James Gardner (born 1970) was Chief Technology Officer at the UK's Department for Work and Pensions,[1] and was previously an employee at Lloyds Banking Group where he was Head of Innovation.[2] In 2011 he joined innovation management company Spigit, where he is now Chief Technology Officer.[3]
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During his time at Lloyds, Gardner wrote a candid blog about the banking industry, focusing on innovation and technology in the industry. He continued to write in a similar vein from within the public sector.[4][5] In March 2010, he was cited as the most social media connected financial services executive in the United Kingdom, some 9 months after he had left the banking industry.[6]
In 2008 Gardner signed a deal with John Wiley and Sons to write a book on banking innovation[7] which included case studies from his former employer and other global banks. It includes detailed material on the bank's innovation prediction market, which attracted interest from the trade press.[8][9]
References edit
- ^ Gardner Joins Banking Sector Brain Drain Archived 23 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Finextra, Retrieved 10 January 2010
- ^ LLoyds TSB appoints Head of Innovation Archived 3 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine Finextra, Retrieved 10 January 2010
- ^ "Spigit Appoints former Lloyds innovation boss", Finextra, 18 January 2011.
- ^ "The future is now", Banking Day, 25 June 2009.
- ^ "Conflicts of interest", Finextra, 14 December 2009.
- ^ Bigmouthmedia unveils British financial sector's top social networking executives[dead link], US PR WIre, Retrieved 17 March 2010
- ^ Innovation and the Future Proof Bank Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Payments News, Retrieved 4 January 2010
- ^ Place your bets Archived 21 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Director magazine, Retrieved 11 January 2010
- ^ "Lloyds TSB creates innovation stockmarket", Finextra, 12 December 2008.
External links edit
- Innovator Inside Gardner's blog