Experience

Morgan Hill Consultants Ltd

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO

  • Jan 2018 - Present

  Using corporate data to free up millions of pounds of technology investment to redeploy in digital transformation. We have the algorithms the standard models and the reference data to enable large scale optimisation of corporate technology investments. Our mission is clear: to be the reference point for all corporate technology leaders wishing to optimise investment for digital transformation, starting with the banking sector. As CEO I am responsible for all aspects of the business from growth to service development and delivery. We have fantastic clients representing some of the best-known companies in Europe. The best thing about my role is the opportunity it gives to provide first-hand consulting services to our clients. This ensures I know what they want and I know that we are delivering. Show less



Brammer Innovation Center

• Cracow, Lesser Poland District, Poland

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2018

  I set up and ran an external Polish software development company for Brammer. The purpose was to deliver the online digital strategy for Brammer. The company specialised in master data management. It built and managed all the data cleansing, de-duplication, classification and distribution for a catalogue of some 6 million parts as well as running all multi-channel ecommerce activities across 16 countries. The technology synchronised part details across 16 countries, 9 ERPs and multiple ecommerce sites. Once running successfully and when the technology became core to Brammer’s operations the company was purchased and brought in house. Show less



BRAMMER PLC

• United Kingdom
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Group Chief Information Officer and Ecommerce Director

  • Apr 2012 - Jan 2018

  Brammer is an industrial distributer providing millions of spare parts to industry each year. I joined following a direct approach from the CEO. The task was to prepare the company for a critical move to digital trading with both customers and suppliers. In my time there I re-organised the IT services across the group such that core, sharable services were centralised under a single management and governance structure. Key components of this were all group catalogue, inventory and pricing data, integration and messaging services – both internal and with external customers and suppliers, development services, cyber security and IT finance and risk management. We succeeded in consolidating and managing each item of parts data centrally with near real time connections into 9 ERP systems and multiple web shops. We also achieved digital trading with many customers and suppliers radically reducing the cost of transactions whilst at the same time moving a substantial proportion of revenue into online channels. Show less



Data Services

• Consultant

  • Jan 2010 - Apr 2012

  I setup a small software development operation in the UK and in Poland to build data management services that could ultimately be sold into the corporate market. These capabilities were designed to make use of the rapidly emerging cloud services that make it possible to deal and experiment with large volumes of data and smart algorithms. The objective was to combine different classes of existing corporate data to show where inefficiencies lie in operating parts of the business or where opportunities might exist in a customer base. In both cases it involved cleansing, combining and projecting corporate data to solve a particular problem or identify a potential opportunity. These services have now been incorporated and massively extended inside Morgan Hill. Show less



Strategy Consulting

• Strategy Consultant

  • Jan 2006 - Jan 2010

  During this period I worked with C suite head-hunters to provide independent IT strategy advice to execs that they had placed in leading plc’s in the UK and Europe. I worked for the board usually for the CEO or Finance Director in validating and adjusting corporate IT strategies. These assignments arose through a frustration at the top around the cost of IT and the perception that it was underperforming. My role was to work with CIO and his or her staff to fix this. In this time I saw first-hand many examples of how important data is to all corporate operations as well as the complexities faced by corporate CIOs. I conducted a number of assignments in conditions ranging from mergers and acquisitions, new CEO leadership, digital transformations, failing large projects (often ERPs), ecommerce initiatives, restructuring and cost reduction. The industries included: retail banks, logistics, building societies, distributors and retailers. Show less



Private Equity

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Jun 2003 - Dec 2005

  In this time, I worked with a number of private investors and institutions notably Shore Capital. This involved me taking the role of temporary MD in both private and AIM listed technology companies. In all cases turnaround activities were required and undertaken. These involved restructuring, refinancing, mergers and acquisitions. A lot of time was spent with shareholders, banks, Nomads and other professional advisors as well as staff and clients. In this time, I worked with a number of private investors and institutions notably Shore Capital. This involved me taking the role of temporary MD in both private and AIM listed technology companies. In all cases turnaround activities were required and undertaken. These involved restructuring, refinancing, mergers and acquisitions. A lot of time was spent with shareholders, banks, Nomads and other professional advisors as well as staff and clients.



Joint Venture with BT

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

  I setup a joint venture with BT using cash and resources from a group of private investors, DMGT, a tier two nationwide accounting firm and Butterworth Tolley. This was a commercial experiment into providing professional tax advice to the consumer using early internet collaboration services. The R&D resources of BT Martlesham were used to develop and deploy the web services and hundreds of customers were channelled into a network of professional advisors. We achieved nationwide press coverage at the time and received a number of offers to sell. Ultimately, I amalgamated the company with an AIM listed publisher as part of a larger deal. Show less



Gresham Bell Ltd

• London, United Kingdom

• CEO

  • May 1996 - Jan 1999

  Following some very successful projects with one of the big accounting firms most notably in Moscow I decided to rename City Systems (UK) Ltd (see entry below), Gresham Bell. This supported the extension of the business into consultancy work as well as development services. The consulting business attracted new clients in senior roles. We found that the solid understanding of data and systems built up within City Systems gave the consulting service an edge in its work in that the advice was backed up by demonstrable experience as well as, by then excellent technical R&D. Ultimately, I received an unsolicited offer for the company from a listed multi-national technical services firm and accepted. Show less



City Systems (UK) Ltd

• Chief Executive Officer

  • May 1985 - Jan 1996

  I setup and ran City Systems as a software development company specialising in City (financial) applications. The company started with just me and grew to around 80 people. We created a wide range of financial applications for trading, pricing, portfolio management, FX, derivatives and more. All of these applications dealt with managing and manipulating data and it was from here that the basis of all future data services began. From a firm base of leading City clients including Banks, Fund Managers and Brokers we branched out into serving professional services organisations. These were predominantly the large accounting firms, the Big 6 as they were in those days. This in turn led us into industry where we worked extensively with data, pricing, inventories and performance management in the motor, oil, pharmaceutical and telecommunications industries. Show less