Microsoft Financial Services United Kingdom

Investec

Sales Automation

From its founding in Johannesburg in 1974 as a small finance company to the international bank and wealth manager it is today, Investec has always believed that strong partnerships and understanding are essential to creating enduring worth for its clients.

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Among that group of initial users, private bankers deal with the highest-net-worth individuals.

But with persistent ambition and a focus on technology and innovations like Microsoft Copilot for Sales, Investec is delivering a smoother, richer client relationship experience in making its clients’ goals a reality.

Delivering white glove service at scale Investec launched Microsoft Copilot for Sales in Outlook and Teams for 900 bankers in the UK.

Every one of them negotiates the competing interests of time and exceptional customer relations, every day.

Reported impact

Business outcome

With 8,500 employees in 40 cities on 5 continents, Investec’s offerings include private banking and bespoke investment management services for high-net-worth individuals, business banking, foreign exchange and risk management, and import and logistics solutions for entrepreneurs and corporations, and cash, investment, and foreign exchange management for financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, and other intermediaries.

Solution

Investec implemented Microsoft Copilot for Sales on top of its CRM and collaboration stack because From its founding in Johannesburg in 1974 as a small finance company to the international bank and wealth manager it is today, Investec has always believed that strong.... The deployment connects relationship data with tools such as Microsoft Copilot for Sales, Dynamics 365 Sales, Outlook, and Microsoft Teams, letting sellers create or enrich contacts, summarize long email threads and meetings, and push validated updates back into customer records without leaving their day-to-day workspace. By keeping CRM maintenance inside Outlook and meeting workflows, the organization improves data quality while preserving more time for customer engagement and pipeline execution. This turns generative AI into a governed sales workflow rather than a standalone assistant, and With 8,500 employees in 40 cities on 5 continents, Investec’s offerings include private banking and bespoke investment...

Data flow

Emails, meeting activity, and CRM records are brought together in seller workflows; Copilot summarizes or drafts next steps in Outlook and Teams, and validated details are written back to CRM for future selling activity.

Solution architecture

4 components · 1 layer

Serving
- Microsoft Copilot for Sales Applies generative AI to seller emails, meetings, and relationship context so teams can create contacts, summarize activity, and update CRM records in the flow of work.
- Dynamics 365 Sales Manages relationship and opportunity data that sales teams update through connected workflows.
- Outlook Hosts email workflows where users review AI-generated summaries, draft messages, and act on customer or operational communications.
- Microsoft Teams Hosts collaboration, meetings, and chat workflows where users consume summaries, updates, and shared operational context.

Architecture clues

But with persistent ambition and a focus on technology and innovations like Microsoft Copilot for Sales, Investec is delivering a smoother, richer client relationship experience in making its clients’ goals a reality.
Primary implementation components: Microsoft Copilot for Sales, Dynamics 365 Sales, Outlook, Microsoft Teams
The firm’s client-facing teams already used Dynamics 365 Sales, Sales Insights, Customer Service, and Customer Insights to manage every step of the customer relationship journey.

Evidence from the source

Delivering white glove service at scale

“One of the challenges we’ve faced in the past is not being able to access some of the communications that a colleague may have had with their client. Microsoft Copilot for Sales has enabled us to streamline and pick up right where a colleague left off.”

Transparency Evidence & methodology 66/100 reference value · 77% confidence · 1 source

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How scores are calculated

Customer Reference Value measures usefulness as a customer reference. Evidence Confidence measures the quality and traceability of available evidence, not independent verification.

Customer reference value66/100

Problem clarity20/20
Measures whether the customer's operational problem is specific enough to compare.
Implementation depth20/25
Rewards named components, data flow, integrations, and architecture detail.
Outcome specificity16/20
Measures whether the reported benefit is concrete rather than a generic claim.
Quantified impact0/25
0 metrics describe measurable impact.
Deployment scale10/10
Rewards evidence of a live or scaled deployment and meaningful integration scope.

Evidence confidence77%

Source authority20/25
The main evidence is an official vendor-published customer story.
Claim traceability21/25
10 of 12 key fields link to a named source.
Direct evidence10/20
2 direct source quotes retained.
Date provenance10/10
The publication date comes from the source page or publisher.
Source transparency8/10
1 source reference document publisher, URL, authority, retrieval, and supported fields.
Implementation specificity8/10
Rewards source-backed components, data flow, quantified impact, and a specific outcome.

Traceability

Sources & provenance

Field coverage shows which facts each source supports. Dates are shown only when documented by the source.

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Investec customer story

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https://www.microsoft.com/en/customers/story/1777785808385732889-investec-microsoft-teams-banking-and-capital-markets-en-united-kingdom

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Jun 10, 2024
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