James Alexander Gardner

James Gardner (born 1970) was Chief Technology Officer at the UK's Department for Work and Pensions,[1] and was previously an employee at Lloyds Banking Group where he was Head of Innovation.[2] In 2011 he joined innovation management company Spigit, where he is now Chief Technology Officer.[3]

Career

During his time at Lloyds, Gardner wrote a candid blog about the banking industry, focusing on innovation and technology in the industry. He continued to write in a similar vein from within the public sector.[4][5] In March 2010, he was cited as the most social media connected financial services executive in the United Kingdom, some 9 months after he had left the banking industry.[6]

In 2008 Gardner signed a deal with John Wiley and Sons to write a book on banking innovation[7] which included case studies from his former employer and other global banks. It includes detailed material on the bank's innovation prediction market, which attracted interest from the trade press.[8][9]

References
  1. Gardner Joins Banking Sector Brain Drain Archived 23 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Finextra, Retrieved 10 January 2010
  2. LLoyds TSB appoints Head of Innovation Archived 3 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine Finextra, Retrieved 10 January 2010
  3. "Spigit Appoints former Lloyds innovation boss", Finextra, 18 January 2011.
  4. "The future is now", Banking Day, 25 June 2009.
  5. "Conflicts of interest", Finextra, 14 December 2009.
  6. Bigmouthmedia unveils British financial sector's top social networking executives, US PR WIre, Retrieved 17 March 2010
  7. Innovation and the Future Proof Bank Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Payments News, Retrieved 4 January 2010
  8. Place your bets Archived 21 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Director magazine, Retrieved 11 January 2010
  9. "Lloyds TSB creates innovation stockmarket", Finextra, 12 December 2008.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.