Experience & expertise
Derrick has over 35 years’ experience of shaping and leading digitally enabled business change for a number of international businesses, across a range of sectors. He has defined, positioned and delivered IT strategies and service models for a number of multi-site business, and positioned and led leading-edge programmes across all business functions from manufacturing to sales.
With considerable experience of mergers and acquisitions he has led the IT aspects of due diligence and integration across more than 25 acquisitions, divestments and joint ventures. He has a proven track record of success in organisational optimisation, having built and led technology teams of 10 to 500 on a global basis. His legacy across a number of businesses has been high-performing, business focused technology teams.
Background & approach
Derrick started his career in manufacturing with ICI, assuming progressively more senior roles in FMCG with Kellogg and Heineken, in system engineering and high-tech manufacturing with Raytheon and in the Oil & Gas sector where he was Global CIO for Wood Group Plc. He is passionate about IT being closely aligned, and part of, any business. A proactive advocate of technology delivering accelerated business objectives through clear positioning of value, return of investment and risk as part of an overall business investment portfolio.
