Executive Career Track

Executive Career & Track Record

Over 25 years of end-to-end delivery leadership, £100m+ cumulative portfolio accountability, and proven transformation outcomes across global enterprise leaders.

Global Delivery Director

Expenti
Sep 2024 – Jun 2026
UK, Spain & India

Key Executive Outcomes & Leadership Impact

Accountable for end-to-end programme delivery across platform engineering, product development, and B2B/operator integrations across UK, Spain, and India.
Designed and implemented enterprise Agile Operating Model, aligning value streams, ARTs, and funding mechanisms to commercial objectives.
Built and scaled offshore delivery capability in India from inception, including location strategy, workforce planning, and vendor alignment.
Leveraged AI-powered tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot) to enhance programme planning, risk analysis, and executive decision-making.

Enterprise Agile Transformation & Delivery Lead

Aramco / BISB & NBB Bahrain
Mar 2024 – Sep 2024
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain & India

Key Executive Outcomes & Leadership Impact

Responsible for enterprise programme delivery across Banking and Energy sectors, managing distributed teams in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and India.
Designed and implemented Lean Portfolio Management and governance approaches across multiple business domains to improve prioritization and visibility.
Set up structured offshore delivery teams in India, establishing operating cadence, RAID management, and capacity planning.

Agile Portfolio Delivery Manager & Coach

JLR (Jaguar Land Rover)
Aug 2023 – Mar 2024
UK & India

Key Executive Outcomes & Leadership Impact

Governed integrated master delivery plans in MS Project across UK and offshore India teams, providing a single execution baseline.
Implemented Lean Portfolio Management and Portfolio Kanban frameworks to improve prioritization and workflow visibility.
Designed and delivered OKR, Lean Business Case, and value stream mapping workshops for executive stakeholders.

Head of Enterprise Agility – Delivery

Cellulant
Aug 2022 – Jul 2023
Pan-Africa & International

Key Executive Outcomes & Leadership Impact

Led enterprise-wide business and technology transformation while launching a new digital payment gateway platform within budget.
Increased payment processing throughput by 25% and reduced merchant payment integration delays by 20%.
Built and led the Agile Center of Excellence (CoE), defining the transformation backlog and establishing delivery metrics.

Enterprise Transformation & Delivery Consultant

Convex Insurance
May 2022 – Jul 2022
UK

Key Executive Outcomes & Leadership Impact

Led digitalization of Quote generation module on core insurance platform, reducing operational waste by 30%.
Provided strategic consulting and developed roadmaps with COOs and VP Products, translating visions into actionable value streams.

Head of Agile CoE

British Petroleum / Q5 Partners
Apr 2020 – May 2022
UK, US, Europe, Australia, India

Key Executive Outcomes & Leadership Impact

Designed and implemented operating model for global transformation programme across 5 regions.
Launched the enterprise's first Agile Release Train (ART) and established Lean Portfolio Management practices.
Reduced time-to-market by 15% through CI/CD pipeline improvements and modern engineering practices.

Programme Delivery Lead

Chubb Insurance
Aug 2019 – Apr 2020
UK

Key Executive Outcomes & Leadership Impact

Managed £30M+ programme portfolio across commercial insurance and high-net-worth customer digital platforms.
Delivered ~40% improvement in policy issuance turnaround time through platform modernization.
Oversaw 4 cross-functional delivery teams (~20 FTE) with structured RAID governance and financial reporting.

Agile Programme Delivery Lead

Legal & General (L&G)
Jul 2018 – Aug 2019
UK

Key Executive Outcomes & Leadership Impact

Led platform transformation across pensions and annuities, managing 3 delivery teams (~75 FTE total).
Delivered ~20% improvement in end-to-end pension issuance cycle time alongside cost reduction through process automation.

Agile Programme Delivery Lead

Fidelity International
Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
UK & Offshore

Key Executive Outcomes & Leadership Impact

Managed wealth management platform digitalization across 5 cross-functional teams (30+ FTE).
Reduced technical implementation change turnaround from ~7 days to under half a day through platform and process modernization.