Prof Andy Pardoe

An executive professional having 30+ years of IT, business and management experience across multiple industries, including Financial Services (Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, HSBC), Retail and Products (COTY), Media, Telecoms & Technology (ARM) and Health & Public Services (NHS, West Midlands Police). Consulting with CEOs and their boards on AI strategy, delivery, governance, operating model, responsible AI, ethics, innovation, change and scaling AI. A strong academic and commercial background in Artificial Intelligence as well as global external exposure as an influencer, thought leader, international keynote speaker, author and community leader on AI having an extensive network within the AI community globally.

Exposed to international organisations, scaleup SMEs, start-ups, academic and political environments. Experienced with business-aligned technical architecture, technology roadmaps, front and back office systems, strategic partners, IT governance and strategy, business process re-engineering, IT support models.

Leading vendor selection and negotiations, complex stakeholder management, global team & line management and full life-cycle software management. A strong delivery focused operational leader with strategic-level business experience within global organisations operating in complex and dynamic environments.

Managed multimillion-pound (£10M+) budgets, financial reporting and control, as well as profit and loss responsibility against complex global project deliveries. Accountable for sales pipeline and growth opportunities at clients.

Programme and Project Manager experience. Hands on experience of managing projects over the complete product lifecycle. Experienced in managing both internal and external vendor relationships. Managed multiple teams globally (200+) covering local, remote, offshore and outsourced projects and vendor management.

Extensive experience of IT governance and IT strategy both generally and specifically related to Artificial Intelligence adoption.

Author of 14+ AI books including Confident AI, IQ Unknown, Becoming a Data Scientist and the Executive AI Handbook with more releases planned.