Kathy Dennehy

General Manager

Kathy has been a driving force at First Contact since the contact centre was established in 1989. She has hands on experience in all facets of the business, especially the contact centre environment.

Her passion is in developing and implementing meaningful contact centre solutions that work for all stakeholders – the customer, the caller and the operator.

Kathy’s ongoing commitment and investment in keeping the people, the processes and the technology integrated effectively ensures a better experience for all.

Kathy strengths lie in project management, with strong customer focus and personal interaction skills. She has lead FC through the many specific responses for MPI including Painted Apple Moth and Asian Gypsy Moth. Kathy also managed FC through the Canterbury Earthquake event and many other specialist responses over the years, while maintaining business as usual for the balance of our clients.

Contact Centre News

Contact Centre News
  • Holiday Changes?
    Holiday Changes?

    Are you closing up over the holiday period? Changing hours? Running on skeleton staff? Do you need changes made to how we normally answer your calls? Maybe you're not a current customer, but are looking for someone to manage your calls while you take a well-deserved break?

    Whatever your requirements are, First Contact can help!

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  • How do you choose an outsource call centre?
    How do you choose an outsource call centre?

    Each business is different. What works for one, might not work for another. There's so many horror stories about call centres; excessive hold times, agents not understanding customers needs or not answering calls at all! How do you decide that a call centre is the right option for your business?

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  • Contact centre metrics: What's really important?
    Contact centre metrics: What's really important?

    What are the different contact centre metrics that can be used, and how do you establish which are most important for your organisation?

    Performance measurements in contact centres will vary from business to business; there’s no right or wrong way to measure performance. There isn’t a fixed set of metrics through which to evaluate a centre. One size doesn’t fit all.

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