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Proteus is a specialized, data-driven consultancy focused on delivering successful transformation initiatives. Its mid-sized scale and agile ethos uniquely position it as highly adaptable, committed to helping clients develop their own internal capabilities.Collaborating with the Proteus leadership team to develop and productize new transformation.

London Area, United Kingdom

• Set between Allianz Stadium and Kew Gardens, the facility has appeared in indie films like Don’t Even Know You (2025). With five regulation courts and 11,000 sq./ft, it caters to racket sports, weights, fitness.
• Reducing staffing through greater of automated technology.
• Renegotiated business rates, rent and lease obligations.
• Implemented a new capital energy efficiency plan.
• Currently implemented a new AI/ML based sales and marketing toolset to drive retention and engagement.

London, New York, Sydney

• Joined the News Corp leadership team to lead the financial stream for the News Corp/21CF spin-off, overseeing CIO’s transformational objectives across fifteen business units and 30,000 employees globally.Key Objectives:
• Deliver efficiency savings
• Enhance agility through technology modernization
• Leverage global scale
• Improve service deliveryScope:
• Group digital systems

London

• Locations: LondonInvited by the Technology Head of Content Portfolio (HCP) for the £30m flagship "Newsroom 360" Strategic Transformation initiative to deploy digital tools and shift away from a “print first” mentality..
• Develop business cases and commercial/economic strategy to deliver financial and business transformation objectives.
• To map out a mutually acceptable basis for the new Ad Sales system as part of Commercial’s tech. transformation.
• Lead a consortium of publishers to implement a cost effective new national advertising automation platform. Key Achievements:
• Halved time devolved to securing phase funding approval by CFO through improving the business case process.
• Resolved impasses between the Ad Sales business and Lineup (Adpoint) by developing principles acceptable to both.

London, United Kingdom

✓ Orchestrated the transition of £200m/y in services to Siemens post-outsourcing and Chaired Monthly Review. ✓ Acted as a delegate for the CTO and CISO on strategic BPO initiatives including F&A, HR and Property. ✓ Later set up the Siemens (outsourcer) review driving out $20m/y of cost creep post contract.

London, England, United Kingdom

• New business bid management and spearheaded client engagement and delivery.

London

• Led for CTO the strategic tendering for beeb.com and global network modernisation.

London

• Defined IT strategy, contributing to this start-up’s ascent as a top real estate portal. (Source: Sunday Times)

London, Birmingham

• Managed critical resource allocation for the “One Stop Energy” technology transformation program.

London, Frankfurt

• New business bid management and directed flagship cross-client initiatives, enhancing IBM’s service delivery to key financial institutions including Deutsch Bank, Kleinwort Benson, LSE, and others.

London, Ulverston, Montrose

• Managed infrastructure consolidation and modernisation initiatives across GW operating companies.

London, Bristol, Manchester, Bristol, Glasgow

• Managed the relocation of key directorates during a significant building consolidation project.