Steve Wright
Chief Data Officer @Capita
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WORK HISTORY
Chief Data Officer @Capita
London, GB
Reporting to the General Counsel and CTO and accountable for defining the group’s data strategy, ensuring that the highest level of controls, governance and compliance are established, and to unlock the value held within the data to drive innovation and future business performance. Priorities include- Establishment of foundational data governance across a diverse and disparate range of businesses- Creation of the Chief Data Officer role and function, bringing cohesion to various data functions and 600 data-centric colleagues- Agreement on a data strategy for the group, defining critical business objectives, agreement on how and when to exploit data-related business opportunities, and agreeing a 3-year transformation programme for the Group.
EDUCATION
Victoria University of Wellington
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), Accounting
Victoria University of Wellington
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), 13 of 21 Papers Completed
Wellesley College New Zealand
Entrance Scholarship
Wellington College
Bachelor of Commerce and Administration, A Bursary (UK A-level equivalent)
SKILLS
ABOUT STEVE WRIGHT
Highly industrious and effective senior executive with many years of global experience and with a proven track record of managing and delivering large scale, complex, time-bound and enterprise-wide change and transformation. A collaborative leader and strategic thinker with high emotional intelligence who is comfortable navigating global corporates and working at Operating Committee and Board level- Champions enterprise improvement and innovation especially in an operational context; effective at creating compelling strategies and delivering propositions for large scale improvement and innovation- Significant experience in data; led largest data integration in FS Investment Banking history, COO for pioneering data & generative AI tech start-up, set up global CDO function from scratch, and recently spearheaded LSEG/Microsoft Cloud Data Platform strategy- Drives change programmes and initiatives that realise business benefit; broad background with varied roles that demonstrate an ability to quickly build collaborative networks, relationships and partnerships to effect sustainable change. Comfortable with all types of transformation, operational areas and business challenges- Values driven; renowned for delivery, doing the right thing, being client centric, and creating and sustaining high performing teams focused on delivery and business benefit realisation
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