United Kingdom
Transforming Data into Business Value | AI Enablement | Pragmatic Delivery Leader 🔍 What I Do I’m a hands-on, delivery-focused expert in Data, Analytics, and Intelligence, known for cutting through complexity to unlock real, sustained business value. Whether leading new digital transformations or rescuing in-flight initiatives, I bring clarity, momentum, and results. 💡 Agentic AI & Data Enablement I specialize in building the foundational capabilities that enable organizations to scale AI and advanced analytics responsibly and effectively. From data strategy and governance to digital orchestration, I help teams move from experimentation to enterprise-grade impact—fast. 🤝 How I Work I’m a collaborative leader who prioritizes people engagement, enablement, and outcome alignment. I embed data-driven decision-making cultures, ensuring technology investments are tightly coupled with business ambition and strategic execution. 📊 What I Bring Deep experience across data lifecycle management—from operational creation to analytical consumption Proven ability to link data strategy to business execution, balancing transformational change with BAU excellence Expertise in AI readiness, ethical data use, and scalable intelligence platforms Strong track record of capability building, blending foundational maturity with innovative experimentation 🎯 My Passion I’m wired to add value and do the right thing. I thrive on solving tough problems, enabling teams, and delivering outcomes that matter. 🧠What Others Say “Brings together commerciality, strategic thinking, people & technical execution—focused on value.” “A truly inspirational data practitioner with incredible breadth of experience.” “Thinks big with vision, yet dives deep into detail.” “Made a recognisable difference to our data and analytics strategy.”
Providing targeted support to deliver short and long term value (Now, Next & Later) whilst creating sustainable capability across People, Process, Data, Technology & Architecture for some of the largest and most complex organisations on the planet... Driving simplification and lowering costs, ensuring greater value from investments and BAU expenditure. Driving a Culture shift which embraces innovation and the art of the possible, driving AI enablement and future digital workforce opportunities
• Created first Global Data Strategy, Operating & Governance Model and Execution Plan • Led strategic data and analytics partner selection • Introduced Global MDM and Data Governance Technologies and associated execution • Intervention and course correction on several large scales Global Programmes (S4Hana, Salesforce, Azure Data Lake(s), Finance Transformation, Consumer Focus Transformation, E2E Supply Chain • Created ExCo appointed champion group to direct data strategy and experimentation on IBM/MS AI offerings • Supported Global CIO across several topics including Global Architecture Simplification, Culture & Behaviours and Investment Portfolio simplification
A major global investor, with over £1.4 trillion in total assets under management Key achievements include: • Reset Data and Analytics Strategy creating an immediate term execution plan to align with business priorities • Addressed challenges and gaps with internal operating model and external delivery partner capabilities • Optimised approach for priority in-flight and imminent data related change projects to protect and maximise reuse and business value • Lead on data aspects of several major operational platform modernisation initiatives • Played a leading role in the redesign of the office of COO operating model and associated capability areas
#1 investment platform in the UK for private investors, £130bn under administration for its clients, Voted "Best Investment Platform 2021" Your Money Awards • Created organisational capability through a combination of aligning silo’d talent, mentoring & training, selecting contractors and designing, selecting and onboarding selected delivery partners • Intervened on existing data & analytics change projects and initiated new initiatives providing improved delivery confidence, lowered cost, increased reuse across efficiency, growth and compliance, owning two of 18 Board Priorities, contributing to others • Delivered the very first data and analytics strategy and execution plan to create critical foundations covering all aspects of people, process, data, technology & architecture • Completed RFI/RFP and selection of new comprehensive data governance platform, making it live, establishing internal capability and using business projects to pipe clean and embed. • Member of the CIO executive team, representing data for the function and at group level including representation across every directorate and membership/participation on various boards and committees.