Technology, product and operations executive
I am a technology executive who has spent more than a decade on the executive committees of UK companies between £20m and £120m turnover, listed, private and owner-managed. My remit has usually been wider than technology: product management reported to me at NMR and RBI, I have held P&L responsibility, and at Oxford Royale Academy I also led sales, marketing and admissions.
The companies I know best
The companies I know best have systems built up over decades, digital or data services their customers rely on, and a board that needs technology spend to show a return. I have rebuilt secure operations after a cyber-attack and taken the business through to a trade sale, grown digital revenue fourfold by moving in-person training online, and launched data products that paid for themselves in their first year. I have been the technology executive on eight completed transactions, leading due diligence and integration from the executive team, buy side and sell side.
What I bring to an executive team
- Product and technology leadership under one executive, from roadmap to P&L
- Stabilising and replacing core systems without interrupting the services customers pay for
- Subscription, billing and entitlement platforms for online data and learning businesses
- Supplier and cost control, cyber and data-risk assurance
- Putting AI to work in product and operations: choosing where it actually works, agreeing governance and deciding what work remains with colleagues
- Technology due diligence and post-deal integration
Executive roles
- Product & IT Director, National Milk Records plc, 2021 to 2024
- Chief Technology & Digital Officer, Oxford Royale Academy, 2019 to 2020
- Chief Technology Officer, Executive Committee, Wilmington plc, 2015 to 2018
- Director of Technology, Reed Business Information (RELX), 2013 to 2015
Now
I am currently Head of Insights and Operations at Silver Economy Ltd, where I authored the AgeTech Market Report 2026, the first study to size the global AgeTech market at $286bn. Since the sale of NMR I have also completed the Digital MBA for Technology Leaders at CTO Academy, alongside advisory work for mid-market leadership teams.
Writing
Columns on running technology inside established companies, written for the rest of the executive team.
18 September 2026
Your IT bill, read like the rest of the P&L
30 July 2026
The manager as messenger
23 July 2026
Wanted: analyst programmer
Mentoring
I career mentor through Reed's Women in Technology programme and Code Your Future.