Experience

SSP Group plc

• United Kingdom
• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chief Digital & Technology Officer

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  Reporting to the Group CEO as a member of the Group Executive Team, I am accountable for driving our digital and technology strategy across a global business that operates 2800 hospitality and retail outlets, in 35 countries serving 1.5m customers daily. I lead a globally distributed team of group and regional technology directors to deliver our strategic technology programme and provide technology service delivery for our customers, colleagues and business operations.

• CIO

  • Feb 2018 - Jun 2021

  Reporting to the Group CFO, I am accountable for technology across a global business that operates 2800 hospitality and retail outlets, in 35 countries serving 1.5m customers daily. I lead a globally distributed team of group and regional technology directors to deliver our strategic technology programme and provide technology service delivery for our customers, colleagues and business operations.



Dunnes Stores

• Ireland
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• CIO (Interim)

  • Mar 2017 - Nov 2017



Tesco

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chief Information Officer - Asia

  • Apr 2013 - Feb 2017

  Reporting to the Global CIO/CTO and International CEO, I had accountability for developing and implementing the technology strategy across Asia. I led a team of 400 people, with an annual budget of £100m, and accountability for the technology service delivery that supports 14 million weekly customers across 2500 stores and digital platforms.

• IT Director

  • Nov 2011 - Mar 2013

  Reporting to the CIO for UK & Ireland, I was accountable for the development of technology solutions for the Commercial Business Units (Food, General Merchandise and Clothing) that Tesco operates globally. I led a Tesco team of 200 people based in the UK and Bangalore and managed a budget of £25m per annum (£25m Capex).



Marks and Spencer

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of HR Transformation

  • Apr 2010 - Nov 2011

  Reporting to the HR Director, I was the Business Programme Director leading a team of 250 people, across 6 delivery centres located in the UK, India and Mauritius, with a budget of over £40m. The HR Transformation programme was a multi-year, multi-release programme to improve the efficiency and quality of the HR service for all M&S colleagues.

• Business Solution Manager

  • May 2008 - Apr 2010

  Reporting to the Head of Business Solutions & Programmes, who in turn reported into the Chief Information Officer, I led a team of 25 Project Managers and Business Analysts who managed the analysis, development and implementation of technology solutions across the Store Operations, Marketing and HR business functions.



Accenture

• Ireland
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Manager

  • Aug 1997 - Apr 2008

  I was an IT Consultant in Accenture UK’s Retail System Integration Practice. During this period I worked at clients such as Selfridges, Argos, Dixons Stores Group, Littlewoods and Sainsbury’s. I was an IT Consultant in Accenture UK’s Retail System Integration Practice. During this period I worked at clients such as Selfridges, Argos, Dixons Stores Group, Littlewoods and Sainsbury’s.