lefert consulting
Llandaff, Wales
Dr Simon Field, principal consultant at Lefert Consulting, brings over 35 years
of experience creating and deploying technology for business benefit. A
qualified IT and insurance professional, he led a team of computer scientists
creating award-winning e-business technologies at IBM’s Zurich Research
Laboratory from 1996 until 2002, where he also oversaw IBM’s European Insurance
Research Center. Simon is an authority on enterprise architecture, and has
served as CTO of the UK’s Office for National Statistics, Chief Architect at
Emirates Group in Dubai, and interim Head of Architecture at Admiral Group, the
UK’s leading auto insurer. Most recently, he has been Principal Architect for
the Bank of England. He spent five years as a Senior Executive Partner at
Gartner, advising business and IT leaders across the Gulf region. His clients
included the governments of Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Dubai, Sharjah and Abu
Dhabi, major banks and insurers, international universities and some of the
world’s largest oil and gas companies.