Specialising in digital transformation solutions for the insurance industry.

Accelerating clients' digital innovation through collaboration, to deliver end to end business & IT transformation.

Client Development Director, Financial ServicesOffering deep technology expertise and industry knowledge, to work with the Financial Services sector to protect themselves from financial crime, ensure regulatory compliance, migrate applications to the cloud, provide digital business resilience and offer the best customer experience possible via digital channels.I supported financial services organisations by focusing on solutions tailored to 4 key customer transformation challenges, Trust and Compliance, Operational Excellence, Customer Experience & Business Reinvention.

I was responsible for providing key decision support to my clients via the Gartner portfolio of Executive Programs, Research, Consulting, Benchmarking, Peer Networking and Events.Through working as a trusted advisor to my clients and gaining a deep understanding their industry, role and key initiatives, I delivered to them a Gartner solution that overcame particular challenges via the correct mapping of Gartner's market leading IT Insight and industry best practice into their specific environment. I reduce their risk, costs and project time-scales whilst saving them time, improving their productivity and achieving their goals.Having successfully developed Lloyds Banking Group and Aviva in the finance sector plus key commercial accounts including Atkins, Unipart, Honda, Volkswagen, Rentokil-Initial, amongst others, I have proven to be a versatile, energetic and successful sales leader.

I was responsible for the ongoing managment and P&L growth of one of Computacenter's top 10 accounts. Working in the Financial Services Sector for the last 20 years, I have a good understanding of the IT solutions, covering multiple vendors, required to solve business challenges in both Investment and Retail Banks.

I was responsible for managing a team of ten staff (3 Account Managers, 4 Sales Support and 3 On- Site Sales Support), selling Intel based PC solutions in order to achieve an annual target of £20.9M hardware sales, at 11% margin and £1.3M services sales, in 1997. Simmons Magee supplied IT solutions involving the following manufacturer’s products: IBM, Compaq Toshiba, HP, NEC, Microsoft and Lotus amongst others. My team managed a portfolio of Blue Chip Corporate clients, including Chase Manhattan Bank, ABN AMRO Bank, Shell, Andersen Consulting, Woolworths, 3Com, Associated Newspapers, BBC, Yellow Pages. The acquisition of Simmons by Info’Products prompted his desire to look for a new challenge where the focus would be far more greatly aligned to the service requirements of the market.