Stuart McDowell, UK CIO, Société Générale London Branch
Stuart is the UK CIO at Société Générale London Branch, where he is responsible for the oversight and leadership of the UK IT Community, developing and supporting the Global IS Strategy, and ensuring the delivery of business-critical technology and core infrastructure. He also has responsibility for the UK Digital Office, working with business units in the digital transformation of their systems, processes and staff mindset.
Stuart started his career within IT at Salomon Brothers, then moved to Rabobank to design & implement an equity trading platform for a new Equities division. After this he was a founding member of a “dot com” called Omiris Networks, which although unsuccessful in changing the industry to a new trading & settlement paradigm, did provide a number of life lessons on building a company from 8 people with a Powerpoint deck to 80+ staff and a global platform! After Omiris was sold to Tradeware, Stuart moved to Credit Suisse for 6 years prior to joining Société Générale as Global Head of Client Connectivity.