The Diary Of A CTO

Andy is a CTO who has assumed a wealth of C-suite and technology leadership positions largely within the financial services sector, having played key roles for companies like Citi, Admiral, HSBC, Mastercard to name a few. In this episode, Andy talks to us about how he sees the Financial Services world evolving in light of recent technology advancements.

Jon has had an extremely impressive career as a CTO, carving a reputation out for himself particularly within the insurance sector having been CTO of companies like Hiscox and most recently CFC Underwriting. In this episode, Jon and I reflect on his career journey and discuss the key lessons learned along the way.

Azam is a leading technologist and entrepreneur, with experience across research and applied technology. He has worked for many different types of organisations, but with particular emphasis on the Telecoms sector, having done great things at companies like Vodafone and Comarch. Azam talks us through his unique and inspiring career journey to date and discusses his role as Co-founder of Niiom...

Joe is the CTO of Hedgehog Lab, a software services consultancy. In this episode, Joe shares with us his career journey working within influential Product and Tech Leadership positions at companies like Expedia, Xoomworks and then Accenture. He also talks about his views and approach to ensuring digital inclusion and sustainability in tech.

Frank Gibson is a highly experienced and respected CTO, who has carved out a very successful career path in the interim leadership space. He has fulfilled interim CTO roles for brands such as The Economist, Kantar and now more recently with Timeout. In this episode, Frank shares his career story, we discuss the nature of the interim role and the expectations and challenges that come along with it....

Russell is a highly experienced technology leader, who has recently moved into the role of CTO for Leapfrog Technology. In this episode, Russell shares his career story, we discuss his mindset around career progression and how he has approached the first few months as a CTO for a global Software Services business. A genuinely great episode!

Chris currently the CTO of Pie, an innovative tax app, streamlining the process of how people do their taxes. Prior to this, Chris has enjoyed an accomplished career as a software engineer and tech leader in many other interesting companies in many different countries.  Chris shares his career story and lessons learned along the way.

I had the pleasure recently of being joined by Sam Hill , a highly experienced CTO who has successfully built and exited a business as an entrepreneur and then moved on to influential technology leadership roles for organisations such as Tesco, BBC and M&S. Sam shares his career journey with us and his unique style to leadership. A must listen episode!

This week I have the genuine pleasure of being joined by Jim Beattie, CTO of Transreport. Jim is a highly experienced and respected technology leader, having multiple successful exits from various companies such as JustEat and Timeout. Jim (accompanied by his faithfull Bulldog companion, Douglas) talks me through his career story and how he went from the world of being an international DJ to trans...

David is the CTO for Tillo, an innovative embedded rewards and incentives platform that connects customers with rewards and incentives from 2000+ global brands. In this episode, David shares his journey through tech and how he arrived at the CTO position. We discuss the toolkit needed and the skills he developed to become a successful technology leader.

This week, I speak with James Carey, CTO of Bordeaux Index, an innovative company changing the Landscape of the world’s of fine wine and spirits through LiveTrade. James talks us through his journey into tech leadership and how he approaches building a successful culture in his division.

Meri is the CTO for PLEO, an innovative FinTech company, and has years of experience as a Technology Leader, NED and Advisor. In this episode, Meri talks to us about shaping an engineering culture and fostering a workplace where diversity and inclusion can truly thrive.

Dan is VP of Technology for Cera Healthcare, a leading HealthTech business building a platform around home healthcare. Dan has had a highly impressive career to date in tech assuming C-suite and leadership roles for a number of big brands the likes of Experian, CreditKarma and Gostudent. In this episode, Dan talks us through his career path and choices along the way. A must listen!

Mike is CTO of loveholidays, one of the fastest growing technology retail companies in the world today. In this episode, Mike shares his incredible personal career story and talks us through the mind-boggling scale of the platforms that underpin this extradinary travel tech business.

Nina is the Head of Technology for Portfolio Management at Northstandard, a highly successful and respected Protection and Indemnity Club, specialising in the Marine Insurance space.  Since a merger last year between the two companies of North and The Standard Club, NorthStandard are now one of the largest P&I clubs in the international group. The merger has brought about a lot...

This week I am joined by the fantastic Andrew Radcliffe, CEO for Spyrosoft. Andrew and I discuss the inspiring success story of Spyrosoft, a Software Development Services organisation founded in 2016 and is now over 1500 people strong. We reflect on Andrew's journey and he shares his thoughts on what is important in shaping a company culture to allow this level of scale.

This week I speak to the highly experienced and inspirational Dan Gwalter. Dan has played vital technology and transformation leadership roles throughout his career for many blue-chip companies. And more recently, he has launched his own Leadership Consultancy business called 'No-Nonsense Leadership'. In this episode, Dan and I discuss his approach and how the role of a CTO ensures it adds value t...

Allen is CTO of Leesman, an exciting company building a platform to measure the experience of employees in their places of work. This week, I discuss with Allen his route into the position of CTO and how his experiences along the way have shaped his Leadership style. We also discussed the often overlooked topic of security and what are the ramifications for companies that don't get they security s...

Alex is the CIO of Neuron, an incubation start-up within Willis Towers Watson, developing of a new digital trading platform for commercial insurers and brokers. In this episode, Alex gives us fascinating insight into his journey leading the way in building and shaping this product from conception to implementation.

Martin is the Head of Engineering for Cisiv, an innovative platform enabling Pharmaceutical and Medical Device companies to collect and manage safety and efficacy studies in the real world.  This week, Martin and I discuss his style and approach to managing his division and just what makes him such an inspirational leader.

In this weeks episode I'm delighted to be joined by two very good friends in Alex Davidson and Ant Newman. We discussed the impact the AI will have in the workplace and the trends we are currently seeing now but also speculate about what's to come.

Greg is the Chief Technology Office for Fairstone Group, one of the fastest growing financial services organisations in the UK and Ireland with run-rate fee income in excess of £135 million. The group operates from over 55 locations, made up of over 1200 operational staff and regulated advisers. The company oversees £15 Billion in funds under management on behalf of over 55,000 wealth management c...

Tia is the Director of IT Data and Information Services (UK & EMEA) for Gallagher. In this episode we discuss Tia's approach to implementing a data-driven culture in an established global insurer.

Mike Samra is the CTO of The AA. This week, Mike and I discuss his unique and fascinating journey throughout tech leadership and his approach to aligning with the business and ensuring the tech function is demonstrating business value.

I personally have known Yinka for over a decade and he is one of the true greats. He possesses the rare skillset to be not only extremely knowledgeable technically but has the ability to understand, prioritise and deliver on key business objectives. In this episode, we discuss Yinka's journey as a tech professional and how he has developed the vital skills to lead both technical projects and peopl...