Ben joined dunnhumby in April 2023 to lead the global engineering function, responsible for the design, build and operations of technology solutions. Ben was formerly CTO at two global listed companies, and holds advisory board and non-executive directorship positions.

Experience

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, as well as 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.

Qualifications

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