Ian has held several technical, commercial and leadership roles in large technology companies including FIS Corp, Misys Plc, Unisys Corp, AST Computer and CA Inc and is Lead Advisor for Obsidian, a cloud computing start-up which helps small fund managers to automate investor relations. He is currently Managing Director for Ingenico Europe North.

Author of “Strategic Outsourcing: Exploiting the Skills of Third Parties” (Hodder and Stoughton, 2002), Ian is also a fellow of both the British Computer Society (FBCS) and the RSA.