• Director of Innovation, R&D and Blockchain for Santander UK ~ 100 people • Stanford, Oxford and MIT courses on Blockchain, Innovation and Design Thinking • AWS Certified Solutions Architect • International MBA in Shanghai and California - graduated top of class. Master Degree in Software and Telecommunications Engineering, 2nd National Award • Gold Badge on Santander Leadership Programme • More than 10 large Innovation programmes and 100 proofs of concept delivered over the last 5 years, e.g. Blockchain Payments (winner at Efma Accenture Innovation Awards 2016 within Payments and Wallets category and bronze as Most Disruptive Innovation) • Principal Engineer for One Pay FX for Santander UK, best Payment Initiative at Financial Innovation Awards in London 2019 • A tech-savvy, people and results oriented, client focused and creative Director with many years of consulting experience having worked internationally for Santander (Technology and also Operations) and Accenture • Specialised in Design Thinking, Hypothesis Driven Development, Digital Transformation, Change Management and Engineering having worked in the UK, Germany, Spain and Chile • Experience working globally with Apple, Google, Ripple, Samsung, Paypal, Facebook, Mastercard, Visa, American Express, Santander Group and BBVA • Strong Stakeholder management experience at C- level across a number of Technology and Financial Services Organisations