty platform that lets members earn and redeem on European rail, designed to extend to hotels and car rental.

Etihad · CRM

Salesforce recovery

Turned around a fragmented Salesforce estate through vendor replacement, legacy code removal, architecture rationalisation and a governance reset.

Etihad · Ways of working

Agile Release Train

Launched an ART delivery model and CAB governance to coordinate multi-disciplinary teams and stabilise releases.

What I bring.

Three disciplines, applied to every moment a passenger or guest has with your brand.

Customer and loyalty

Know every guest.

Salesforce CRM, loyalty and retailing that turn one-off bookings into lasting relationships, from Skywards Rail to multi-brand guest platforms.

Innovation and AI

Serve before they ask.

AI-enabled service that resolves issues before they become complaints, on a sound operating model so automation scales the right process.

Agile delivery

Deliver at scale.

SAFe-certified delivery across multi-vendor estates, from PSS migrations to Agile Release Trains, with SteerCo and Design Authority governance leadership can see.

A career centred on the customer.

Eighteen years across aviation, banking, insurance, telecoms, consumer health and private equity.

  1. 2024–2026
    Principal Delivery Program Director, Digital & CommerceSYMNEX Technologies (Four38 Group) · Dubai, Amsterdam

    Skywards Rail loyalty platform and the KKR holiday-park transformation.

  2. 2019–2024
    Head of Product Delivery, Digital Technology & InnovationEtihad Aviation Group · Abu Dhabi

    CRM, PSS, loyalty and AI portfolio across 50+ markets; Verified to Fly.

  3. 2018–2019
    Global Digital Transformation Program ManagerZurich Insurance · Zurich

    Global Sitecore and Azure migration across 40+ markets.

  4. 2017–2018
    Vice President, Global Marketing & DigitalCredit Suisse · Zurich

    Led "Rethink UX", redesigning customer journeys across banking products.

  5. 2017
    E-Commerce Program ManagerUPC Switzerland · Zurich

    Next Generation Website and the digital customer experience programme.

  6. 2014–2017
    Head of Digital Product & Program DeliveryGSK Consumer Healthcare · London

    New global digital delivery model; £500K+ in savings.

Speaking and press

On stage.

  • TEDxLUBM Dubai 2025Rethinking Innovation in the Age of AI
  • Agile Pakistan · ACP24Featured speaker at the community's 10-year conference
  • UAE Stories, 2026Feature on connecting technology, boxing and opportunity
Background

Credentials.

  • MBA, Airline RetailingSt John's University, York
  • MSc E-Commerce · BSc Software SystemsBrunel University London · University of Hertfordshire
  • CertificationsPMP · SAFe RTE · SAFe APM · ICP-ACC
  • Based in Abu DhabiUAE Golden Visa, no sponsorship required
  • Also buildingFour38 and NXT Fight, technology platforms for UAE sport

Let's talk.

Advisory, interim or permanent leadership in customer experience, CRM and loyalty. I'd like to hear what you're working on.

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