Adam Wilson

Leading a global team of engineers, architects, and innovators, I oversee the modernisation of assurance platforms, ensuring operational resilience, regulatory compliance, and platform efficiency. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, I shape technology strategy, drive cloud migration, and embed data observability to enhance risk detection, compliance tracking, and platform reliability.

• Led the transformation of assurance platforms, driving technology modernisation, operational resilience, and regulatory compliance.
• Defined and executed technology & data strategy, implementing event-driven architectures and API-first integrations to improve platform interoperability and scalability.
• Oversaw cloud modernisation, leading the migration of assurance platforms to cloud-native solutions, enabling real-time data observability, automated risk reporting, and improved compliance tracking.
• Established a DevOps practice and a single demand-management channel, fostering collaboration between engineering, risk, and business teams to accelerate delivery and ensure auditability.
• Led third-party vendor engagements, including the setup of an offshore engineering team, ensuring cost efficiency, operational oversight, and regulatory alignment for platform maintenance and risk management.
• Introduced machine-learning-powered data observability, enhancing proactive risk detection, incident resolution, and audit traceability for financial data integrity.

Responsible for delivering transformation across assurance platforms, I led initiatives to modernise data management, enhance governance frameworks, and integrate privacy-first principles. I worked closely with engineering, risk, and compliance teams to implement scalable technology solutions that improved regulatory alignment and operational efficiency.

• Delivered a cloud-based records management solution, integrating automated remediation processes to improve compliance with financial data retention and privacy regulations.
• Established a governance framework for risk and assurance platforms, ensuring alignment with enterprise risk policies and regulatory mandates.
• Implemented a data privacy practice, ensuring that risk and compliance platforms adhered to financial security and data protection standards.
• Led risk-mitigation initiatives, driving platform enhancements that improved audit readiness, real-time risk reporting, and compliance tracking.
• Championed work-stack prioritisation, balancing run, change, and innovation initiatives to maximise customer value through small, frequent technology deployments.

Oversaw technology risk and assurance within Group Transformation, ensuring regulatory compliance, data integrity, and platform security. Led control testing, risk assessments, and governance enhancements for financial systems, working closely with senior stakeholders to strengthen risk frameworks and operational resilience.

• Led controls testing for risk and assurance platforms, ensuring compliance with financial data regulations and security standards.
• Supported the risk and control self-assessment (RCSA) framework to improve accountability, governance, and operational resilience across risk technology systems.
• Supervised auditors and third-party contractors, ensuring key technology risks were proactively identified and mitigated.
• Partnered with engineering and risk teams to align platform security controls with enterprise-wide assurance frameworks.
• Influenced senior stakeholders by articulating audit findings, driving improvements in data security, governance, and operational resilience.

Accountable for risk transformation, I translated regulatory, legal, and operational mandates into actionable technology initiatives. I played a key role in designing data governance frameworks, modernising regulatory reporting, and embedding risk management practices into SSE’s operational strategy.

• Led regulatory and compliance change initiatives, ensuring seamless alignment with financial, legal, and operational mandates.
• Co-designed SSE's Group-wide data policy, strengthening data governance and privacy frameworks to meet GDPR and industry compliance standards.
• Led the migration of regulatory reporting data to an MS SharePoint platform, automating workflows to enhance efficiency and reporting accuracy.