Richard is the Head of IT Strategy & Architecture at AJ Bell, where he has amassed over 15 years of experience. He collaborates with the CTO and technology leadership team in this role to set and execute the company's technology vision. In addition, he leads multiple teams, including Backend Engineering (Data Streaming), Platform Engineering, Agile Change, and Application Security, to increase the pace of change, enhance resilience, and improve security. Recently, Richard has led the work to de-couple our product applications from back-office systems using Streaming ETL, and Integration Data Hub approaches.