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How Do You Compare with CCMA Benchmark?

Thu 7 May 2026
12:00 - 13:00
Online

How does your contact centre really compare? Unlock the insights that top performers are using.

How confident are you in your contact centre’s performance and how it measures up against the rest of the industry?

Each year, the CCMA Benchmark programme analyses more than 25 critical performance indicators, giving members an unrivalled view of what good looks like, where excellence is emerging, and where improvement opportunities lie.

Join us for a highly interactive online session as we bring this year’s CCMA Benchmark results to life. Kate Knowles, CCMA’s Services Director, will unpack the most significant trends and shifts from the past 12 months, helping you interpret what the data really means for your operation.

We’ll explore:

  • Key metrics shaping customer experience, colleague engagement, and operational performance
  • How performance benchmarks have evolved and what that tells us about the direction of travel for our industry
  • What these trends reveal about current challenges and opportunities
  • Expert perspectives from our guest panel on what 2026 and beyond might hold for the industry

Whether you’re looking to validate your identify new opportunities for improvement, or stay ahead of emerging trends, this session will give you the insight and context you need to make confident, data-driven decisions.

Hear from Sarah Tait, Head of Contact Centre Operations, Customer Services at Riverside, Emma Newell, Customer Care Director at Financial Times, Kim Baker, Head of Operational Support Services at L&Q and Marcus Brent, Head of Reward at Stepchange Debt Charity.

How much is it?

Included as part of your membership benefits.

Why should you go?

If you want to understand how your contact centre truly performs, this is the session to attend. You’ll gain exclusive insights from the CCMA’s latest Benchmark data, see how your KPIs compare across the industry, and hear expert perspectives on the trends shaping the future of customer operations. 

Who is it for?

Open to all.

Agenda

12:00
Introduction
Kate Knowles, Services Director, CCMA
12:10
Panel Introduction
Kate Knowles, Services Director, CCMA
13:00
Close

Speakers

Emma Newell

Customer Care Director
Financial Times
Emma leads service transformation, builds high-performing contact centre teams, shapes strategy, and champions customer care through human-centred leadership and technology.

Kim Baker

Head of Operational Support Services
L&Q
Kim leads complex operational services, designing resilient, compliant, data-driven services while driving large-scale change, workforce planning, and continuous improvement at scale.

Marcus Brent

Head of Reward
Stepchange Debt Charity
Marcus delivers reward strategies and programmes, leveraging decades of consultancy experience across benchmarking, evaluation, analysis and implementation.

Sarah Tait

Head of Contact Centre Operations, Customer Services
Riverside
Sarah leads customer‑focused teams, championing fast, attentive support, resolving issues with empathy, and continually improving services to make a meaningful difference.

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