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Integrated IT Leadership Team

Three decades. Three specialisms. One unified approach to enterprise IT.

Our partnership represents the convergence of three distinct career paths that began in the 1980s and 1990s—from COBOL programming on Sealink Ferries' payroll systems, to data analytics in advertising client services, to frontline IT support roles. Over the decades, each of us carved our own trajectory through the rapidly evolving technology landscape, eventually specialising in operations, security, and compliance respectively.

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What unites us is not just longevity, but breadth. We have run IT for startups and built businesses from nothing. We have worked with small and medium sized businesses. We have worn multiple hats and done what was needed, when it was needed, with very tight budgets. 

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Between us, we have also managed IT for oil tankers navigating international waters, supported brokers in the City of London, built technology infrastructures for global advertising networks, secured financial services environments, and guided organisations through complex regulatory frameworks. We have experienced our industries from every angle: as hands-on technicians, team leaders, regional directors, CIOs, and trusted advisors to C-suite executives.

What We Bring

​Operational Excellence

Our experience covers user support, helpdesk, infrastructure, disaster recovery, business continuity & operational resilience. We have managed office moves and office consolidations, growing existing premises as well as complete office IT refurbishments & relocations.

 

Security & Risk

Our CISSP-qualified security specialist brings decades of experience to bear on the challenging task of balancing risks with realistic operational integrity. This isn't theoretical security - it's pragmatic risk reduction in high-pressure environments where client confidentiality, brand reputation, and regulatory compliance are non-negotiable.

 

We work across all stakeholder groups, management, staff, customers and suppliers, to build resilient security operations that enable business agility rather than constrain it.

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Compliance & Governance

We have developed the rare ability to translate dense regulatory language into practical, implementable programmes. Our compliance work is recognized for its clarity and business alignment – we don't just check boxes, we build sustainable governance structures and cultures of accountability. We guide organisations through audits with confidence and create tools that make compliance manageable, not burdensome.

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Our Approach

We operate at the intersection of technology, business strategy, and regulatory requirements. We have learned, sometimes the hard way, through economic downturns and corporate restructures, that sustainable IT must balance innovation with stability, ambition with realism.

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Why It Works?

The strength of our team lies in complementary expertise. Where operations meets security meets compliance, there's typically friction, different priorities, different languages, different timelines. 

We've eliminated that friction by working as an integrated unit. The operational leader understands security constraints. The security specialist appreciates compliance requirements. The compliance expert recognizes operational realities. This alignment accelerates decision-making and produces more robust, implementable and holistic solutions.

 

With nearly 100 years of combined experience, we're not here to reinvent IT, we're here to make it work better, more securely, and with greater accountability. We've seen the trends, survived the disruptions, and learned what actually matters when the pressure is on.

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