Actively Available - June 2026

Senior Global
Chief Data & AI Officer

20 Years · Top-3 Consultancy · Major Airline · Global Travel Platform · Global Marketing Network
£50M P&L Owner 300-Person Team 20 Years Experience B2C & APAC Expert London-Based Board-Level
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Available From
1 June 2026
Planned departure · Amicable
📍 London, UK
Open to hybrid European roles
Total Compensation Target
£400k – £450k
Base: £285,000
£50M+
Global P&L
Managed
300+
Person Team
Led Globally
22×
Peak CapEx
ROI Delivered
£5M
Consulting ARR
at Top-3 Firm
20 yrs
C-Suite Data
& AI Experience
Executive Summary
About This Candidate

We are representing one of Europe's most commercially rounded Chief Data & AI Officers - a senior executive with 20 years of experience spanning top-tier management consulting, pioneering in-house data transformation, and global P&L ownership of a £50M data and AI services business.

What makes this candidate genuinely unusual at this level is the ability to sit in a boardroom, build a compelling commercial case for data and AI investment, and then stay in the room long enough to actually deliver it. Three times over, at enterprise scale.

“The best data leaders understand both the why at board level and the how at delivery level. This candidate understands both and has deployed them at enterprise scale, three times over”.
Career History
Where This Executive Has Been
1
Leading Global Marketing & Media Network
Global Chief Data & AI Officer
Nov 2021 – Jun 2026
  • Scaled global Data & AI services P&L to £50M, growing 20% YoY with 25% margin improvement through AI efficiencies
  • Led 300+ person globally matrixed organisation across AI, analytics, data engineering and audience strategy
  • Delivered 42% increase in sales effectiveness (£251M p.a.) and 80% new customer growth for the firm's largest global account
  • Transformed a failing data programme to consistent 4/5 client satisfaction; launched £6M AI/Data product revenue via subscription model
£50M P&L£6M AI Revenue+42% Sales Effectiveness+20% YoY Growth
2
Top-3 Global Management Consultancy
Associate Director / Junior Partner
Jan 2020 – Nov 2021
  • Originated and delivered £5M of data & AI consulting engagements per year - approximately 2× the typical first-year partner target
  • Built new GTM propositions in eCommerce, Digital and AI enablement - creating an always-on £10M consulting pipeline
  • Key projects: national health service transformation; £44B data provider M&A due diligence; EU grocery eCommerce analytics; €300M retail media strategy
£5M ARR£10M Pipeline2× Partner Target
3
Major European Full-Service Airline
Chief Data Officer (First-Ever CDO)
Aug 2017 – Sep 2019
  • Built Analytics & Data function from scratch - 0 to 60+ FTEs; delivered cloud data platform and ML/AI capabilities
  • Generated £27M in incremental revenue through ML-based yield management - 22× CapEx ROI on a £6M budget
  • Applied human-centred design for adoption from C-suite to frontline; drove 3-point NPS growth annually
£27M Revenue Uplift22× CapEx ROI0→60 FTEs Built
4
Global Online Travel Platform (£6B Revenue)
Director, Marketing Analytics, Strategy & Products
Jan 2014 – Aug 2017
  • Transformed £650M marketing function across 30+ geographies - lifting marketing ROI 20% YoY
  • Built algorithmic performance marketing platform unifying 50+ channels; acquiring 1.5M customers/day
  • Delivered B2B transaction intelligence platform driving incremental subscription revenue at scale
+20% Marketing ROI1.5M Customers/Day£650M Spend Managed
Core Capabilities
What This Executive Brings
Strategy & Commercial
P&L Ownership (£50M)Board EngagementData & AI StrategyGo-to-MarketBusiness Case DevelopmentOKR / KPI SettingCommercial Packaging
Technology & Delivery
Snowflake & Cloud PlatformsML / Predictive ModellingApplied AI / GenAI ProductsData EngineeringData Governance & LineageAgile Product Management
Leadership & Organisation
Global Team Leadership (300+)Matrix ManagementChange ManagementHuman-Centred DesignInclusive Talent Development
Sectors & Domains
Retail / FMCGTravel & HospitalityLoyalty ProgrammesPerformance MarketingRevenue ManagementeCommerce

Interested? Schedule an advisory conversation.

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Joanna Byerley
TalentPools.ai
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