Experience

Avon Protection plc

• United Kingdom
• Defense & Space
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Group IT Director

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  In my current role I am responsible for both the management of the full IT department and strategic programmes (maintaining my previous responsibilities as Head of PMO) across the entire business. I report into and support the CFO in managing the IT department including financial management and cost control, budget preparation, resourcing and administration. Alongside these operational responsibilities, I also oversee the full portfolio of programmes and projects working with the Director of Business Process Transformation (BPT) and delivering to the CEO, CFO and General Council. Leveraging a blend of hands-on management and leading permanent, contract, and on/offshore resource, the team has delivered the following achievements: • Cross organisation M365 deployment, Managed Desktop Outsourcing, SAP S4Hana greenfield implementation, Sage X3 ERP upgrade programme, SAP Cx Cloud implementation, Project & Portfolio Management Platform, and data room redesign/remediation. • Partnered with the Director of BPT to define the change roadmap, develop the budget, and shape the programmes required for the evolution of the business. Implemented the senior executive Change Board and IT pipeline processes. • Integration of a business from 3M including complete bottom-up technology build out for the new business across 3 locations in the US (local network & WIFI, SDWAN, local & cloud compute & storage, Azure stand-up for SAP S4Hana and execution of a 40+ system migration in less than 12 months). • Transaction Service Management of an acquired business “Team Wendy” including process and people changes across workstreams including Legal, HR, Finance and Technology. • Divestment of Milkrite Interpuls, a 12-month TSA requiring Avon Protection to separate out all business areas and stand up the fully independent technology environment (desktop, cloud storage & compute, M365 tenant stand-up and migration). • Cyber security programme stand-up for Department of Defence CMMC regulations. Show less



Wessex Water

• United Kingdom
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Project Manager

  • Jun 2016 - Jan 2020

  A senior member of the IS programme management team, helping embed a culture of high performance and continuous improvement. Managing a range of projects of varying scope, ensuring that each has a clear approach, resources, responsibilities and schedule and is delivered on time, within budget and to customers' expectations. Leading teams, coordinating permanent and contract resources within the programmes and projects team and also input from other stakeholders. Defining resource requirements, supporting the preparation of business cases, monitoring and managing progress of projects, identifying and mitigating potential risks and providing appropriate management information and progress updates. Managing relationships with sponsors and stakeholders, making sure the project meets or exceeds their expectations and keeping them abreast of any changes or updates. Managing a team of project managers, whilst also directly running a number of concurrent projects to deliver IS solutions and drive business change. Directing a portfolio of 25+ projects across my team comprising of large scale multi year cross organisational change initiatives, package implementations, infrastructure projects, SaaS implementations and bespoke in house developments. Show less



Mizuho

• Japan
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Head of Electronic Trading (ET) Product Management, Asia.

  • Nov 2008 - Jun 2013

  Business / IT management role for the buildout of the newly acquired ET business. Set strategic direction for Pan Asian technology platform and delivered a complete ET product. Led a team of 10 direct reports in the product team and built 80+ strong equity technology team. Coordinated across Mizuho departments - technology, legal, compliance, HR and operations - to deliver technology solutions to clients of the firm. Specifically focused on driving change in the technology group to raise delivery to exceed rival firms. Overcame organisational challenges whilst delivering cutting edge products in a domestic Japanese brokerage. Show less



Lehman Brothers

• Capital Markets
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Vice President, Head of Electronic Trading Services Product Management and Service Desk Asia.

  • Jun 2007 - Nov 2008

  Responsible for product development and client service areas with coordination responsibilities across the Lehman Brothers organisation. Restructured the team to align with Lehman's aggressive Pan Asia build out. Line managed a 20+ product management group and regional service desk and worked closely with IT management on the budget and schedule of the technology team comprising 40+ resources. Initiated, trained and expanded India service desk moving repetitive / lower value tasks off shore. Improved product stability and implemented mature processes to reduce client impact outages. Show less



Citi

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Vice President, Deputy Head Fixed Income Development

  • Mar 2001 - Jun 2007

  Senior IT management - budgeting ($15M+), recruitment, resource planning, business partnering, and strategic project planning for 80+ department including direct line management for 35+. Cross department management, infrastructure coordination and global alignment with New York, London, Dalian counterparts to ensure global delivery. Chief Architect responsibilities across 450+ strong technology unit, focused on system roadmap strategy, business process modelling, development lifecycle management / compliance and cross organisational initiatives. Prior to this: FX Options Online Initiative Manager (London), European Futures Technology Manager (London). 2002 – 2003 Career sabbatical accompanying wife on secondment to Tokyo. Show less



GNI

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Manager - Technology

  • Jun 1997 - Mar 2001

  Member of technology management team - Equity CFD, FX and Futures trading systems. Member of technology management team - Equity CFD, FX and Futures trading systems.



Syncsort Ltd

• UK

• Account Executive

  • Jun 1996 - Jun 1997



FI Group plc

• UK

• Analyst Programmer

  • Jan 1995 - Jun 1996