Congratulations to our new Partners in the UK & Ireland
David Gillespie
Head of European Retail Banking & Wealth Management; passionate about leadership, agility and transformation issues
I’m absolutely delighted to share the news of Oliver Wyman’s 2020 Partner promotions for the UK and Ireland. This year six colleagues have been elected to Partner in the market, covering different sectors and areas of expertise, each demonstrating an outstanding track record of delivering significant impact to their clients and proven leadership within our business.
As Oliver Wyman continues to grow we can see in our new Partners an increasingly varied set of career paths that are possible within the firm, and more broadly a further reflection of our continued commitment to inclusion and building a leadership cohort that represents the communities and clients we serve. Many congratulations to Harriet Roberts, Martin Sommer, Na Zhou, Rob Robinson, Rupal Kantaria and Sean Farrar
Harriet specialises in strategic transaction and operational transformation topics for market infrastructure clients (in particular, data and information service clients), private-equity-backed companies, and global banks. In her spare time, Harriet enjoys travelling and volunteers with a local youth group. This year she became a mum to a baby boy.
Martin’s works in corporate and transaction banking, where he helps clients transform their lending businesses and build customer-centric digital products. Outside of work, Martin spends much of his time chasing after his 18-month-old son, but also enjoys skiing, yoga, and diving with his wife, Katie.
Na supports businesses in data and analytics-led large-scale transformations. She has recently acted as Chief Data & Analytics Officer at two of our financial services clients. When not running after her energetic 5-year-old child and her gaming enthusiast husband, Na enjoys cooking, reading sci-fi, cycling, arts, and the occasional Kaggle competition.
Rob has over 20 years’ experience of leading creative businesses and teams and is Oliver Wyman Digital’s design lead. He specializes in using design thinking and co-creation techniques to help reframe complex problems and create magnetic, customer-focused, digital products and services. Rob lives by the sea with his wife and daughter and likes sailing, cryptic crosswords, and supporting Chelsea FC. He is currently obsessed with the Vendee Globe sailing race.
Rupal has a background in financial services consulting and specifically insurance and organisational effectiveness. Now a leader within the Oliver Wyman Forum, she is broadening our C-suite relationships across industries and proactively building leadership communities. Rupal is passionate about social change: she is the co-lead our social impact team in London, a Trustee of the Lullaby Trust, and Director of her family’s charitable foundation. Rupal is passionate about sport, nature, and most of all the people around her.
Sean works with private equity businesses across Europe, where he specializes in financial services and fintech transactions and leads our work in B2B software and services transactions. Outside of work, Sean enjoys cooking, sports, and – in normal years - travelling. He is an avid Leeds United fan.