Business led, technology enabled, digital transformation.

At SagePoint Consulting we believe in the power of digital technology to transform business and we know that it can be complex and risky. With strategic consulting and practical technology experience we collaborate with your business to make digital transformation work for you.

ABInBev is the world's largest brewer and top 10 CPG globally. As Partner and VP, I created and led the Global Supply Chain Digital Transformation and prior to that I led the Bud Lab Advanced Analytics and Machine Learning Innovation Hub.
Key Achievements:
- Led the global strategy development and overall programme covering OT/IT infrastructure and security, data, execution systems and analytics for Supply Chain of the Future, with $135M in annual recurring savings and $284M confirmed FP&A value delivery
- Created and managed all global tech teams responsible for Agile (Product Owners and Scrum Masters) Tech Engineering, Architecture & Security, Data & Analytics, and Tech Ops and support functions including Performance, Portfolio & Innovation, delivering improved scalability, adoption and overall NPS
- Led Bud Lab, a Tech Explore AI / ML & Robotics capability, managing partnerships from MIT & UofI to start-ups and big tech delivering advanced technology solutions.

SABMiller was the world’s second largest brewing company with turnover of over $25B (FTSE 20), EBITDA of approximately $4B and a headcount of 70,000. SABMiller was acquired by ABInBev for > $100B in what was the 3rd largest acquisition in corporate history.
Key Achievements:
- Directed the technology portfolio of 240M GBP ($210 Capex; $30 Opex) investment across our global business, including our strategic ExCom sponsored digital business programmes covering Corporate and all Geographies
- Centralised our federated functions into a fully integrated global model from 7 regions and >400 people into a unified portfolio and global team of ~250 colleagues within a period of 8 months
- Managed company tech integration within 11 months from initial ABI offer as per regulatory commitments, and the carve out of disposed businesses agreed as terms of the deal.

As Europe and Corporate IT Director and member of the European Leadership Team, I was responsible for tech operations, including 10 business units and PLC HQ and including the European business turnaround plan reporting to ExCo.
Key achievements:
- Partnered the above market functions of Commercial, Operations, Finance, Procurement and HR and forged strong ExCo relationships to deliver a business led, IT enabled end-to-end transformation. The outcomes were subsequently used as the blueprint for the Group CIO led overall globalisation agenda
- Accountable for overall Europe IT Operations, ensuring IT confidentiality, integrity and availability across all European markets to both wholly owned and JV businesses.

As a Management Consultant, I undertook many assignments and secondments across technology covering strategy and architecture design and implementation, service delivery operating model design / run and Information assurance / security assessments (B2B and B2C) and IT Audit. The assignments covered a range of industries including automotive, public sector, financial services including investment and retail banking, brokerage, specialist securities houses, Internet trading and settlement firms.
Laterally I led client engagements, responsible for all aspects of account management from sales, through project execution and successful handover for lasting change management.