Our Team

Joe joined Freeman Clarke in 2015 with a wide experience of managing technology for the UK and international companies. He is currently working with clients in a range of industry sectors including biotechnology, sports services, intellectual property and wealth management. Prior to joining Freeman Clarke, he held positions such as IT Director at Davies Group and Chief Knowledge Officer at Evotec. Joe has a particular interest in knowledge management and developing high-performance teams. Read the Oxitec client story.

Jon has spent 25+ years in senior technology leadership positions at various asset management firms in the New York area including Colony Capital, one of the largest global diversified REITs, a successful Fortress-funded aircraft leasing start-up called Aircastle and Paloma Partners hedge fund.  He transformed the technology platforms at all three firms during periods of rapid growth, M&A and other major changes.  He is focused on leveraging technology to drive value and efficiency while using related data to develop key insights and new business opportunities.

Madhu has 20+ years across IT disciplines and has held senior technology positions ranging from CIO, CTO, IT Ops Director, Lead Architect, Strategy and Head of IT, and Operations.

Her experience spans start-ups to FTSE-100 companies across manufacturing, higher education, healthcare, aerospace, government, insurance, and telecoms.

She brings technology together in a way that maximises business value and alignment between business and technology strategy. She has implemented CRM, ERP, security, networking, and billing systems and delivered innovative cloud migration and IoT architectures.

Madhu is a trustee of the University of Bristol, has won multiple awards and is a regular speaker at conferences. She holds a Masters degree in Software Engineering and a PhD in Networks and Modelling from Imperial College, London.

Mark joined Freeman Clarke after more than 25 years supporting Global and UK companies to maximize their investment in IT. Prior to joining Freeman Clarke, Mark successfully held senior IT leadership roles in several companies, working in Europe, the US and the UK, including Bombardier Transportation, Siemens, TNT Express, Boots, Eversheds Sutherland and Thames Water, supporting sectors in Manufacturing, Engineering, Utilities, Retail and Legal; playing a significant role in acquisitions to deliver organizational and technologynological change. This is backed up with the commercial acumen to manage tier one suppliers like Accenture, IBM and CSC. With a background in Strategic Planning, ERP, Asset Management and Digital Transformation with a strong capability in program and project management. Mark has proven that he has a track record of transformation change experience. With a focus on delivering business value, his core strengths are focused on IT strategy development and delivery, program leadership, application delivery, change management, service excellence, team mentoring and leadership

Mike joined Freeman Clarke having held a number of permanent and interim CIO/CTO leadership positions within businesses ranging from small start-ups to complex multi-site international organizations. He has significant experience of business strategy and digital transformation across several industries including professional services, real estate, IT managed services and higher education.

Prior to joining Freeman Clarke, Mike was a Partner and Board member at Malcolm Hollis LLP. He has experience in process redesign, enterprise architecture and program delivery gained from successfully delivery of a range of programs including Dynamics 365 CRM and ERP, Business Intelligence, GDPR and BIM.

As IT Director at De Montfort University, he integrated and modernized several disparate IT teams, established a ground-breaking educational partnership with HP and led several sector-wide initiatives. He also has also worked for Eversheds, KPMG and ComputerLand.

Nick is an accomplished executive with global leadership experience driving market share, technology advancements, revenue, and operational scalability. Data-driven leader and team builder with success driving 8-figure revenue growth via technical solutions, customer service, and collaboration across business units, as an influential leader at several prominent alternative investment firms and leading the entire IT lifecycle, from roadmap to execution, driving solutions aligned with business outcomes and data-driven strategies. Substantial contributions to the bottom line and team member development with experience hiring, mentoring, and leading high-performing teams, resulting in increased engagement, happiness, performance, and employee retention.

Nigel joined Freeman Clarke in 2021 with a broad set of industry experience and has been an active member of highly successful leadership teams, helping to drive significant revenue growth whilst building, nurturing, and maintaining a company culture able to sustainably support the ambitions of the business and the people employed there.

He is also a highly effective public speaker and has been the most requested and highest rated keynote speaker at Dell events across EMEA.

Nigel has an ability to leverage business acumen and technology expertise to deliver innovative solutions that enable the achievement of both short- and long-term objectives.

Omar is a profound technology executive with over 25 years international experience and a top-tier global MBA. He embodies diverse skills and experience in business operations, corporate strategy, and technology, stemming from his background in Applied Sciences in Electrical Engineering. Omar groomed a significant part of his career  while living and working in Europe.

He continues to be a critical thinker, who is competent in identifying opportunity and risk, and demonstrates his proven ability to successfully adapt and excel in diverse  business cultures.

Steve joined Freeman Clarke with more than 30 years of successful IT leadership experience in a variety of exciting and challenging geographies including the US, across a diverse range of industries including education, legal, medical, lifestyle, express-delivery, supply-chain, and commercial software.

Steve has held leadership positions such as CIO, CTO, VP IT Service Management, Operations, and Head of Business Applications.  Working closely with his business counterparts, he has helped to bring about significant organisational benefits and deliver customer value.

Steve has a keen interest in implementing proven best practices, developing amazing teams, nurturing highly productive supplier partnerships and in breaking down siloes, emphasising collaboration and communication across the organisation.  Steve also enjoys the challenges of new technologies and has been involved in the development of AI, Machine Learning and Blockchain solutions.  Steve is a lifelong learner and in his spare time likes travelling, food, cycling, reading, movies and developing his passion for coffee roasting and brewing.

Julian joined Freeman Clarke at the beginning of 2017 and is part of our central team. He is responsible for all recruitment, CPD and HR activities both here in the UK and with our newly expanded team in Singapore. Julian has over 20 years’ experience with recruitment and HR and was most recently with a global charity looking after the recruitment of their international teams. Prior to that he has extensive experience working across a number of sectors including retail, warehousing and consultancy.

Kathryn joined Freeman Clarke in 2022 as VP Talent Partner and is responsible for talent acquisition within the US.

As a people focused recruiter, Kathryn is passionate about meeting and matching the right opportunity for prospective talent and business.

Kathryn is an experienced recruiter having worked within agency-based recruitment to leading and establishing a recruitment function inhouse. Kathryn is resourceful in her sourcing of passive and active talent, possesses strong interpersonal and communication skills, and is adaptable in her recruitment approach.

Katy joined Freeman Clarke in 2015 and is the Finance Manager in our central team. She is responsible for all financial transactions and reporting both in the UK and overseas. Before joining Freeman Clarke, Katy worked with several blue-chip companies as a management accountant and finance systems analyst. She has wide experience across a number of industries including travel, retail, charities and consumer goods.

Troy joined Freeman Clarke in 2021 and looks after the Finance team and function.  He has a long career working with various sized companies, from exchange listed multi-corporate to SME across a wide range of industries.  While he started in Public practice, for most of his career he has worked in corporate as an Analyst, Management Accountant, Financial Controller, and Head of Finance.  He enjoys the work/life balance and working from home aspects of Freeman Clarke.