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Programme Manager | Technical & Technology Programmes | M&A Integration | PMO & Governance | Data, AI & Enterprise Transformation | Turning Strategy into Operational Reality
Programme and transformation leader with more than 12 years of experience leading complex strategic change across acquisitions and post-merger integration, international expansion, business establishment, technology platforms, data centres, cloud and AI.
Selected programmes
AI · Data · Infrastructure
01Led the programme to establish enterprise capability for LLM training and serving, bringing together Data, Platform Engineering, ML Engineering, Infrastructure and Customer Operations.
M&A · Infrastructure · International Expansion
02Directed a ~£25m acquisition and operational establishment programme in Colombia spanning property, data centre infrastructure, office fit-out, legal entity creation, recruitment and transition to operations.
M&A · Technology · Integration
03Built programme governance for a nine-figure acquisition involving a core online gaming platform and multiple brands, coordinating integration readiness across business and technology workstreams.
Cloud · Data · Platform
04Delivered cloud and data initiatives including migration of a data platform to GCP and later platform, SRE, database, security and observability programmes.
The Journey
Built the foundations in digital product delivery, platform launches, audience growth and vendor-led execution.
1.5m+ audience reachedDelivered high-volume customer notification, tracking and delivery propositions across a multi-country parcel network.
600k emails + 300k SMS/dayManaged concurrent technology programmes across cloud migration, data platforms, enterprise services and customer delivery.
~£5m combined programme budgetsLed a cross-border acquisition and business-establishment programme spanning property, construction, technology, recruitment and operational readiness.
£25m programme · 263-rack data centreDesigned a programme-control system built around distributed ownership, automation, exception reporting and executive decision support.
500+ activities · 95% adoptionLed delivery of reusable enterprise LLM capability across operations, data, ML engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure and security.
~9,000 agent hours/month opportunityLed governance and cross-functional coordination for a major acquisition, aligning Day 1, continuity and post-completion integration across business and technology.
£100m+ acquisition · 15+ workstreamsExpertise
Structuring complex portfolios around outcomes, ownership, sequencing, capacity and executive decisions rather than status reporting.
Turning acquisition strategy into Day 1 readiness, business continuity and practical post-completion integration across business and technology.
Coordinating legal, regulatory, workplace, technology, infrastructure, recruitment and operating-model readiness for new entities and hubs.
Giving sponsors a concise view of readiness, financial exposure, material risk and the decisions where leadership intervention is required.
Leading technical programmes while keeping integration, support, adoption and operational outcomes connected to delivery.
Connecting milestones, critical path, RAID, dependencies and decision routes into one executable view of programme reality.
Building reusable governance and workflow systems that distribute accountability, automate control and scale without adding bureaucracy.
Managing suppliers, forecasts, purchase commitments, actuals and cross-functional trade-offs so commercial exposure stays visible.
Insights
Programme Governance
A programme can stay green long after delivery confidence has started to deteriorate. The issue is often not the status itself, but what the status is allowed to hide.
Risk & Decision-Making
The most consequential programme risks are not always visible in the RAID log. Sometimes the real challenge is discovering that an assumption was never true in the first place.
PMO & Delivery Systems
Good governance is not more reporting. It is a system that distributes ownership, surfaces exceptions and gives leadership the information needed to decide.
Contact
Programme leadership, transformation, M&A integration and enterprise delivery.
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