hedgehog lab, 全球数码产品咨询公司, today announces that it has appointed 马尔科姆·西 as its first UK Managing Director and 乔•汤普森 as its new Chief Technology Officer. The appointments form part of the company’s plan to strengthen its management team and deliver on its “Vision 2028” strategy, which aims to enhance key pillars of the business including achieving a B-Corp certification, increasing the company's geographical footprint with four new hubs in the UK, growing revenue 5x and creating 400 new jobs over the next four years, 大部分在英格兰北部.
The Vision 2028 strategy dovetails with last year’s £6.BGF投资300万, 英国最活跃的股票投资者, 接替本·比尔鲍尔的任命, named one of the 20 most influential people in marketing and advertising by The Sunday Times, hedgehog lab的非执行主席. Ben之前是埃森哲歌曲的负责人, 他在哪里对羯摩玛负责, Droga5, Rothco, Spark44和Creative Drive.
hedgehog lab的新英国医学博士, 马尔科姆·西, is a renowned digital executive with extensive experience in achieving rapid growth for leading tech scale-ups. 新设立的总经理职位将直接向CEO汇报, and will take over the running of the day-to-day business in the UK whilst the CEO role will be elevated to focus on strategy and initiatives like culture, 国际, 有机增长. Malcolm was previously Chief Growth Officer at digital transformation consultancy, xDesign, which grew to be the fastest growing tech company last year under his leadership. 在此之前，马尔科姆是英国的首席执行官 & International Growth at global tech consultancy, AND.Digital, where he helped unlock 10x growth for the business.
Malcolm is also a board member of Action for Children’s Boycott Your Bed initiative, which encourages people and corporate teams to give up their bed for one night and help raise funds for vulnerable children in poverty. Since its launch, Boycott your Bed has raised over £13 million. Other roles Malcolm has held include Director - Solutions and Innovation at Vodafone and IT Director for Morrisons Supermarket.
乔•汤普森, hedgehog lab的新CTO, is a highly regarded software engineering expert who, 像马尔科姆, specialises in working with fast-growth tech scale-ups. 通过他丰富多彩的职业生涯, Joe has served in tech leadership roles through two successful exits and five successful funding rounds.
Joe joins hedgehog lab from healthcare-focused digital solutions company, 深医疗, 他是哪里的首席技术官 & 产品官. 在那之前, Joe led the product and technology team for Xoomworks Technology, 一家采购咨询和技术公司, 是全球咨询巨头埃森哲的一部分.
“Malcolm and Joe are incredibly well-respected digital executives who significantly enhance the calibre and expertise of our management team,萨拉特·皮特雷德拉说, hedgehog lab的联合创始人兼首席执行官. “最重要的是, they have helped tech scale-ups to unlock impressive growth through building and nurturing highly talented teams and delivering exceptional digital products and services for clients. I have no doubt they will make a huge contribution to ramping up hedgehog lab’s growth and allowing the business to reach its full potential.”
Commenting on his new role with hedgehog lab, 马尔科姆·西 said:
“I’m proud to be joining hedgehog lab as its first UK managing director at such an important time for the business. The company has spent over a decade building and perfecting a business model that is desperately needed in today’s market. They have a balanced approach that allows them to develop and deliver great digital projects, in a way that larger and less nimble digital consultancies struggle to do. The company is ideally placed to thrive in the industry’s next chapter of digital transformation and I look forward to helping it deliver on its big ambitions.”
乔•汤普森 says hedgehog lab’s values led approach is what makes the company such a good match:
“Digital product designers are the architects of the 21st century and that comes with a lot of responsibility,他说. “The products we develop have the potential to have a hugely positive impact on the organisations we work with and on the wider world. hedgehog lab really understands this and is well respected for its purpose-driven approach to digital product design. I’m thrilled to be joining the company and to be playing a role in the next stage of its journey.”
