Track record
Every senior role since 2007 interim or fractional. Organisation, mandate, outcome. The detail is a call away.
- Travis Perkins Interim Group Director of Software Delivery · FTSE 250 · unified all group brands under a single software delivery function for the first time; led Ukraine crisis response, evacuating 100 team members while maintaining delivery
- Abcam Interim VP Engineering · AIM-listed life sciences, £260M revenue · created the first unified technology portfolio; AWS migration cut operating costs 40%; growth unlocked after four stalled quarters
- ESFA Interim delivery lead · led a 150-person cross-supplier team delivering the digital Apprenticeship Service, distributing £2.7 billion in annual levy funds
- GDS, Cabinet Office Agile coach, early GDS under Mike Bracken · coached Exemplar teams including the replacement of paper driving licences for 40 million people; authored governance principles adopted across UK government
- HMRC Interim agile delivery and dev tooling lead · Aspire programme; introduced DevOps, managed scrum masters and product owners
- Cognizant Director of Delivery · Fortune 500 · Microsoft Business Group
- Cybersafe Schools CEO · evolved a compliance product into a SaaS platform protecting children online
- Earlier career Six years at SunGard designing global insurance platforms deployed across four continents, including a 50-person pan-Asian programme for New York Life · JP Morgan · American Express · BBC · Barclays · Tesco · Sky · The Guardian · Royal London · Ordnance Survey
Two mandates in detail
At Travis Perkins (FTSE 250), as interim Group Director of Software Delivery, I brought together all the group's brands under a single software delivery function for the first time, building capability across UK and Ukraine operations. When the Ukraine conflict began, I led the evacuation of 100 team members while maintaining delivery continuity. The board needed someone who could manage geopolitical risk, stakeholder communication, and operational resilience simultaneously. That's what interim work looks like when it matters.
At Abcam (AIM-listed, £260M revenue), as interim VP Engineering, I owned delivery, engineering, and operations across four countries. Abcam had delivered double-digit growth for four consecutive years but was stuck entering its fifth. I created the business's first unified technology portfolio, enabling prioritisation of high-value projects to modernise the legacy stack: Oracle Cloud ERP integration, an AWS migration that cut operating costs by 40%, and technology partnerships for the Chinese market as we built out the China IT division. Growth came back.
Interim and fractional
Interim engagements typically run 6 to 18 months with full-time exclusivity and executive accountability. Fractional engagements suit organisations that need senior technology leadership without a full-time hire. Both start the same way: a 30-day diagnostic. What's actually broken? The technology, the team, the governance, the stakeholder relationships, or all four. I report directly to boards and executive teams on technology risk, investment, and delivery.
Discuss a mandateWhen AI governance is in scope
When a mandate runs into AI governance, I bring a tested instrument rather than a vendor's checklist. I authored CHART, a framework for evidencing the meaningful human oversight the EU AI Act requires. It is openly published; the commercial engagement runs through beò, separately from the interim work.
About CHART