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Aleksandra Zolynaite

Aleksandra Zolynaite

Executive Leader
Limassol

Summary

Senior business and operations executive with more than 20 years of leadership experience across fintech, financial services, telecommunications, and retail sectors. Proven track record of driving organisational transformation, operational excellence, customer-centric growth, and cross-functional leadership within complex and regulated environments. Experienced in building scalable operating models, leading strategic change initiatives, strengthening governance frameworks, improving business performance, and aligning organisational functions behind common objectives. Combines commercial awareness, operational leadership, regulatory knowledge, and stakeholder-management capabilities to support sustainable growth and long-term business success. CySEC Advanced certified and currently pursuing an LLB, providing additional expertise in governance, compliance, risk awareness, and regulated financial-services environments.

Overview

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4
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Certification
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23
years of professional experience

Work History

Strategic Customer Success Lead (APAC)

GTN Group
Singapore
11.2025 - Current
  • Led the Asia-Pacific transformation programme focused on designing and implementing a customer-centric operating model.
  • Drove organisational alignment across Customer Success, Product, Operations, Technology, and Compliance functions to support strategic transformation objectives.
  • Identified operational and customer experience improvement opportunities within the APAC region, developing initiatives that secured executive approval and were subsequently rolled out globally.
  • Designed governance frameworks, operating procedures, and engagement models to enhance customer experience, operational efficiency, and service delivery.
  • Acted as a strategic advisor to senior leadership on organisational effectiveness, operating model evolution, and growth initiatives.

Head of Customer Success

Velexa Ltd
London, London Borough of Tower Hamlets
04.2025 - 10.2025

• Led enterprise Customer Success across EMEA and Asia, managing a €600M institutional portfolio.
• Delivered €120M portfolio growth while maintaining retention above 95%.
• Designed and implemented SOPs, SLAs, KPI frameworks, and customer health-scoring models.
• Established Voice of Customer programmes strengthening customer feedback loops and strategic decision-making.
• Improved time-to-value through standardised onboarding and lifecycle programmes.
• Partnered with Product, Operations, Technology, and Compliance teams to improve organisational alignment and customer outcomes.

Customer Success Manager

Velexa Ltd
London, London Borough of Tower Hamlets
11.2023 - 04.2025
  • Managed relationships with institutional clients, including brokers, banks, investment funds, and wealth management firms across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Led client adoption, and value realization for trading, investing products (Enterprise ecosystem, multi-tenant & embedded).
  • Developed strategic account plans by identifying client growth initiatives, business opportunities, pain points and future platform requirements.
  • Acted as the Voice of the Customer, translating client requirements into product improvement opportunities and supporting roadmap prioritization.
  • Facilitated collaboration between customers, Product, Technology, Operations, and Compliance teams to ensure successful solution delivery.
  • Standardized QBR and EBR frameworks, strengthening executive stakeholder engagement and expansion planning.
  • Implemented Power BI reporting and Jira workflow automations, reducing churn risk by approximately 15% and improving customer health visibility.

Senior Account Manager

Exante
02.2021 - 11.2023
  • Delivered approximately 400% revenue growth through product diversification and strategic account development.
  • Worked exclusively with UHNW individuals (>€10M net worth) and institutional clients, including banks, brokers, investment funds (including electronic listing, subscription and redemption process), supporting adoption, relationship management, and strategic business initiatives.
  • Led KYC, AML, onboarding, and market-data integration initiatives.
  • Introduced governance frameworks reducing onboarding timelines by approximately 30%.
  • Supported regulatory, operational, and commercial initiatives within a highly regulated financial-services environment.

Head of Operations & Development

Ollanet LTD
02.2017 - 09.2020
  • Played a pivotal role in building and launching a greenfield Internet Service Provider, creating the operational foundations, governance frameworks, business processes, and performance structures that enabled successful market entry and subsequent growth.
  • Established KPI frameworks and executive reporting mechanisms to drive data-led decision-making and performance management.
  • Supported strategic partnership development, commercial negotiations, and business expansion initiatives.
  • Led cross-functional teams to improve operational alignment, service quality, and organisational effectiveness.
  • Managed budgeting, forecasting, and resource allocation across multiple business functions.
  • Implemented operational governance and performance frameworks to support sustainable growth and scalability.

Chief of Staff

CityCell Communications
02.2013 - 01.2017
  • Partnered with senior leadership to align operational priorities across field operations, customer support, and business functions.
  • Led cross-functional initiatives enhancing organisational communication and accountability, driving effective execution.
  • Designed and optimised operational workflows, improving efficiency and reducing service-delivery bottlenecks.
  • Oversaw escalation-management processes and operational issue resolution.
  • Supported executive decision-making through performance monitoring, reporting, and resource planning.
  • Aligned teams and processes with organisational objectives during business-growth initiatives, supporting strategic alignment.

Chief of Administration

UAB Naujienų Leidyba
12.2007 - 12.2009
  • Managed administrative operations, supplier relationships, and contractual agreements to ensure business continuity and enhance operational efficiency.
  • Redesigned distribution processes, increasing market coverage by 20%.
  • Implemented process improvements strengthening efficiency and service delivery.
  • Supported governance practices and streamlined documentation management and operational controls to uphold compliance and facilitate decision-making.
  • Coordinated cross-functional activities to enhance operational consistency and drive improvements in business performance.
  • Supported governance practices, documentation management, and operational controls.

Deputy Director

UAB Kesko Senukai
08.2003 - 12.2007
  • Led day-to-day business operations within one of Lithuania's largest retail environments.
  • Managed operational budgets, resource allocation, workforce planning, and performance management to optimize resource utilization.
  • Managed operational budgets, resource allocation, workforce planning, and performance management.
  • Monitored KPIs and operational metrics to enable informed decision-making and enhance operational effectiveness.
  • Implemented process improvements reducing costs while maintaining service standards.
  • Monitored KPIs and operational metrics to support data-driven decision-making.
  • Partnered with senior leadership on strategic initiatives to drive operational improvements and support business growth.

Education

Diploma - Small Business Management & Administration

Vilnius 1st Polytechnic School
Lithuania

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) - Law

Arden University
United Kingdom
10.2027

Skills

  • Executive Leadership & Decision-Making
  • Strategic Planning & Execution
  • Business Transformation & Change
  • Corporate Governance & Compliance
  • Board & Shareholder Engagement
  • Board Reporting & Communications
  • Operational Excellence & Optimization
  • Operating Model Design
  • Performance Management
  • Commercial Strategy & Business Development
  • Revenue Growth & Market Expansion
  • Regulated Markets & CySEC/MiFID Compliance
  • Tool-First List: Atlassian (Jira, Confluence, ROVO AI), Power BI, Microsoft Copilot, CRM Systems (Pipedrive), Slack, Microsoft Office Suite, Google Workspace
  • Competency-First Summary: Enterprise Collaboration (Slack, MS Office, Google Workspace), Project Management (Jira, Confluence), Analytics & AI (Power BI, Copilot, ROVO AI), and CRM Platforms (Pipedrive, In-House / Proprietary CRMs)

Certification

  • CySEC Advanced Certificate | 2023

LANGUAGES

Lithuanian (Native)
English (Fluent)
Russian (Fluent)
Greek (Intermediate)

Work Availability

monday
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Accomplishments

  • Successfully contributed to the launch and scaling of four greenfield operations across telecommunications, publishing, retail, and technology sectors.
  • Built operational frameworks, governance structures, and runbooks enabling sustainable business growth and scalability.
  • Led strategic transformation initiatives resulting in globally adopted operational improvements.
  • Delivered significant operational efficiencies through process optimisation and organisational redesign.
  • Managed high-value institutional and UHNW client relationships within regulated financial services environments.

Hobbies

Continuous professional development and legal studies, writing a book, maintaining and caring for a small collection of animals, hiking, and horseback riding.

Quote

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
Steve Jobs

Employers about me

"Don't tell me you can't find a job. I know how talented you are. With your mindset, you can do anything."Former CEO (Lithuania)

"Aleksandra came with a physicist's mindset, understood the problem immediately, and was then able to explain it to everyone else."
Former Executive Director (Limassol, Cyprus) 

"When Aleksandra was away, it felt like my right hand had been severed." Former CEO (Limassol, Cyprus) 

"You are a miracle. Very few people can learn hardware programming that quickly."Former CEO (Limassol, Cyprus)

Interests

Human rights, social justice, and the consistency of legal and regulatory frameworks across societies

Governance, geopolitics, and the evolution of institutions

Critical analysis of media, information flows, and historical narratives

Behavioral psychology, human fulfillment, and wellbeing

Diversity of thought, innovation, and challenging conventional assumptions

Timeline

Strategic Customer Success Lead (APAC)

GTN Group
11.2025 - Current

Head of Customer Success

Velexa Ltd
04.2025 - 10.2025

Customer Success Manager

Velexa Ltd
11.2023 - 04.2025

Senior Account Manager

Exante
02.2021 - 11.2023

Head of Operations & Development

Ollanet LTD
02.2017 - 09.2020

Chief of Staff

CityCell Communications
02.2013 - 01.2017

Chief of Administration

UAB Naujienų Leidyba
12.2007 - 12.2009

Deputy Director

UAB Kesko Senukai
08.2003 - 12.2007

Diploma - Small Business Management & Administration

Vilnius 1st Polytechnic School

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) - Law

Arden University
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