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EIS LTD
Chief Strategy Officer: SVP, Global Head of Strategy
Sept 2022- Present

VP, Head of Strategy, EMEA & Asia Pac Global Head of Strategy
Jan 2022- Sept 2022.

My role is to drive our growth by helping our clients achieve their transformation goals. Insurers need to evolve towards their ecosystem based futures and this requires a core platform that can deliver truly personalised engagement, take innovation to market from concept to live at rapid pace, and grow efficiently.

This industry is at a tipping point, and EIS is uniquely placed. Working with Clients, Partners and Advisors we help them jump across the divide and realise those "digital" plans and build new business models along the way.


British Standards Institute (BSI)

June 2019- Present

PAS440 Responsible Innovation
PAS440: Pioneering new standards for responsible innovation and sustainable futures. Indirect contract.
https://standardsdevelopment.bsigroup.com/projects/2019-01085#/section
 

Digital Poverty UK

Founder & board Trustee

March 2021- 2024

Technology and the world of digital services has advanced at such a rapid rate that many of us take for granted the ease and convenience with which it allows us to go about our daily lives. However millions of people and families across the UK are getting left behind.

11.3 million adults lack essential digital skills"* for life and work. The impact of this means tasks such as booking a virtual GP appointment, online shopping or managing online banking are simply not an option. 1.8m children are unable to remotely access online education. And so on.

The ever increasing gap in digital literacy across the UK only works to increase the inequality we see in our society and puts so many at an unfair disadvantage. We are creating a new underclass.

Join us in trying to be part of the solution. Registered charity no. 1193761

 

DXC TECHNOLOGY
Regional Leader, Analytics, Consulting & Engineering UKI

July 2020- Dec 2021
My teams job is to fuse Analytics & AI, Consulting, UX & UI and digital Engineering to help our clients successfully transform. Solving problems and realising opportunities fast, working through intensive learning cycles based on an acute understanding of the people our clients serve, the market context and how their future business needs to operate.

I also focus on helping our clients and the work we do together achieve greater social value and build sustainable futures. Covering:

www.luxoft.com
www.argodesign.com
smashingideas.com

Regional Leader, Digital Solutions UK, Ireland, Israel, Middle East & Africa

Mar 2020- Jun 2020
DXC Technology is the world’s leading independent, end-to-end IT services and solutions company, helping customers harness the power of innovation to thrive on change. My team are a group of highly talented individuals with a cross section of skills allowing them to help our clients identify new value, adopt new technologies where needed to realise that value and deliver this in a new iterative insight based working model. We call the home for these people the Digital Solutions Hub

DXC BUSINESS Partner, Leading edge forum

Mar 2020- Aug 2021

Cognizant
Ass. Vice President, Digital Strategy

Nov 2017- Feb 2020
Leading a team of strategy leads, solution agents, experience designers, OCM professionals, agile practitioners and delivery leads to lead the way forward in digital transformation. Building fused organisations, recognising new value, delivering it in a new working model powered by new technologies.
https://econsultancy.com/top-100/
 

Senior Director, Digital Solutions & Architecture

Jan 2017- Oct 2017
Leading a team of highly talented strategists, solution architects and customer experience consultants who drive end-to-end digital transformation (maturity assessment, SAFe frameworks etc.), corporate innovation programmes and accelerators. We work across Cognizant Digital Business bringing together all the aspects of Cognizants capabilities to achieve the reimagined business models, products & services and experiences required to maximise success in the digital economy.
Cognizant Technologies (Fortune 500 company), 250.000+ employees

Senior Director, Strategy Consulting & Digital Works UKI Lead

May 2016-Jan 2017
Cognizant Digital Works UKI Lead. Leading go-to-market activities, shaping new propositions and methodologies to create a new capability and win & deliver exceptional transformation.
Cognizant Technologies (Fortune 200 company), 290.000+ employees
 

Flix Innovations
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER
Advisory to the board and CEO

Jan 2017-Mar 2017

 
DISRUPTION FORESIGHT LTD
FOUNDER/MANAGING DIRECTOR

Mar 2016-Feb 2017


NINETY CONSULTING
PARTNER

Jul 2015-Apr 2016
Start-up: We are experts at helping financial services, telecoms & healthcare businesses thrive in the constantly evolving digital ecosystem.

Technology-driven business change is happening faster than ever, and it’s hard to transform your business when the road ahead is unclear. Our clients depend on us to help them unlock and fulfil their digital potential.

We specialise in digital maturity acceleration, delivering 12-week accelerators for:

Digital disruption foresight
Digital vision & strategy
Omnichannel transformation frameworks
Innovation accelerators
Corporate venturing


WPP, J. Walter Thompson
Managing Partner, Global Digital Marketing (Board)

Mar 2013- Jun 2015
I worked across a global network of 2000+ digital professionals providing a full range of digital marketing services to some excellent clients. The work spans ground up world class digital strategy and partnering some of the world's biggest and most innovative digital platforms, to bring the most desirable solutions to market and ultimately deliver on KPI's. JWT is an integrated communications agency and my role means that I need to provide the very best digital solutions to meet the integrated ambitions of the communications strategy, from multi-screening to best practice channel architecture. And all under-pinned by ideas with intelligence and optimisation through measurement.

https://www.youtube.com/user/HSBC
https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/top-10-digital-innovations-2015/1376191

Global Digital Business Director (Board)

Aug 2011- Mar 2013
Looking after all things digital, I work with a large group of hugely talented digital professionals (2000+) and some excellent clients.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5XFhxZdcC8&list=PLGwUcoTj1_2pkzmyamMsArEswC762dJUN&index=5


Heathwallace
Global Director of Strategy

Aug 2011-Jun 2015
Digital strategy with a focus on brand and engagement based marketing experiences that drive valuable outcomes. And strategy that spans or compliments the full marketing through to application, purchase, service or product experience, recognising the omni-channel nature of the consumer.

 

TechStars
mentor

Jul 2013- Oct 2013
The mentors help start-ups to get into the best possible shape for their initial Capital funding sessions under the Techstars programme. My particular contribution was specifically to give them Brand & Marketing consultancy / support. It's a great programme and if you're a start-up with the ambition to take your business further then it's definitely worth a look.


CACI
Associate Partner

Oct 2009- Aug 2011
CACI is one of the UK’s longest established and most respected IT and customer services companies. It is also a leading provider of marketing solutions and information systems. Combining this with a wide range of E-Business practices (e.g. multi variate testing and the delivery of personalised experiences that drive engagement and increase sales) it offers a full range of solutions to meet most business challenges.

https://econsultancy.com/top-100/


Monitor Media
Associate Director & Head of A-Business

Sept 2008-Aug 2011
Providing digital/E-business consultancy to major blue chip companies in a range of markets including consumer goods, financial services and general insurance (incl. B2B) businesses.

Monitor Media sold to CACI in 2009 where I began a dual role and played my part in the successful merger of the entities and the eventual emergence of a new CACI digital business unit.

Brands: Direct Line, Churchill, More Than, RSA, eChoice, Allianz Your Cover, Coca-Cola, RBS, Legal & General, Liverpool Victoria, Waitrose, John Lewis.


AA
Innovation & Proposition Manager and Digital Consultant

Aug 2007-Sept 2008
Under CVC Primera and Charterhouse ownership. The management of products and an innovation programme reporting in to the Head of Products & Proposition.

E-Channel Manager

May 2005-Aug 2007
Under CVC Primera ownership. Responsible for the E-commerce channel of the Breakdown cover consumer business (Launching: Breakdown Repair Cover, European Breakdown Cover, Member Benefits, Secure Login and Registration, Email, Member get Member, quote functionality, Gift Membership, SMS Confirmation and new payment methods). This included all online development projects from marketing initiatives through to operational delivery. We achieved a 78% and 48% year on year growth to sales over 2 years. In addition increasing retention rates for online customers and exceeding financial targets. The role included responsibility for Business Change Managers and the Site Analytics functions delivering through a mix of agencies and internal resources.


Capita

Mar 2005-May 2005
Contractor, web & eservices development manager
Developed IA and copy content for the launch of http://www.capitaregistrars.com.


IVENSYS CONTROLS
CONTRACTOR, EBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

2004-2005
Delivering a multi-lingual website and new web architecture (including sourcing and implementing a WCM).

BANCO SANTANDER
EBANKING DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Mar 2000- Sept 2004
Responsible for online development projects and launching websites across the Wealth Management and Long-term Savings division including brands such as Inscape Investments Limited, Scottish Mutual, Scottich Provident, James Hay, Cater Allen and City Deal.

Abbey National > Abbey > Santander


ITT INDUSTRIES
MARKET PLANNER (EUROPE)

Oct 1998- Mar 2000
Creating a competitive intelligence system. Developing value based management strategic plans (latterly sigma six) working with the Marakon Associates. Running an intranet development programme. Implementing some outsourced manufacturing and developing EDI opportunities with key accounts.