Senior technology leader and cloud architect

I am a senior technology leader and cloud architect with over 20 years of experience delivering large-scale digital transformation across global financial institutions and technology companies. Throughout my career, I have specialized in enterprise cloud adoption, distributed systems, and platform engineering within highly regulated financial environments. I have held leadership roles such as Principal Architect at Google and Global Head of Azure Engineering at HSBC, where I partnered with executive stakeholders and engineering teams to accelerate cloud migration and enable scalable cloud-native architectures.

My expertise includes cloud transformation and adoption programs, cloud architecture with Google Cloud and Azure, enterprise cloud migration strategy, and governance, risk management, and controls. I am passionate about driving technology innovation in financial services platforms, leveraging blockchain, machine learning, and fintech solutions. I have extensive experience in technical pre-sales, executive engagement, and integrating software development lifecycles.

In my current role as Chief Technology Manager and Programme & Change Execution Director at Deutsche Bank, I lead strategic initiatives to accelerate Google Cloud adoption, working closely with engineering leadership to remove technical blockers and improve platform engineering capabilities. Previously, I served as Financial Services Principal Architect at Google Cloud, where I designed secure multi-cloud architectures aligned with regulatory requirements for major European banks.

I have also led global engineering organizations responsible for Azure and Office365 platform adoption at HSBC, defining enterprise cloud platform strategies supporting digital transformation across global banking operations. Additionally, I was Chief Technology Officer at KiteEdge, a venture-backed fintech platform, where I led technology strategy and built multidisciplinary engineering teams.

I hold professional certifications including TOGAF 9.1, Association of Enterprise Architects Certified v3.0, Google Professional Cloud Architect, and completed courses in data science and Python. I am a UK citizen with a European permit to work, fluent in English and conversational in German. My interests include technology trends, AI and machine learning, search technologies, and algorithmic FX trading.