Fractional CTO and technology leadership for UK startups and scale-ups — with deep roots in financial services.
After twenty years building and leading engineering organisations at investment banks, a hedge fund and early-stage ventures, I now operate as a fractional CTO and technical advisor. I embed as part of your leadership team, take accountability for outcomes, and stay until the job is done.
Embedded technology leadership for companies that need a CTO but aren’t ready — or don’t need — a full-time hire. I take accountability for engineering delivery, sit at board level, and own the technology agenda alongside your founders.
An honest read of your technology organisation: where it’s strong, where it’s stuck, and what to do next. I deliver a clear assessment and a roadmap your leadership team can act on, then step back — or stay on as a sounding board.
Architecture, AI adoption, data pipeline design, regulatory delivery. When the work calls for someone who has actually shipped at scale — not just advised — I roll up my sleeves and do it alongside your team.
Restructuring teams for effective delivery, recruiting senior leaders, and standing up new functions from scratch. The conditions for engineering teams to succeed are almost always organisational before they are technical.
I’ve held senior engineering and leadership positions across investment banks, hedge funds, startups and fintechs. My work spans both deep technology focus and wider organisation changes. The through-line is always the same: building the conditions for strong engineers to do their best work, in order to deliver strong organisational value.
If you’re a UK startup or scale-up wrestling with engineering delivery, technology strategy or organisation design, let’s have a conversation.