Ant Hunt

Delivered a divisional data governance and transformation programme, establishing sustainable frameworks, ownership models, and controls to meet regulatory, operational, and strategic business objectives.

• Designed and embedded a comprehensive data governance framework, implementing a federated ownership model aligned with FAIR principles to enhance data trust, accountability, and audit readiness.
• Defined and prioritised key data business use cases - including regulatory reporting, risk analytics, and operational performance - ensuring data requirements, quality thresholds, and ownership were clearly established and governed.
• Defined and implemented governed data onboarding processes into the enterprise data lake, working with data stewards to ensure quality, lineage, and ownership were enforced across bronze, silver, and gold layers of the medallion architecture.
• Directed end-to-end lineage mapping and deployed AI-driven data quality and metadata automation, improving regulatory traceability and reducing defect remediation time by 30%.
• Launched data fluency and stewardship initiatives, embedding a culture of ownership, control, and risk awareness throughout the division to sustain long-term data maturity.

Engaged by Tier 1 global banks to strengthen change and transformation governance across complex, multi-stream programmes. Delivered frameworks and controls that enhanced delivery assurance, operational resilience, and regulatory compliance.

• Developed and implemented a change risk management framework for Wholesale Lending, enabling proactive identification and oversight of material change risk.
• Restructured a cloud-migration portfolio, introducing governance and prioritisation frameworks to ensure high-risk migrations received enhanced scrutiny.
• Optimised reporting processes, closing audit gaps and enhancing executive oversight.

Co-founded a data-technology start-up focused on automating data lineage and process mapping for enterprise clients, transforming manual documentation into intelligent, self-maintaining lineage insights.

• Defined the product vision, roadmap, and go-to-market strategy for HELIX Process Assembler, an innovative platform automating lineage tracing, anomaly detection, and intelligent key-field discovery to enhance regulatory control and transparency across legacy estates.

Delivered Commercial Banking’s data governance and risk transformation programme, driving improvements in data quality, lineage, and control design to ensure BCBS 239 compliance.

• Established an enterprise data governance framework, defining ownership models, tiered data councils, and stewardship roles to embed accountability and align with BCBS 239 principles.
• Enhanced regulatory data controls and lineage traceability, improving accuracy and audit readiness across risk and finance reporting processes.
• Partnered with senior business, risk, and compliance stakeholders, ensuring consistent interpretation of BCBS 239 requirements and sustainable adoption of governance standards across global operations.

Part-time investor and strategic advisor supporting the growth of Les Animaux, a sustainable fashion brand. Provide leadership across brand development, digital strategy, and retail expansion to strengthen market positioning and operational performance.

• Led brand growth and digital presence, increasing engagement to over 25 K Facebook and 10 K Instagram followers through targeted content and community management.
• Managed production logistics and retail expansion, overseeing supplier relationships, product quality, and the launch of three retail stores in South East England.

Led the Enterprise Architecture Programme, overseeing structure, governance, and capability development to align business and technology strategies across Investment Banking, Retail, and Wealth divisions. Established a consistent architecture operating model with defined checkpoints, strengthening design assurance, delivery discipline, and business engagement.

• Developed and implemented the enterprise architecture framework (TOGAF), embedding common standards, processes, and controls across global business lines.
• Coordinated a federated team of architects (2–3 per division), ensuring alignment through structured governance, transparent reporting, and regular checkpoint reviews.
• Engaged senior business and technology stakeholders, driving adoption of architecture principles and investment alignment with strategic priorities.
• Directed vendor partnerships with IBM, CAPCO, and Oliver Wyman, ensuring successful delivery of programme milestones and capability uplift.

Managed the migration of the Futures & Options regulatory platform, ensuring seamless transition, business continuity, and compliance.

Delivered major transformation and regulatory programmes spanning data, technology, and business operations, strengthening operational risk management, application resiliency, and control design across global functions.

• Transformation Lead on regulatory initiatives to enhance operational risk management and technology resiliency.
• Product Owner for an application performance and uptime data warehouse consolidating 500+ systems, improving SLA visibility, risk reporting, and control transparency.
• Successfully completed the JPMorgan Graduate Programme