Enterprise technology leadership

Turning complex technology into resilient, lasting impact.

I’m Ari Datta. I build resilient platforms, capable engineering organisations and accountable transformation for critical enterprise services.

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Lloyds Banking GroupExecutive MBA, Henley Business SchoolChartered Manager

Ari Datta, enterprise technology and transformation leader
✦Current leadership remitReliability engineering for critical banking services
10+Years leading
complex change
40+Engineering and
operations specialists
£10mTechnology and
people portfolio
£80mTransformation
programme delivered

01 / Leadership

Clarity from strategy
through delivery.

I work where technology strategy, organisational leadership and execution meet—aligning the whole system around outcomes that endure.

“Resilient technology is built through clear ownership, strong engineering discipline and teams trusted to make good decisions.”
01

Set direction

Turn enterprise ambition into roadmaps, investment choices and operating models people can execute.

02

Mobilise delivery

Align product, engineering, architecture, operations and partners around shared accountability.

03

Engineer resilience

Build reliability, observability and recovery into cloud and hybrid platforms from the outset.

02 / Selected impact

Outcomes that changed
how the organisation operates.

First-of-kind delivery across regulated, business-critical technology environments.

01

Platform resilience

Strengthened resilience for critical payments

Delivered the Group’s first multi-region GCP cluster, improving failover readiness for Important Business Services and supporting ISO 20022.

02

Operating model

Connected engineering with live service

Established the Group’s first embedded SRE model, joining engineering capability and operational ownership around strategic priorities.

03

Organisation design

Built Lloyds’ first Agile Engineering Lab

Created the structure, governance and capability uniting SRE, DevOps and platform engineering across Commercial Banking.

04

Transformation

Delivered an £80m Trade transformation

Orchestrated technology, product, operations, business and partner delivery across a major client-facing transformation programme.

03 / Experience

Scope, ownership
and outcomes.

A career across critical services, platform transformation, programme leadership and entrepreneurship.

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Commercial SRE Lab Lead

Lloyds Banking Group

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

Technical Program Manager Chapter Lead

Lloyds Banking Group

Established the first Agile Engineering Lab and led a 30+ person organisation across strategic platforms.

Technical Program Manager — Trade

Lloyds Banking Group

Led regulated, client-facing transformation and migration programmes across complex delivery ecosystems.
Executive educationExecutive MBAHenley Business School
Professional standingChartered ManagerStrategic judgement with technical credibility

04 / Expertise

Leading across the
whole system.

Connecting strategic judgement, technical depth and organisational leadership across the enterprise.

01Technology strategy
02Organisational leadership
03Site reliability engineering
04Cloud & hybrid platforms
05Transformation delivery
06Operational resilience
07Executive stakeholders
08Financial governance
09Strategic partners
10Commercial banking

05 / Connect

Let’s move complex
ideas forward.

For enterprise technology leadership, transformation and advisory conversations, let’s connect.

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