Our Principals

We work exclusively for ambitious mid-market businesses

We’re a team of 100+ Board-level CIOs and CTOs. If you don’t want, don’t need, or can’t afford a full-time technology leader, a fractional Freeman Clarke Principal can join your senior leadership team to own and deliver your IT strategy.

With deep commercial knowledge, experts in all sectors, and over 300 happy clients—we’ve got you covered.

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Our Principals

Alex Hudson

City of London

Alex works with organisations to make rapid and fundamental changes to their...

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Andy Barlow

Western Home Counties

Andy joined Freeman Clarke in 2022 having been an Executive Leader at...

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Andy Goundry

North East

Andy joined Freeman Clarke in 2022 with a broad set of industry...

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Andy Jones

Thames Valley

Andy Jones joined Freeman Clarke having had an extensive career in senior...

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Andy Wallace

East Midlands & South Yorkshire

Over 25 years of diverse experience in a wide range of companies...

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Ashle Whittle

North West

Ashle joined Freeman Clarke as a highly passionate and seasoned Chief Technology...

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Brian Proffitt

Thames Valley

Brian joined Freeman Clarke in 2020 to work with clients on value...

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Chris Dean

Southern Home Counties

Chris joined Freeman Clarke in 2020 to help our clients grow their...

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Chris Hewertson

Central London

Chris Hewertson joined Freeman Clarke in 2021 following his return to the...

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Chris White

Southern Home Counties

Chris White joined Freeman Clark in 2022. He started his career in...

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Colin Streames-Smith

Western Home Counties

Colin joined Freeman Clarke in 2022 bringing with him over 30 years...

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Dan Fiehn

Southern Home Counties

Dan is an experienced C-level business and IT executive, Dan actively supports...

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Darren Sharp

West Midlands

Darren is a technology and business leader, previously holding roles in organisations...

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Dave Martin

West Midlands

Dave has been with Freeman Clarke since 2013. He works as a...

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David Beck

West Midlands

David joined Freeman Clarke in 2015. Previously he was CTO for a...

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David Bottomley

East Midlands & South Yorkshire

David is a highly successful and energetic CIO / IT Director with...

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David Carter

City of London

David joined Freeman Clarke having successfully held senior IT leadership and director...

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David Stanton

City of London

David has 25 years’ experience in IT services in both management and...

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David Tellis

Northern & Eastern Home Counties

David joined the London and Northern Home Counties team in 2016 and...

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Debra Fairlie

West Midlands

Debra helps organisations succeed with technology. Her expertise…

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Des Matthewman

Central London

Before joining Freeman Clarke, Des spent for 18 years in Financial Services...

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Donald Naisby

Northern & Eastern Home Counties

Don is an accomplished IT leader, specialising in aligning technology to business...

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Dylan Jones

Northern & Eastern Home Counties

Following a military career in the Royal Airforce, Dylan has worked in...

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Frank Watts

East Midlands

Frank is a very experienced international CIO/CTO having worked with a variety of blue chip organisations,...

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Gareth Rooney

North West

Gareth joined the North West region at Freeman Clarke in 2021 bringing...

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Grant Passey

Thames Valley

Grant is an entrepreneurial and dynamic board level CIO, CTO, Chief Digital...

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Iain Armstrong

East Midlands & South Yorkshire

Iain joined the East Midlands team and works as IT Director with...

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Ian Coyle

Central London

Ian is in the London team at Freeman Clarke and has extensive...

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Ian Gates

Southern Home Counties

Ian is an experienced IT Director/CIO with over 25 years of experience...

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James Alcock

North West

James has over 20 years’ experience in technology gained across a range...

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Jeremy Hyland

West Midlands

Jeremy treats every client situation as unique, understanding each…

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Jim Bridge

Southern Home Counties

Jim joined Freeman Clark after working with SME’s over the past seven...

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New security challenges…and how to fight them

To ensure that your organization’s security and risk strategy is up-to-date and effective, it’s important to ask your IT team or suppliers six simple yet essential questions.

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Joe Mernagh

City of London

Joe joined Freeman Clarke in 2015 with a wide experience of managing...

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John Armstrong

West Midlands

John joined Freeman Clarke in 2023 with over 30 years of experience...

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John Reeve

Thames Valley

John joins the Thames Valley region of Freeman Clarke and is a...

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John Rogers

Thames Valley

John has 20+ years of experience in both management, operations and technical...

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John Whitlow

Yorkshire & North East

A multi-sector CIO providing consulting services with the goal of bringing best...

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Jon Tattersall

Yorkshire & North East

A technology and business leader with over 25 years experience of digital...

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Julian Price

City of London

Julian Price joined Freeman Clark in early 2018. He brings with him...

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Julian Starling

West Midlands

Julian drives clarity. What is it we’re trying to achieve? What can...

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Keith Goddard

Thames Valley

An accomplished CIO for large Corporate and SME Organisations, he has also...

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Kev Cooper

Thames Valley

Working with leading organisations, all with vision and ambition to achieve aspiring...

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Laura Lawrence

West Midlands

Laura joined Freeman Clarke in 2022 with over 30 years of experience...

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Les Davidson

Southern Home Counties

Les joined Freeman Clarke in 2016, bringing with him extensive business and...

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Madhu Bhabuta

Thames Valley

Madhu has 20+ years across IT disciplines and has held senior technology...

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Manvinder Singh

Southern Home Counties

Manvinder has over 22 years’ experience as a senior IT leader and...

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Marcus Sims

North West

Marcus joins Freeman Clarke with over 15 years experience in Senior IT...

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Marcus Webster

West Midlands

Marcus joined Freeman Clarke as an accomplished IT leader with 20+ years’...

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Mark Gilbert

Thames Valley

Mark joined Freeman Clarke with an extensive career in CTO, CTPO and...

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Mark Hollidge

East Midlands & South Yorkshire

Mark joined Freeman Clarke after more than 25 years supporting Global and...

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Mark Mitchelson

North West

Mark has worked extensively across Manufacturing and Business Services sectors throughout Europe...

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Mark Smith

Yorkshire & North East

Mark joined Freeman Clarke in early 2020, following over twenty years’ experience...

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Martin Shaw

East Midlands & South Yorkshire

Martin works with a number of clients across the East Midlands. These...

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Martin Taylor

Western Home Counties

Martin has been a CIO in FTSE 100 or global private companies...

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Mat Diss

Thames Valley

Mat helps businesses understand their current IT organisation, infrastructure, and environment. He...

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Matthew Abdy

East Midlands and South Yorkshire

Matthew joined the Freeman Clark East Midlands and South Yorkshire team in...

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Cyber Security and Compliance

Is your business protected. Critical content for CEOs

Michael Orant

Yorkshire & North East

Michael brings a wealth of business and technical leadership experience from across...

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Mike Gray

Southern Home Counties

Mike is an experienced executive with a hybrid mix of commercial and...

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Mike Robinson

East Midlands & South Yorkshire

Mike joined Freeman Clarke having held a number of permanent and interim...

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Mike Sturrock

Central London

Mike brings to Freeman Clarke over 20 years of senior IT leadership...

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Mohan Gharial

City of London

Mohan Gharial joined Freeman Clarke in 2019 having previously held senior IT...

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Neil Higham

North West

Neil has more than 30 years of technical experience within the private...

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Nick Thackray

Central London

Nick is passionate about harnessing technology to bring fresh energy into growing...

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Nigel Hodges

East Midlands & South Yorkshire

Nigel joined Freeman Clarke in 2019 with over twenty years’ experience of...

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Helpful, no-nonsense content on IT, business systems and digital.

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Nigel Moulton

Thames Valley

Nigel joined Freeman Clarke in 2021 with a broad set of industry...

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Paul Birkin

East Midlands & South Yorkshire

Paul is a strategist, with a clear commercial acumen who has a...

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Paul Farrelly

Northern & Eastern Home Counties

Paul joined Freeman Clarke in early 2023 bringing with him over 30...

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Paul Larner

City of London

Paul is an MBA-qualified IT Director, who joined Freeman Clarke in late...

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Peter Taylor

North West

Pete is an IT Director with a passion for delivering business growth...

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Rich Kershaw

City of London

Rich joined Freeman Clarke in 2020 and has over 15 years’ experience...

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Rob Wilkinson

North West

Rob is a technology and innovation specialist combining a career in IT...

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Shannon Roy

Central London

Shannon has been guiding small and medium size tech teams to success...

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Shaun Mundy

Thames Valley

Shaun Joined Freeman Clarke in 2022 having previously held the senior Group...

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Simon Collin

Central London

With over 25 years of experience as a product, technology and business...

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Simon Keen

Northern & Eastern Home Counties

Simon joined Freeman Clarke in 2021  and has been providing interim and...

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Steve Bellfield

West Midlands

Steve is a business-focused IT specialist. He helps organisations…

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Steve Cairns

Central London

Steve joined Freeman Clarke with more than 30 years of successful IT...

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Steven Houghton-Burnett

Yorkshire & North East

Steve is a technology and business leader with significant…

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Tim Higginbotham

East Midlands & South Yorkshire

Tim has successfully held senior IT leadership and director roles in many...

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Tony Hall

East Midlands & South Yorkshire

Tony is a highly experienced Director and Chief Technology Officer with 30...

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Tony Tinnirello

City of London

Tony joined Freeman Clarke in July 2014 and is working with a...

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Warwick Hampden-Woodfall

Thames Valley

Warwick joined Freeman Clarke with over 20 years’ experience in managing complex...

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Will Hart

City of London

William is a dynamic CTO/CPO, who helps early- and growth-stage organisations move...

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