Dr. James Willans

James joined Lhasa in September 2016 as Chief Technology Officer following five years at HSBC in a range of IT leadership roles.
During his time as Global Head of Service Engineering Tooling with HSBC James initiated an approach to software automation that under his leadership was adopted world-wide, saving the bank multi-millions of dollars in effort. He also spent ten years working to establish and support start-up companies to enable them to get full value from innovative technology and software development techniques.
As Lhasa’s CTO, James is putting in place the strategies and direction to ensure Lhasa adopts best of breed technologies and thinking, in tune with industry need, to continually increase the speed and value of the products it delivers.