Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

A Fortune 500 industrial group has retained Sentio Executive Search for a Group CTO appointment. The incoming CTO will own technology strategy across engineering, digital products, cloud, data and AI - modernising a $10B+ business and turning technology into a genuine source of competitive advantage. Reports to the CEO and sits on the Group Executive Committee., * Define and own the multi-year technology strategy across engineering, data, AI, cloud and cybersecurity

• Lead a 700+ person engineering and technology organisation across the US, EMEA and APAC
• Partner with the CEO, CFO and CDO on the digital P&L and enterprise value-creation plan
• Drive AI adoption, platform standardisation and disciplined technology investment governance
• Represent the group on technology topics with the Board, analysts and strategic partners

• Sitting CTO / SVP Engineering of a $2B+ business, ideally with both software-product and enterprise-IT scope
• Deep hands-on background in cloud architecture, data platforms and applied AI / ML at scale
• Track record modernising legacy estates - cloud migration, monolith decomposition, platform engineering
• Proven leader of 500+ engineers across geographies, with strong bench-building and succession record
• Board-level communicator: comfortable translating technology strategy into shareholder value narrative