A business-led IT Director / Technical Director with a successful background in B2B, financial information, market data feeds, commercial & international corporate sectors. Commercially-aware, with a broad range of IT experience having worked for world-class organisations including Thomson Reuters, Datastream / ICV and Unilever.. Strategic approach to successful business leadership, engaging with business stakeholders & 3rd parties, delivering ‘cost appropriate’ IT / IS solutions and business process change via emerging technology solutions. Experience of business change management, business transformation, development frameworks, SDLC, data collection solutions, onshore / offshore IT development facilities, team mentoring, workflow processes, cost savings and systems migration, delivering added business value through the adoption of new technology.• Extensive experience in technology programme and project management• Considerable experience of offshore team creation and leadership• Multi-million budget control • Experienced people manager• Capital Market knowledge gained through Financial information data vendorData StandardisationLegal Entity IdentifiersData QualitySpecialties: Leadership and Management, IT Strategy, Definition, Implementation & Execution, Staff Coaching, Mentoring and Development, Development Cycles and Development Facilities, Thomson Reuters Proposition Delivery Experience, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)Business Intelligence (BI) and Data WarehousingHistorical Market Data Feeds and SolutionsBudgetary Management & Control (OPEX & CAPEX)Security Policies, Processes and Protocols