Lead regional data integration across 30+ countries, owning intake, planning and delivery with country, regional and global stakeholders. 50+ integration requests delivered spanning secondary sales, CRM, market-share, government-agency, external-provider and omnichannel data, with regional data services running on Databricks across private-cloud and serverless environments.

Owned regional Data Warehouse, Analytics and Digital capabilities across approximately 20 countries. Directly led a four-person Power BI and Power Apps squad and set priorities across a 16-person data operations delivery team. Delivered 16 dashboards and five Power Apps for up to 100 users, migrated the regional analytics platform from on-premises to cloud, and introduced a unified demand-intake process across all GEM markets. Participated in technical hiring and capability development.

Took interim accountability for regional insights and analytics during an organisational transition, alongside the existing business partner role. Maintained service continuity and country onboarding, and helped establish the operating foundation for the regional product owner role that followed.

Acted as the link between business strategy and technology delivery for Customer Experience, Insights & Analytics, with additional scope across HR, Commercial and Digital. Supported the migration to the Enterprise Data Warehouse and country adoption of enterprise analytics.

Led solution analysis, architecture and delivery for regional finance systems across CIS markets, including the migration from local finance systems to a unified global platform. Retained hands-on responsibility for the integrations, models and reporting underneath.

Listen first — from stakeholders above, below and across the business. Understanding what people actually need, and where the current landscape hurts, comes before any proposal. Only then do I develop strategy and tactics, and align on next steps with the people who will live with the result.

Strong tools and prompts matter, but domain knowledge, critical thinking and human accountability remain essential — particularly in a regulated industry. I have evaluated AI tooling for data operations to inform leadership investment decisions, and the discipline that mattered most was avoiding tool sprawl.

I prefer stable, reliable approaches over vendor promises that do not hold up in production. The goal is a landscape that stays simple and supportable without trading off quality or delivery — backed by a clear view of budgeting and spend tracking, so cost is a design constraint rather than an afterthought.

Most of my career has run across markets, functions and time zones, coordinating country teams, regional headquarters and global platform groups. Delivery cadence holds when handovers are explicit, decisions are written down, and nobody has to be awake at the same hour to keep things moving. The teams I have led have mostly been matrixed or contracted rather than direct reports — which means influence, clarity and follow-through do the work that authority would otherwise do. Several people I brought in on contract moved into permanent roles, and were later promoted on my recommendation.

Currently based in Singapore, working across regional and global environments. Open to relocation, and happy in an office-first or hybrid setup — I do my best work with people in the room.