Simon Speck

Simon Speck is an accomplished technology executive with extensive experience in enterprise architecture and IT strategy. Currently serving as Chief Technology Officer at Direct Line Group since June 2022, Simon previously held various leadership positions at Virgin Atlantic from July 1996 to July 2022, including Head of Strategy, Data and Architecture, and Principal Enterprise Architect. Noteworthy achievements include spearheading the transition to cloud services on Azure PaaS and managing a team of 15 Software Architects while overseeing approximately 60 active projects. Simon's career began with analytical and programming roles, including significant contributions to application development and integration architecture, further solidified by a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Staffordshire University.