United Kingdom
Senior Technology Strategy & Enterprise Transformation leader with 25+ years of experience delivering large-scale change across Travel & Tourism, Energy (Oil & Gas), and Government / Defence environments. I specialise in enterprise technology strategy, M&A integration, and operating model transformation, translating business priorities into scalable enterprise roadmaps, governance frameworks, and execution strategies. My experience spans global programmes across regulated, sovereign, and multi-country environments, including post-merger integration, platform rationalisation, and finance transformation across 40+ countries. I have led strategic initiatives across downstream energy ecosystems, travel platforms, and government and defence-aligned architecture environments, with a consistent focus on governance, resilience, compliance, and value realisation. Known for bridging business strategy and technology execution, aligning senior stakeholders, and delivering transformation in complex, high-scale environments.
Amex GBT (formerly CWT) Enterprise Strategy & Transformation Leadership: Defined enterprise-wide digital strategy and operating model direction aligned to investment governance frameworks. M&A Integration & Enterprise Rationalisation: Led post-merger integration including large-scale application and data centre rationalisation and global platform consolidation. Finance Transformation (Global): Led global finance transformation across 40+ countries through enterprise ERP modernisation and end-to-end process integration. Investment Governance & Portfolio Management: Established capability-based planning and investment governance frameworks enabling value-driven portfolio prioritisation. Sovereign & Regulated Architecture: Designed secure architecture models for government and defence environments addressing regulatory, sovereignty, and compliance requirements. Cloud, Data & AI Strategy: Defined cloud and enterprise AI governance strategy enabling secure adoption of emerging technologies at scale.
Downstream Retail & Payments Transformation: Led technology strategy for downstream fuel-card and retail ecosystems, modernising billing, settlement, fraud management, invoicing, and customer operations. Energy Mobility & Digital Platform Strategy: Supported digital mobility and next-generation payment initiatives including mobile payments, tokenisation, QR-based transactions, and API-driven integration models. Commercial Optimisation & Ecosystem Governance: Led consolidation and restructuring of merchant acquirer relationships across global downstream operations delivering commercial and operational optimisation. Governance, Risk & Operational Resilience: Established governance frameworks covering architecture standards, integration patterns, security controls, and resilience across downstream transformation programmes.
Enterprise & Solution Architecture Leadership: Led architecture practice supporting large-scale transformation programmes across financial services clients. Enterprise Modernisation & Transformation Advisory: Provided advisory on operating model redesign, enterprise modernisation, and multi-vendor transformation delivery. Architecture Governance & Delivery Leadership: Led architecture capability development, governance frameworks, and solution definition for enterprise programmes and major bids.
National Payments Infrastructure & Transformation: Led architecture across UK and European payment systems including BACS, Faster Payments, LINK, and SEPA supporting high-scale clearing and settlement platforms. Payments Modernisation & Industry Strategy: Contributed to programmes including Bank Account Switching, instant payments, and broader industry transformation with banks and regulators. Risk Remediation & Platform Modernisation: Led remediation of systemic technology risks in national payment platforms and defined migration strategies for critical infrastructure modernisation. Governance & Stakeholder Leadership: Worked with banks, regulators, and industry bodies to align architecture, governance, and operational resilience across national payment ecosystems.
Airline Systems & Integration Architecture: Designed and supported enterprise systems and integration architecture for airline operations. Enterprise Application Delivery: Contributed to development and integration of airline technology systems across booking, operational, and customer platforms.