Stephen Andrews

Steve Andrews is a seasoned IT professional with an impressive track record of 25 years in technical delivery spanning diverse industries and technologies. He excels in meeting operational targets and capital budgets by effectively managing cross-functional teams and key stakeholder relationships.

His expertise lies in setting and executing IT strategies for business transformation, overseeing application services and development for multiple business units. His recent role involved managing a large team of approximately 550 members, handling a substantial operational budget of £22m, and delivering against capital budgets of £41m.

Steve's proficiency extends to a range of technologies such as Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Java/j2ee, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Terradata, and Cognos. He is well-versed in application design & development, testing, service operations, and service & delivery management.

He is skilled in agile methodologies like scrum & xp, as well as traditional approaches like waterfall, prince2, and itil. Steve's specialties include transformation, offshore development, offshore service operations, agile delivery, and vendor & contract management.

Steve Andrews pursued his education at Seaford College and Falcon College, Esigodini, Zimbabwe, before completing his Bsc at the University of London. His professional journey includes roles such as Head of Architecture (Interim) and IT Consultant at Herbert Smith Freehills, Head of Applications, Application Delivery, Solution Delivery Manager, and Application Design Manager at Bupa, and Head of Delivery at Cable & Wireless, among others.