An accomplished, Delivery focussed, Digital CTO and Director of Complex Transformation Programmes, including Challenger Digital Banking and Onboarding delivery from inception to production deployment. Build out of Ecosystem Strategies to drive omni-channel growth, operational efficiency and profitability through simplified Digital Acquisition Journeys, Open Banking, Data-driven product offerings, Multi-rail payments and PFM (ESG focussed) utilising modern tooling and fintech partnerships, secure API and Cloud hosted infrastructure.
With a progressive international career across Business and Technology; has led, mobilised and scaled cohesive globally dispersed teams, instilling a collaborative, continuous improvement culture utilising DevOps, Lean-Agile and Scrum. Has built resilient and highly effective cross-vertical capabilities leveraging modern management practices, engineering techniques and tooling to accelerate delivery in both an Exec and Interim / Consulting capacity across the Financial Services landscape; including Digital SME / Commercial & Retail Banking, FinTech & RegTech Organisations, Brokerage, Tier 1 Investment Banking, Asset & Wealth Management – From established Multinationals to Start Ups and BaaS (Banking as a Service) Challengers.
A commercially focussed, customer-centric and complexity aware leader who drives innovation and alignment of business & technology strategies through hybrid bimodal transformation, building strong and trusted relationships across CXO & Board, Stakeholders, Regulators and external Partners. Active participant in industry bodies and strongly aligned with the Neo Digital landscape, transformative technologies, progressive ecosystem ideology and approaches.