Graham Bird is a seasoned IT professional with extensive experience in operations and software capabilities. Currently serving as Head of IT Operations and Head of Application Operation Services at Alpiq, Graham has previously held the position of Director of Service and Software Capabilities at Refinitiv. Prior roles at Thomson Reuters included Development Manager for Trading Platform, Release Manager, and System Integration Team Lead. Graham also contributed to academia as a Lecturer in Computer Science at VSO and demonstrated leadership as Development Team Lead at Essams Ltd. Graham holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Portsmouth.