C-level IT Executive (CIO) and IT Director with extensive IT and commercial infrastructure and development experience across Fortune / FTSE corporations. An IT global leader with long-term, strategic vision for digital business as well as a proven track record of on-time, on budget, execution and service delivery, who has built and managed high-performing global teams across B2B and B2C organisations. Responsible for all aspects of IT strategy and operations with a long history of successfully building relationships with all stakeholders, analysing business needs and complementing them with pragmatic IT plans that not only provide roadmaps for necessary transformation but also define standards and governance. Has guided numerous business transformations and programme delivery environments, delivering $m+ benefits. Sectors: health insurance, manufacturing, FMCG, financial services and IT.Working in highly regulated environments as well as within corporations during M&A, is exceedingly experienced and a natural fit with client C-levels in any environment. Comfortably operating as a hybrid CTO and CIO, has many notable achievements.Specialities – Stakeholder engagement, relationship management, vendor partnerships, service delivery, strategic planning, digital transformation, continuous improvement initiatives, divestments, digital trends/opportunities, data analytics and translating technical concepts for non-technical personnel. Design and development of IT teams, frameworks, applications, systems, infrastructure, data control, security architecture. Advises on information security management systems, governance and risk management structures, and IT policy, standards, and controls.Works within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval and success of changes made. Monitors performance, and ensures system availability, reliability, resource utilization, trending, and capacity planning.