Technology has been part of my life for as long as I can remember.

My father was a network engineer, and while most children spent their weekends on football pitches or in front of the television, I spent mine in data centres. From the age of six, I was crawling under raised floors, pulling cables through floor voids, and watching engineers build the networks that connected businesses and people together. I didn’t realise it at the time, but those early experiences sparked a fascination that would shape the rest of my life.

As I grew older, that curiosity turned into a career. I started where many technologists do: hands-on. Building networks, troubleshooting complex infrastructure, and learning how technology really works from the ground up. Those early years taught me the value of precision, resilience, and problem-solving. They also taught me something that has stayed with me throughout my career: technology is never really about technology. It’s about people.

Over the next 25 years, I built my career across networking, security, infrastructure, architecture, and technology leadership. I worked on some of the UK’s most complex and critical environments, from designing large-scale network infrastructure to securing global organisations and supporting business transformation at scale.

As my career progressed, my focus shifted from systems to people and from technology to outcomes. I discovered that my greatest satisfaction came not from building networks, but from building teams. I learned that successful technology transformation depends far more on leadership, communication, and culture than it does on tools or platforms.

That journey led me into senior leadership roles, including Global Head of IT at ThoughtWorks, CTO of the Oversight Board, and Infrastructure Director at CSL Behring. Along the way, I have had the privilege of leading teams across 24 countries, managing global technology operations, overseeing multimillion-pound budgets, and helping organisations navigate periods of significant growth and change.

One of the highlights of my career was serving as CTO of the Oversight Board, where I built an independent technology function from the ground up for an organisation operating on a global stage. It was a rare opportunity to combine technology, governance, security, and leadership in a way that had a real impact on people around the world.

Today, through Fenn Technology Advisory, I bring together everything I have learned over the past two decades. I help organisations modernise technology, strengthen security, build high-performing teams, and make better technology decisions. My goal is simple: to provide the clarity, experience, and leadership that organisations need to move forward with confidence.

Outside of work, my passions remain the same as they have always been: people, exploration, and adventure. I love travelling and experiencing different cultures, meeting people from all walks of life, and understanding what drives them. I am also a qualified paramotor pilot and Master Scuba Diver, both of which satisfy my fascination with exploration, challenge, and seeing the world from a different perspective.

Above all else, I am a family man. My family is my greatest motivation and my greatest achievement. They keep me grounded, remind me what truly matters, and inspire me to continue learning, growing, and building a future that I can be proud of.

My career has taken me from crawling under data centre floors as a six-year-old boy to leading global technology organisations. The common thread throughout that journey has never been technology itself. It has been curiosity, people, and a belief that with the right leadership, great things are possible.