Stuart Richards

Stuart Richards has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and companies. Stuart is currently working as a Director at Tessiant, a management consultancy. In this role, they utilize their extensive background in industry, recruitment, and management consultancy to provide advice, strategy, and execution for retail and consumer leaders.

Before joining Tessiant, Stuart worked at Sainsbury's Digital, Tech, and Data. Stuart held the position of Director of Platform & Future Channels Engineering, where they were responsible for running product and engineering functions for platforms supporting Sainsbury's technology estate. Additionally, they established the purpose, capabilities, and teams required to achieve long-term automation and freshness goals for online customers. Stuart also served as the Head of Platform Engineering at Sainsbury's, managing a team of over 150 colleagues and overseeing a portfolio of £40 million per annum investment.

Prior to their roles at Sainsbury's, Stuart worked at Halfords as the Head of IT Strategy & Planning, Head of IT Solutions, and Systems Integration Manager. Stuart played a key role in IT transformation, architecture, and strategy-setting, and excelled in tasks such as application development, service delivery, and team-building.

Stuart's early career experiences include working at Logica as an Integration Team Leader, where they developed leadership skills and expertise in integration.

Throughout their career, Stuart has demonstrated a passion for business culture, working smartly, enabling team growth, and advocating for diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Stuart Richards completed their education at the University of Birmingham. From 1994 to 1997, they pursued a degree in Economics and achieved a 1st Class qualification. Stuart later obtained a Master's degree in Computer Science from the same university, which they completed in 1998.