Adrian Astley-Jones
Adrian Astley-Jones
Sector Head, Private Equity
Adrian has over 20 years' experience in technology and commercial roles, ranging from Plc's to early-stage startups, and 14 years' experience in the Private Equity sector. He has worked on and been responsible for over 500 Private Equity and M&A deals across multiple sectors and geographies. As one of the first employees and former Chief Commercial Officer of Intuitus Advisory, Adrian joined Endava from the successful merger between the two organisations in 2019.
Garry Tough
Garry Tough
Business Relationship Director
Garry has broad experience in technology and IT spanning hardware, software, telecommunications and technology services since starting his career with ICL and then GE. He spent 9 years at Thus plc in a number of senior sales management roles including Sales Director reporting to the UK Board and overseeing a transition in the salesforce to a services-focussed business. Garry has worked in the Private Equity sector since 2014 and has been responsible for over 200 Private Equity and M&A deals in the UK and DACH.
Jourik Migom
Jourik Migom
Senior Vice President, Transaction Advisory
Jourik has 20+ years of experience in strategy related roles across consultancies, digital agencies and a couple of client-side stints. At Endava, he leads a global team of thinkers focused around Strategy, Product and Data. Jourik especially loves the early phases of strategy projects and conversations with clients about how technology can help them change their business for the better.
David Ford
David Ford
Business Relationship Manager
David has over 25 years’ experience in delivering business value from IT change. He is also a successful relationship manager who fully appreciates the importance of understanding customer’s needs and delivering actionable business outcomes. David has worked for Scottish Amicable, IBM and most recently Ceridian/SD Worx.
Douglas Eadie
Douglas Eadie
Business Relationship Manager
Douglas started his career in IT with Nortel before moving to a billing software company, working with mobile network operators across EMEA and Asia. More recently, Douglas has spent over 10 years in various commercial management positions with Bitwise, a specialist software services company, working with some of the world’s technology leaders across a range of business sectors in Europe and the USA.
Jill Smith
Jill Smith
Business Relationship Manager
Jill has over 20 years experience in technology and client relationship management, with a focus on telecommunications and data centre technology in banking and finance. Jill has worked for Thales, Virgin Media Business, Vodafone, and most recently for IBM. Jill joined Endava via the successful merger with Intuitus Advisory in 2019 and has a particular focus on activities in Benelux and Southern Europe.
Alan Fisher
Alan Fisher
Managing Consultant
Alan has more than 25 years working in IT in various financial services organisations. An experienced Enterprise Architect, he has performed IT Architecture Governance, chaired Design Assurance Committees and led numerous Solutions Architecture and system design activities in support of major change projects and programmes. His work has encompassed a broad range of business functions and a diverse set of platforms and supporting technologies - including infrastructure, networks, data, middleware, API, cloud, operations and security services. His most recent focus has been on IT Transformations including the adoption of Agile working methodologies, Cloud enablement and Data Centre to Cloud migrations.
Karine Gourlay
Karine Gourlay
Managing Consultant
Karine’s career spans over 25 years in IT. She has delivered large scale Digital Transformation Programmes globally across a number of industry sectors including Logistics, Insurance, FMCG and Utilities. In addition, she has worked at Board level developing and then leading technology strategies for organisations. Karine has managed IT workstreams during Mergers and Acquisitions activity within FTSE 30 organisations; after which she managed the acquired IT function through the full integration into the parent organisation. She has also worked in professional services organisations as a Principal Consultant.
Rob Gibson
Rob Gibson
Managing Consultant
Rob is responsible for managing our due diligence teams through the delivery of client assignments. Rob joined the team following appointments as IT Director for various organisations. Prior to this he was a management consultant, managing assignments and delivering complex solutions to organisations across many sectors. Rob became an expert in designing and delivering IT strategies to underpin business strategies. He is also an expert in programme and project management delivery.
Mike Cessford
Mike Cessford
Managing Consultant
Mike joined the team following a career of over 20 years as a senior Management Consultant focussed on M&A, Change and Programme Management. Working in the UK and Internationally, Mike is used to working with wide stakeholder groups and managing complex business problems. These programmes have involved building new corporate capabilities in order to meet business and regulatory requirements, operational and organisational change, process improvement, and systems and data transition. Mike is a qualified ISO 9001 auditor and is accustomed to working with the disciplines of industry regulatory and operational standards / requirements.
