Simon Gratton
Expert in Business Information Management for Financial Services
Member of : Business Information Management
I advise my clients in cost-effective approaches to financial transformation through innovative use of corporate information and technology.
My experience
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CTO – Business Transformation and IT Strategy Principal@ CapgeminiIn October 2010I’m responsible for UK and Ireland Financial Services Business Information Management Practice. I manage the European Vendor Alliances and 'visionary' for new go-to-market propositions for the European BIM FS Practice
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Head of Enterprise Architecture@ Royal MailFrom April 2009 to October 2010I had the sole responsibility for the Information Management/Architecture Strategy and related TOGAF 9 Framework across the group. This was coupled with a transformational mandate to optimize information practices across all lines-of-business and strategic projects in the enterprise portfolio at RMG.
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Interim Head of Strategic Advisory@ Morgan BenjaminFrom November 2008 to April 2009I was responsible for key client accounts, strategic services pertaining to the BICC, Data Governance, Master Data Management and the ICC across pharmaceutical, financial, insurance, retail, logistics and public sectors.
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Interim Managing Director@ Adastra, UKFrom March 2008 to November 2008Responsible for the construction and cultural engineering of a net new business and operating model in the United Kingdom and Europe for this $60M+ rapidly expanding business consultancy.
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Director of Business Information@ TELUSFrom April 2005 to March 2008I reported to the D&S VP & CIO of the NASDAQ Giant and was responsible for 10000+ users across Canada with multi-million dollar budget responsibility and a large direct and indirect team. My role has been to re-engineer information provision and distribution on an enterprise scale across Canada.
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European IT Manager@ Newell RubbermaidFrom July 2002 to April 2005Reporting directly to the European IS Director, I had sole responsibility for pan-European Business Intelligence Strategy and Infrastructure at this $8BN American FMCG Giant
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Technical Director@ Visual MetricsFrom January 2000 to July 2002I controlled all internal/external projects from a delivery viewpoint as well as dealing with strategy at this BI Consultancy.
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Managing Director and Owner@ Gestion Software LimitedFrom December 1995 to January 2000I ran my own consultancy business for five years serving clients in the financial markets of London in the field of BI, EDW, MDM and Data Integration.
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