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Clive is a very experienced strategic adviser and consultant, with over 30 years of invaluable international experience within multiple sectors, through skills learned and the building of best practices and standards. Clive has a comprehensive knowledge of business, eco-systems, organizational and technology transformation, and change. Clive is also ardent about technology, its trends and how it can help businesses innovate, create, and drive new opportunities and approaches to meet market challenges. Clive has a comprehensive knowledge of business, eco-system, organisation, and technology models; and their market trends and drivers gained through extensive engagement with a large range of organisations and clients.

Jez Ward is an Executive Cloud Advisor and Head of Advisory at Cloudreach, with over 25 years experience in IT industry roles. He advises and helps CxOs develop their actionable plan, take advantage of the latest innovations, and deliver high-impact business outcomes within public Cloud

Jez is experienced at creating a winning vision and building consensus across enterprise stakeholders. He’s successfully led several digital transformation projects, including initiating and completing Kempinski Hotels’ adoption of Public Cloud (infrastructure and applications). Jez also co-hosts one of the industries leading podcasts, Cloudbusting, that addresses all issues related to transformation and Cloud adoption.

John is an experienced Cloud Advisor focusing on enabling large enterprises to transform their business through the adoption public cloud.
John has a background as a technology and solution architecture specialist with a strong track record of leading teams to deliver end-to-end IT solutions to meet the customer needs. He is experienced in working in large scale and complex enterprises providing strategic leadership in the delivery of both organisational as well as technical change.
Prior to Cloudreach John worked for Transport for London (TfL) and kicked off their Cloud 1st Strategy and public cloud adoption programme.

Tara joined Cloudreach in January 2020 as Chief People Officer. Prior to this, Tara was Chief People Officer at Mind Gym, following several years as an interim and consultant HR Director for FinTechs facing change, transformation and regulatory hurdles, including Zopa, HSBC Digital and Wonga.

The foundations of Tara’s HR career were established in large multinationals including RBS, Lloyds Banking Group, BUPA and Marks & Spencer, with time spent living and working overseas in India and Australia.

Tara holds a BSc in Psychology from Manchester University and a MSc in Occupational Psychology from City University and was awarded the British Psychological Association’s national research prize for her study on unblocking women’s career progression barriers in city law firms.

"Rob Duffy is the Migration Service Line Lead for Cloudreach. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience working at the forefront of enterprise infrastructure and cloud services, he has responsibility for all aspects of Cloudreach's cloud migration solutions. A key focus has been working on customer-facing migration challenges for Cloudreach's global customers, making the promise of cloud benefits a reality.

Prior to joining Cloudreach, Rob was Director of Strategic Cloud Services at Ricoh, a Japanese global enterprise services organization leading their cloud services framework development. Rob has also held leadership roles at EMC and mindSHIFT Technologies. "

Poonam has spent her career working with industry titans, leading international teams as a consultant and Professional services manager before joining Cloudreach. In her role as Head of Talent Academy, Poonam is responsible for the leading and shaping the next generation of cloud talent through the program. An ambassador for change in the industry, she has been instrumental in leading the academy in collaboration with AWS, to ensure the sustainability of skills for our customers and driving the importance of diverse teams creating diverse solutions

Dave leads Product and Marketing at Cloudreach. He advises and helps CxOs develop their actionable plan, take advantage of the latest innovations, and deliver high-impact business outcomes.

Dave is a trusted IT leader with 20 years in diverse industry roles. He has a proven track record in enterprise transformation, most recently as the VP for Digital Foundations at BP. In this role, he created and led an integrated and innovative modernization program that delivered a new vision for IT along with a new digital platform to enable BP’s vision.

Dave is currently working with Media, Financial Services and Public Sector clients, helping business teams innovate. Dave has also served previously as the CIO at JobcentrePlus, and Group CTO at the Department for Work and Pensions, the UK Government’s welfare organization, as well as senior roles at British American Tobacco and Arthur Andersen.