Private Management Consultancy specialising in "High Value Leadership" within all aspects of Technology backed by that which appears often lost - Common Sense.

Aon is a global leader in insurance, reinsurance, wealth management, and human capital services. I am EMEA CIO and Member of the European Leadership Team covering 42 countries, 150 direct reports and a matrix-managed team of 800, accountable for technology projects and programmes with a focus on driving revenue growth, market share, employee engagement and profitability. • Led Wealth Business technology transformation to support global growth objectives, converting 5% loss to 9% growth. • Reduced Technology Team operating costs from 12% to 3%. • Led 42-country cloud transformation programme to reduce time to market and risk posture while strengthening Aon EMEA’s Cyber position, migrating 600 applications in 1-year with zero downtime. • Drove shift from country-based to product-based operating model, building regional business capabilities to achieve a cohesive application state. • Accelerated Cyber Risk reduction, scaling down 600 apps in 6 legacy data centres to 2 cloud data centres. • Improved time to market via shift to a cloud environment with standardised design and build supported by Agile and DevOps processes. • Identified and eliminated non-profitable clients, shifting focus to key clients generating 25%+ profit. • Led global wealth business acquisition activities for anticipated purchase of Willis Towers Watson Technology, then pivoted to leverage optimisation strategies for EMEA business transformation. • Structured and executed 16 week mentoring programmes, delivering hands-on coaching and self-development strategies. • Standardised Service Management across EMEA to optimise resource allocation and provide a foundation for scalability and flexibility to support ongoing growth. • Led legal / data privacy projects in challenging regions, including Eastern Europe and the Middle East. • Delivered an automated Actuarial Valuation Auditing Platform for increased financial rigour.

• Private Management Consultancy specialising in High Value Programme Management and IT Operations using Industry Standards backed by that which appears often lost - Common Sense.

• Delivered multiple Technology Operations projects and programmes across a wide range of internal banking and customer / merchant systems, including global compliance issue remediations, data centre migrations and technology upgrades.

• Global Head Programme Management position, responsible for all Technology Operations projects and programmes across all business divisions.• Led global Technology Programme transformation via standardised project and portfolio management supported by ITIL process management, ensuring true governance, reporting and risk management for 1000+ projects per year.

• Led delivery of new Reuters Sales and Trading systems, including business execution, pillar management and implementation management. • Undertook portfolio / multiple concurrent project planning, requirements gathering, resource / vendor allocation and management, risk analysis, project and issue management through to successful product delivery.

• Responsible for delivery of new systems, development and delivery of equities-based research databases (Oracle 9I and AIX) and project management of database applications across multi-site, multi-vendor environments through to successful product deployment.

• Programme Management role responsible for delivery of Next Generation Reuters Data Delivery Systems including Server Products, WAN/LAN Infrastructures and Head-End Systems based on PC architectures, Windows NT and TCP/IP. Products now known as RDF, RWS and RSSD.• Project Management role responsible for design, development and delivery of improved Lan / Wan Infrastructures across the globe.• Project Management role responsible for delivery of Operational and Systems Management capabilities of newly developed Reuters DataFeeds. These feeds are implemented in USA and Europe. • Project Management includes Portfolio/Multiple Project Planning, Requirements and Function Specifying, Resource Allocation and Management, Risk Analysis and Management, Contract and Contractor Management, Budgetary Analysis and Cost Modelling, Website creation and Implementation, Project Reporting and Issue Management through to successful delivery of Product suite across the globe. Budget £12 Million plus Capital Expenditure.

• Project Management role designing, building, testing and implementing an NT 4 Server and Workstation environment utilising SMS, Exchange and AntiVirus software. Budget Approx. £2 Million.• Project Management of selection of new LAN Infrastructure based around FDDI and Cisco Catalyst 5500 Chassis. Budget Approx. £400,000.

• Senior Management position specialising in all aspects of Project Management across 750 User PC LAN and WAN Infrastructure spread across the UK.• Management role over 12 staff delivering PC Networks projects including all aspects of day to day operational support.• Project Management of several key development projects using new technologies including HP to CD Technology, SMS, and Lotus Notes.

• Management position specialising in PC and Client/Server project management, design and development across PC LAN and WAN Infrastructures. Totalling 1800 PCs, 30 LANs in 15 Countries. Including Proteon Router networks, Switched Token Ring Novell Local Area Networks, Microsoft Mail systems, Multimedia systems, Internet Connectivity prototyping.• Project Management of Client/Server development projects with implementation across Europe, South America and USA. Travel Systems integrated into a workflow based system running on Microsoft Windows.• Systems Management role for 11 staff on PC Networks, and AS/400 midrange technologies including all day to day European support, Backup and Recovery, LAN Management and Helpdesk.• Senior Management Level involvement in the strategic direction setting of the company technology, inclusive of management reporting to board level directors and extensive travel to Europe and USA.

• Supervisory position over five highly trained Planners responsible for assisting and advising Technology Project Managers on all aspects of project management and planning.