I studied an MSc in Operational Research before a chance job advert for an analyst role at the National Air Traffic Services provided my first introduction to analysis and data science. I moved around through several well-known consumer brands including easyJet, Tesco, Ocado, Sky, and TUI, each time expanding the breadth of my role and learning about different cultures and how to work with, and influence, different types of people.
I took up my first director role at Collinson Group in 2020, where I successfully steered the Data and Analytics function through an extremely difficult period in the company’s history, establishing the capability as worthy of a pillar within the corporate strategy, resulting in a promotion to SVP Data and Analytics.
In April 2023, I became Chief Data Officer at the Financial Times working with the Data and Analytics team to develop and start executing on a vision and strategy for data that’s underpinned by its value creating potential. We are leading the charge on AI governance and ethics and working across the organisation to build a high-literacy data and AI culture.