Experience
A Passionate Strategic Leader
Board-level technology executive with 25+ years leading enterprise-scale banking technology strategy, regulatory engagement, operating model simplification and cloud/AI modernisation across JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank and HSBC; aligning technology investment to growth, resilience, risk appetite and shareholder value.
Proven track record transforming estates to improve unit cost, reliability and time-to-market, including large-scale Cloud and AI-enabled change. Trusted interface to boards and regulators, driving audit/risk remediation, and the governance of major vendor and outsourcing contracts.
An inclusive leader who builds diverse teams, sponsorship and a high-performance culture, with strong succession pipelines.
The Tech
Consultancy
Managing Partner
Hong Kong
Jan 2022 - Present
Advise boards and executive committees on enterprise IT strategy, operating model, governance, and multi-year transformation roadmaps (Cloud, Data/AI, DevOps and Infrastructure):
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Cloud and AI strategy papers, transformation assurance and target operating models for global banks and insurers.
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Board- and ExCo-sponsored engagements: investment sequencing, governance design, delivery confidence and technology risk.
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Interim executive leadership for complex change - including two years leading HSBC's Cloud Services & DevOps in Asia (below).
HSBC
CTO Head
of Cloud Services & DevOps Asia
Hong Kong
Jan 2022 - Jan 2024
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Accountable for the Bank's Cloud and DevOps strategy, governance and services across Asia - a core component of the Group's Vision 27 strategy.
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Delivered the Bank's most business-critical and regulator-visible platform migrations - payments, market index and financial-crime services.
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Modernised the application estate at scale through a governed transformation portfolio.
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Strengthened architecture governance with reference patterns and guardrails - faster onboarding without weakening operational risk posture.
Deutsche Bank
Global Head of Hosting +
Asia CTO +
HKG CIO
Head of Hosting - Strategy, Engineering & Operations for Hosting services
Asia Group CTO - Infrastructure Strategy, Architecture, and Operations
Hong Kong CIO - accountable to the Board and regulators
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Member of the Global Technology Exco and HK CIO to the Board and Regulators - reporting on service performance, investment priorities, technology risk, regulatory posture, & delivery confidence.
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Directed enterprise hosting modernisation and consolidation across global banking platforms.
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Reshaped the group technology operating model into a single central function - simpler, faster, more accountable.
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Governed strategic vendor and outsourcing relationships across performance, risk, controls and commercial discipline.
Hong Kong
Aug 2016 - Sep 2021
J.P. Morgan
Asia CTO
Head of Infrastructure
Hong Kong
Jul 2011 - Aug 2015
Accountable for the Infrastructure services portfolio in Asia, delivering the Strategy, Architecture, and Operational management. The scope included Private and Public Cloud Services, Hosting, Data, Mainframe and Data Centres.
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Named accountable head of technology to Asia regulators.
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Aligned infrastructure strategy and investment to growth, resilience and regulatory priorities across trading, payments and client platforms.
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Strengthened enterprise architecture governance - standard patterns, solution discipline and delivery consistency.