Career Summary
From Front-End Designer & Engineer to Systems-Level Product Designer
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Principal Designer in Complex Systems
I'm a Principal Product & UX Designer with over 20 years of experience designing complex, data-intensive systems across finance, asset management, banking, large-scale enterprise platforms, and industrial production workflow orchestration systems.
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Early Career in Web & Front-End Engineering
I began my career as a web designer and front-end developer at Europe's first online newspaper, later working at consultancies such as Sapient on e-commerce, travel, and early financial trading applications.
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From Visual Design to Systems Thinking
My background in Business Computing Systems (covering Human-Computer Interaction, systems design, software engineering, applied AI, business process re-engineering and requirements engineering) made the transition into UX and product design intuitive, no longer just focusing on visual designs and pixel-pushing within screens but to designing whole systems — transforming and simplifying complex systems that work for people and organisations.
Applying Systems Design to Global Financial & AI-Driven Platforms
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Two Decades in Global Financial Institutions
Over the past two decades, I've led design work at organisations including UBS Investment Bank, HSBC Global Banking & Markets, Lloyds Banking Group, Thomson Reuters, Refinitiv, London Stock Exchange Group, Pitney Bowes, and Insight Investment, focusing on trading platforms, financial analytics, mission-critical decision-support and execution workflows.
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Leading AI-Enabled Trading & Investment UX
Currently at Insight Investment (BNY), I lead UX across various areas including trading and investment solutions, with some systems already employing AI-driven analysis, recommendations and decision-support capabilities.
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Academic Foundation in HCI & Responsible AI
I complement industry experience with formal study in Human-Computer Interaction and AI Systems Design at the University of Cambridge, with a focus on interpretability, automation risk, governance, and human factors. I bring a systems-level, principled approach to designing AI products that operate responsibly at scale.
Two Decades in Global Financial Institutions
Over the past two decades, I've led design work at organisations including UBS Investment Bank, HSBC Global Banking & Markets, Lloyds Banking Group, Thomson Reuters, Refinitiv, London Stock Exchange Group, Pitney Bowes, and Insight Investment, focusing on trading platforms, financial analytics, mission-critical decision-support and execution workflows.
Leading AI-Enabled Trading & Investment UX
Currently at Insight Investment (BNY), I lead UX across various areas including trading and investment solutions, with some systems already employing AI-driven analysis, recommendations and decision-support capabilities.
Academic Foundation in HCI & Responsible AI
I complement industry experience with formal study in Human-Computer Interaction and AI Systems Design at the University of Cambridge, with a focus on interpretability, automation risk, governance, and human factors. I bring a systems-level, principled approach to designing AI products that operate responsibly at scale.
Interests & Hobbies
Astronomy
Loved star-gazing when I was young, armed with my refractor telescope and star maps. Studied GCSE-level Astronomy.
Trading & Investing
Occasional day-trading and longer-term investing. Currently unable to day-trade due to employment contract restrictions.
Cryptos
Achieved 2,500% gains between Dec-2020 and May-2021, actively managing portfolio to out-perform Bitcoin itself, which only went up 292%.
Hiking
Day-hikes in the English Countryside or the occasional weekend away in Snowdonia
Photography
Mainly travel, landscapes and wildlife. Maybe some street, but weddings are an absolute no-no.
Property
I keep an eye on the London property market for any potential investment or down-sizing opportunities.
Technology
Regular reading of websites and blogs to keep up-to-date with the latest technology advancements.
Product & Service Design
Regular reading to keep up-to-date with the latest news & opinions on Product and Service Design.
Snowboarding
Europe (Austria, Switzerland), USA (California — Lake Tahoe)
Travel
Slowly exploring the world, a country at a time. Love experiencing different cultures.
Ancient History & Technology
Currently fascinated by the theory that the Lost City of Atlantis may be the Richat Structure ("Eye of Africa") in Mauritania.
Places visited
I prefer to visit countries with a rich history, distinct culture, and where the primary spoken language isn't English.
- Austria
- Bahrain
- Belgium
- Cambodia
- China
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia
- Italy
- Ireland
- Japan
- Jordan
- Malaysia
- Montenegro
- Peru
- Portugal
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Turkey
- USA
- United Kingdom
- Vatican City
- Vietnam
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Stats from personal Tripadvisor account.