Transformation & Data Strategy
Simon Gavin Blunt
Transformation Leadership & Data Strategy Consultant for regulated sectors — financial services, public sector, healthcare and legal.
Executive Summary
Senior transformation and data strategy leader with 25+ years delivering large-scale operating-model, governance, and enterprise-data change across financial services, healthcare, public sector, and legal environments. Proven record of turning fragmented, high-risk operating landscapes into governed, automation- and AI-ready foundations — combining board-level advisory with hands-on delivery of data strategy, information governance, process redesign, and regulatory compliance programmes. Trusted by regulated organisations to lead complex, multi-stakeholder change with commercial rigour and measurable outcomes.
Core Capabilities
Two disciplines, one outcome — governed change that holds up under scrutiny
Transformation Leadership
- Operating-model redesign and enterprise change across siloed, multi-entity organisations
- Cross-functional stakeholder leadership, senior client engagement and programme alignment
- Delivery governance, benefits tracking and adoption at scale (750+ staff trained)
- Proposal development, pre-sales and commercial account growth
- Team mentoring and capability development
Data Strategy & Governance
- Data strategy, vision and roadmap development with value-led prioritisation
- Information governance, data ownership, retention and operating models
- GDPR compliance, data risk, data lineage and defensible documentation
- Enterprise process, systems and data mapping (current- and future-state)
- AI-readiness and logical data models as automation foundations
Career Highlights
Outcomes measured in risk removed, cost avoided and time recovered
Up to £5m
in projected annual savings identified through operating-model and logical-data-model redesign at a major UK financial services group.
235 companies · 4,000+ systems
covered by a defensible GDPR compliance and data-lineage programme across a multi-entity financial services environment.
750 colleagues
trained across five business franchises, strengthening governance adoption and consistency.
100+ days → 41
typical implementation effort cut for 54+ enterprise customers standardised on a common delivery methodology, reducing support demand by 50%.
$1m
in new business secured in 32 months while leading regional delivery, sales and account growth.
Selected Engagements
Regulated-sector delivery, from board narrative to system-level detail
| Sector | Engagement Focus | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Financial Services NatWest Group |
GDPR orchestration, enterprise process-data-model design, cross-franchise data lineage | Defensible compliance position across 235 companies and 4,000+ systems; up to £5m identified in annual savings |
| Financial Services Global institution |
Operating-model refresh and stakeholder realignment for governance transformation | Rebuilt stakeholder confidence; structured artefacts enabled sustainable delivery and benefits tracking |
| Public Sector / Government |
Enterprise process and data-model assessment across 39 repositories | Reduced role and system fragmentation; defined current- and future-state data requirements |
| Multi-sector 54+ clients |
Standardisation of enterprise integration and delivery methodology | Implementation effort cut from 100+ days to 41; support demand reduced by 50% |
Career Snapshot
A consistent thread — process, data and governance, across sectors and continents
Oct 2024 – Present
Senior Consultant, Pre-sales & Delivery
Informotion EMEA Ltd, London
Jul 2022 – Sep 2024
Senior Consultant, GDPR & Information Governance
EncompaaS EMEA Ltd, London
Oct 2018 – Jun 2022
Senior Consultant, Pre-sales & Delivery
Informotion Pty Ltd, Australia
Nov 2015 – Oct 2018
Service Delivery Manager, Eastern Australia
Information Proficiency / Sigma Data
Mar 2015 – Nov 2015
Business Systems Analyst
Wyong Shire Council (via Hays IT)
Sep 2003 – Mar 2015
IG Systems Design / Business Analyst — Integration
Civica Pty Ltd
Feb 1998 – Sep 2003
Product Manager
Integrum Pty Ltd
Education & Credentials
Formal foundations, kept current with platform certification
Education
- BAppSc, Environmental Management & Tourism — University of Western Sydney
- Diploma, Computer Programming — Metropolitan Business College
Certifications
- Micro Focus Information Governance (Presales & Sales)
- HPE EDRMS Power User
- Civica Certified TRIM Administrator
- IBM Certified Lotus Professional
Let's talk
Delivering governed transformation for regulated sectors
If you're looking for consulting capability to support a data strategy, governance or transformation programme in a regulated environment, I'd welcome a conversation.
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