Experience

Henko Limited

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

• Founder | Performance Coaching | Change Advisor | ICF PCC & ACTC

  • Aug 2017 - Present

  Henko helps clients understand their challenges in new ways, using Flow principles and techniques. We approach our engagements from a genuine coaching/sensei stance that reinforces ownership & leadership of the client's teams and ultimately the success of the change. Our approaches have helped clients find the next level from the plateau of their digital / agile efforts. We focus on value stream realignment, Flow-based operating models, increased engagement & collaboration, systemic leadership,… Show more Henko helps clients understand their challenges in new ways, using Flow principles and techniques. We approach our engagements from a genuine coaching/sensei stance that reinforces ownership & leadership of the client's teams and ultimately the success of the change. Our approaches have helped clients find the next level from the plateau of their digital / agile efforts. We focus on value stream realignment, Flow-based operating models, increased engagement & collaboration, systemic leadership, a renewed focus on excellence and a better alignment & emergence in the strategy. We thank our clients, from large corporates / banks to start-ups, such as: KFC, Carnival, Deutsche Bank, Lloyds Banking Group, Government Digital Services, Mindscape, Active Navigation, etc. Please check our website at https://www.henko.co.uk for our latest insights, joining one of our trainings or bootcamps and/or enquiring about coaching & change support programmes for your business. Types of engagements: ● Transformation of team alignment from projects to products and value streams. Operating model, coaching leadership and teams, creating alignment to excellence & strategy, ● Advisory on evolution to a product alignment / CIO advisory, ● Merger of two departments in a bank and alignment of the new organisation into value streams, leadership development, CIO advisory, alignment to excellence and strategy, ● CTO advisory and coaching, ● Team coaching for enhanced collaboration, ● Leadership coaching with promoted engineers / Product Owners, ● Approach and training design for agile / engineering transformation ● Inhouse and public training of Flow and Wardley Mapping (Strategy) Show less Henko helps clients understand their challenges in new ways, using Flow principles and techniques. We approach our engagements from a genuine coaching/sensei stance that reinforces ownership & leadership of the client's teams and ultimately the success of the change. Our approaches have helped clients find the next level from the plateau of their digital / agile efforts. We focus on value stream realignment, Flow-based operating models, increased engagement & collaboration, systemic leadership,… Show more Henko helps clients understand their challenges in new ways, using Flow principles and techniques. We approach our engagements from a genuine coaching/sensei stance that reinforces ownership & leadership of the client's teams and ultimately the success of the change. Our approaches have helped clients find the next level from the plateau of their digital / agile efforts. We focus on value stream realignment, Flow-based operating models, increased engagement & collaboration, systemic leadership, a renewed focus on excellence and a better alignment & emergence in the strategy. We thank our clients, from large corporates / banks to start-ups, such as: KFC, Carnival, Deutsche Bank, Lloyds Banking Group, Government Digital Services, Mindscape, Active Navigation, etc. Please check our website at https://www.henko.co.uk for our latest insights, joining one of our trainings or bootcamps and/or enquiring about coaching & change support programmes for your business. Types of engagements: ● Transformation of team alignment from projects to products and value streams. Operating model, coaching leadership and teams, creating alignment to excellence & strategy, ● Advisory on evolution to a product alignment / CIO advisory, ● Merger of two departments in a bank and alignment of the new organisation into value streams, leadership development, CIO advisory, alignment to excellence and strategy, ● CTO advisory and coaching, ● Team coaching for enhanced collaboration, ● Leadership coaching with promoted engineers / Product Owners, ● Approach and training design for agile / engineering transformation ● Inhouse and public training of Flow and Wardley Mapping (Strategy) Show less



UK ICF

• United Kingdom
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Thought Leadership (Volunteer Role)

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Board role with UK ICF (International Coaching Federation) with a focus on Thought Leadership. Board role with UK ICF (International Coaching Federation) with a focus on Thought Leadership.



Henko Community for Digital Leadership

• London, United Kingdom

• Community Founder

  • Nov 2017 - Present

  The Henko Community for Digital Leadership manages the Digital Leadership meetup. The meetup has been running since 2017 and has established itself on the London scene (and beyond with virtual meetups) as one of the most progressive place to learn & share new practices and techniques in support of developing Digital Leadership. The meetup is complemented by a new developing online community. The meetup is currently over 5,500 registered members. Please visit and register at… Show more The Henko Community for Digital Leadership manages the Digital Leadership meetup. The meetup has been running since 2017 and has established itself on the London scene (and beyond with virtual meetups) as one of the most progressive place to learn & share new practices and techniques in support of developing Digital Leadership. The meetup is complemented by a new developing online community. The meetup is currently over 5,500 registered members. Please visit and register at https://community.henko.co.uk and https://www.meetup.com/DigitalLeadership Show less The Henko Community for Digital Leadership manages the Digital Leadership meetup. The meetup has been running since 2017 and has established itself on the London scene (and beyond with virtual meetups) as one of the most progressive place to learn & share new practices and techniques in support of developing Digital Leadership. The meetup is complemented by a new developing online community. The meetup is currently over 5,500 registered members. Please visit and register at… Show more The Henko Community for Digital Leadership manages the Digital Leadership meetup. The meetup has been running since 2017 and has established itself on the London scene (and beyond with virtual meetups) as one of the most progressive place to learn & share new practices and techniques in support of developing Digital Leadership. The meetup is complemented by a new developing online community. The meetup is currently over 5,500 registered members. Please visit and register at https://community.henko.co.uk and https://www.meetup.com/DigitalLeadership Show less



GFT Technologies

• Germany
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Director / Executive Delivery Manager for Major Tier 1 Investment Bank Client

  • Jan 2011 - Jul 2017

  Head of Delivery for the Tier 1 Account with a main Investment Bank (then, one of the main Clients). Held full operational accountability for delivery and growth of the portfolio of client engagements. Co-responsibility of P&L with the Account Manager, budgeting, and forecasting. Grew the account from the time at Rule Financial and following the GFT acquisition from 30 consultants to 300 Consultants and over £25m revenues, with teams distributed across 4 geographies (New York, London… Show more Head of Delivery for the Tier 1 Account with a main Investment Bank (then, one of the main Clients). Held full operational accountability for delivery and growth of the portfolio of client engagements. Co-responsibility of P&L with the Account Manager, budgeting, and forecasting. Grew the account from the time at Rule Financial and following the GFT acquisition from 30 consultants to 300 Consultants and over £25m revenues, with teams distributed across 4 geographies (New York, London, Spain, Poland). Continually monitored risks, drove improvements of the offerings, implemented a lean-agile operating model, and managed operational compliance and audits of the development centres to ISO 27001. ● Expanded Barclays account from 30 people to over 300 people. ● Championed new offerings around lean-agile, DevOps, and Digital in collaboration with Porsche. ● Introduced New Generation (G3) delivery model, lean-agile contracts and commercials. ● Pioneered DevOps culture by Co-Organising DevOpsDays London in 2016. Show less Head of Delivery for the Tier 1 Account with a main Investment Bank (then, one of the main Clients). Held full operational accountability for delivery and growth of the portfolio of client engagements. Co-responsibility of P&L with the Account Manager, budgeting, and forecasting. Grew the account from the time at Rule Financial and following the GFT acquisition from 30 consultants to 300 Consultants and over £25m revenues, with teams distributed across 4 geographies (New York, London… Show more Head of Delivery for the Tier 1 Account with a main Investment Bank (then, one of the main Clients). Held full operational accountability for delivery and growth of the portfolio of client engagements. Co-responsibility of P&L with the Account Manager, budgeting, and forecasting. Grew the account from the time at Rule Financial and following the GFT acquisition from 30 consultants to 300 Consultants and over £25m revenues, with teams distributed across 4 geographies (New York, London, Spain, Poland). Continually monitored risks, drove improvements of the offerings, implemented a lean-agile operating model, and managed operational compliance and audits of the development centres to ISO 27001. ● Expanded Barclays account from 30 people to over 300 people. ● Championed new offerings around lean-agile, DevOps, and Digital in collaboration with Porsche. ● Introduced New Generation (G3) delivery model, lean-agile contracts and commercials. ● Pioneered DevOps culture by Co-Organising DevOpsDays London in 2016. Show less



Rule Financial

• London, United Kingdom

• Delivery Director for Major Tier 1 Investment Bank Client

  • Dec 2010 - Jul 2014

  Note - same role as GFT as Rule Financial was acquired by GFT in 2014 Note - same role as GFT as Rule Financial was acquired by GFT in 2014



Sapient

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Technology / acting CTO

  • Jan 2008 - Jan 2011

  Delivery leadership and acting CTO in the UK. Technology strategy for Sapient focus and for clients’ transformational programmes. Established architecture and drove major digital transformational strategy or Ladbrokes – Automation of trading processes, consolidation of Retail IT and eCommerce IT, unified customer experience, Data bus programme, Ladbrokes TV app. IT strategy for multiple other clients: News International, O2, M&S, Vodafone, etc.

• Senior Manager of Technology

  • Apr 2004 - Jan 2008

  Held full accountability for the inception and delivery of major Digital programmes with Vodafone, a major client in the UK and Globally. Re-architected and led the delivery of the full refresh of the eCommerce / eServicing estates and its integration into the core enterprise systems.



Legal & General

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Contractor

  • 2001 - 2003

  Implementation Consultant, coordinating development teams and release / support teams for delivery of eCommerce applications to live. Establishing acceptance criteria. Delivering major replatforming of entire eCommerce environment to up-to-date version of Websphere. Implementation Consultant, coordinating development teams and release / support teams for delivery of eCommerce applications to live. Establishing acceptance criteria. Delivering major replatforming of entire eCommerce environment to up-to-date version of Websphere.



The Fit Club

• Contractor

  • 2000 - 2000

  Operational coordination and Technology implementation Operational coordination and Technology implementation



BearingPoint

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

• Consultant

  • 1998 - 1999

  eCommerce consulting eCommerce consulting



Modem Media

• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Producer

  • 1996 - 1998

  Project management and producing websites for Clients Project management and producing websites for Clients



Poppe Tyson Ltd. UK

• Lead Producer

  • 1996 - 1997

  Project Managing and Producing Websites for Clients Project Managing and Producing Websites for Clients