Dan Partridge
About Me
I work with senior leaders in capital markets and fintech to fix IT‑business delivery friction. My focus is aligning technology with strategic goals to protect revenue, restore control, and rebuild trust.
Over 20 years I’ve led global teams, cut millions from IT costs, and unblocked high‑stakes programmes in payments, banking, and trading. I’ve been the person executives call when delivery is stalling, risks are rising, and clarity is missing.
Recent results include $1.5M saved in automation build costs, $1.3M cut from IT operations run rate, and $220M unlocked through vendor renegotiation.
Education
University of Strathclyde 1994
MEng, Manufacturing Sciences and Engineering
Manufacturing Sciences and Engineering - applying engineering, materials science, and process expertise to design, optimise, and scale efficient, high‑quality production systems.
Work & Experience
FIS 11/11/2020 - 06/27/2025
Interim CTO – Digital Transformation (Senior Director IT Systems)
FIS is a global FinTech company with annual revenue of $7.81Bn (2024), providing services in payments, banking and capital markets, employing over 55,000 staff. Led the technology team for the Digital Transformation business, delivering robotic process automation (RPA) solutions for key commercial clients. Partnered with the CFO to stabilise delivery, close a $1.5M productivity gap, and safeguard $10M in revenue. Scaled automation platforms (AWS, Azure) reduced OpEx by $1.3M and improved client-facing service performance.
Worldpay 11/11/2019 - 11/11/2020
Acquiring Platform Acceptance Lead (Executive – Interim)
Worldpay was a payment processing company. It was acquired by FIS in July 2019 for $43 billion Appointed to manage IT Ops risk and stabilise merchant migrations to Worldpay's New Acquiring Platform. Delivered zero-impact cutovers, resolved post-migration data issues, and restored confidence in financial reporting across digital banking channels.
HSBC Global Private Banking: 08/06/2018 - 07/10/2019
GPB Digital Service Availability Manager (Executive - Interim)
HSBC Global Private Banking is part of the Wealth and Personal Banking division within the HSBC Group. They provide private banking services to wealthy individuals and families including billionaires as well as multi-millionaire business owners, entrepreneurs and investors. Created a new Service Availability function to support HNW/UHNW digital platforms. Advised CTO and COO on service resilience, built a scalable support model across Europe and North America, and integrated DevOps with Group Service Management.
Morgan Stanley 03/05/2007 - 04/25/2018
Executive Director
Morgan Stanley is an American multinational financial services company operating in over 41 countries with more than 75,000 employees and revenues in excess of $59.8Billion (2021) Contributed to a global vendor strategy that delivered $220M in savings across QA and Production Support. Helped define the future operating model for production management, embedding governance, scalability, and resilience. Expanded FX support teams from 9 to 40+ across NY, London, and HK. Oversaw a $9M+ budget for trading system support and led delivery of a front-to-back test environment for MIFID2 transaction reporting testing, saving up to $1M and improving delivery efficiency.
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