Enterprise technology leadership

Ari Datta

Technology at scale.
Transformation that lasts.

Enterprise Technology & Transformation Leader turning strategic ambition into resilient platforms, high-performing organisations and measurable outcomes.

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Based inLondon, UK
10+Years leading
complex change
40+Person engineering
organisation
£10mTechnology &
people portfolio
£80mTransformation
programme

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Leadership across the whole system.

Ari is a senior technology and transformation leader with more than a decade of experience delivering complex, large-scale change across Commercial Banking and enterprise technology. He works from strategy through execution, translating ambition into roadmaps and aligning business, product, engineering, architecture, operations and strategic partners.

At Lloyds Banking Group, he leads a large engineering and live-service organisation supporting critical banking services. His remit spans technology strategy, operating models, platform transformation, financial governance and enterprise-grade resilience across cloud and hybrid environments.

An Executive MBA graduate of Henley Business School and a Chartered Manager, Ari leads with clarity, accountability and continuous improvement—combining strategic judgement with deep technical credibility.

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Selected achievements

Headline outcomes from complex, regulated technology environments.

Organisation

First Agile Engineering Lab

Established Lloyds Banking Group’s first Agile Engineering Lab, uniting SRE, DevOps and platform engineering.

Resilience

Multi-region GCP

Delivered the Group’s first multi-region GCP cluster for critical payments and ISO 20022.

Operating model

Embedded SRE

Created the Group’s first Embedded SRE operating model across engineering and live service.

Cloud

First public-cloud workload

Helped deliver the Group’s first workload on public cloud, accelerating enterprise adoption.

Transformation

£80m Trade programme

Led delivery across technology, product, operations, business and third-party partners.

Migration

£1.3bn portfolio

Directed the Bank of Scotland Professionals migration of approximately 1,300 clients.

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Experience

Lloyds Banking Group

Commercial SRE Lab Lead

Accountable for reliability, resilience, engineering capability and operational delivery across critical Commercial Banking services.

  • Lead a 40+ person SRE, DevOps, production support and live-service organisation.
  • Shape Azure, GCP and hybrid strategy across a £10m technology and people portfolio.
  • Delivered the first multi-region GCP cluster for critical payments and Important Business Services.
  • Built an 85% permanent organisation with strong retention and engagement.
  • Embedded recovery, failover, observability, SLOs and error budgets across cloud platforms.
  • Lead strategic partners including Wipro, Sapient, Contino, Confluent, Harness, Microsoft and Google.
Lloyds Banking Group

Technical Program Manager Chapter Lead

Created the Group’s first Agile Engineering Lab following a major technology restructure.

  • Led a £5m portfolio and 30+ person engineering organisation across UK and offshore teams.
  • Delivered platforms supporting Payments, Asset Finance and Business Accountancy.
  • Embedded reliability-by-design, CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code and observability.
  • Managed partners including Finastra, OneUp and WTSS.
Lloyds Banking Group

Technical Program Manager — Trade

Led major transformation and migration across regulated, client-facing Trade Services.

  • Programme Manager for the £80m Trade Transformation programme.
  • Directed a £1.3bn portfolio migration of approximately 1,300 clients.
  • Led a multidisciplinary team of 50+ migration managers, product owners and analysts.
  • Coordinated resolution of 1,500+ critical defects across legacy platforms.
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Director

Led international programmes, digital initiatives and commercial delivery.

  • Delivered 15+ international academic conferences and three management and leadership programmes.
  • Directed web applications and workflow tools to improve efficiency and engagement.
  • Managed a £1m+ budget and a software partnership in India.

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Areas of expertise

Enterprise Platforms & TechnologyTechnology LeadershipOrganisation & Talent LeadershipStrategic Integration & DeliverySupplier ManagementGovernance & Executive ReportingExecutive Stakeholder ManagementOperational & Technology ResilienceProgramme & Financial ManagementCommercial & Financial ManagementComplex Change & DependenciesCommercial Banking Transformation

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Education & credentials

Henley Business School

Executive MBA

Apr 2020 — Oct 2022

Completed through the Lloyds Level 7 Senior Managers apprenticeship, applying leadership learning and management models directly in the workplace.

Professional credential

Chartered Manager

Recognised professional standing in management and leadership.

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Beyond work

Master Skills Builder

School for Social Entrepreneurs, City of London

Supporting the Skills Builder mission to help young people develop eight essential skills for the world of work.

Director / Franchisee

Energie Fitness, London

Owned and operated community gym businesses across the UK. The business was sold in August 2025.

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