dunnhumby appoints Ben Burdsall as Chief Technology Officer

London, UK – 3 April 2022 – dunnhumby, a global leader in Customer Data Science, has appointed Ben Burdsall as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), to lead the global engineering function, responsible for the design, build and operations of technology solutions.

Ben has over 25 years of experience in developing and managing software solutions for international companies. He has over 16 years management consulting experience advising companies on digital transformation, architecture as well as delivering complex solutions for the UK government, global telecom companies and within Financial Services.

Prior to joining dunnhumby, Ben worked at Worldpay as their Chief Engineer and eCommerce CTO and at Sportradar as Global CTO. Ben has a passion for public cloud solution design, architecture and delivery, and was lead inventor for both payment and medical patents. In the past he has published a number of research papers at international AI conferences relating to the design of Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms.

Ben holds master’s degrees in Computer System Engineering from Bristol, UK, and in Image Processing and AI from ENST de Bretagne, France.

About dunnhumby 

dunnhumby is the global leader in Customer Data Science, empowering businesses everywhere to compete and thrive in the modern data-driven economy. We always put the Customer First.

Our mission: to enable businesses to grow and reimagine themselves by becoming advocates and champions for their Customers. With deep heritage and expertise in retail – one of the world’s most competitive markets, with a deluge of multi-dimensional data – dunnhumby today enables businesses all over the world, across industries, to be Customer First. 

The dunnhumby Customer Data Science Platform is our unique mix of technology, software and consulting, enabling businesses to increase revenue and profits by delivering exceptional experiences for their Customers – in-store, offline and online. dunnhumby employs over 2,000 experts in offices throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas working for transformative, iconic brands such as Tesco, Coca-Cola, Meijer, Procter & Gamble, Raley’s, L’Oréal and Monoprix.