Drake, Geoff

Geoff is a Senior Advisor of Experton Group and an experienced consultant with a history of developing high value, innovative approaches and solutions to complex Infrastructure projects and cost effective service delivery methods.

Geoff’s previous roles have included being European Infrastructure Manager for Avis Europe, Head of Technical Architecture and Strategy for Sainsburys, as well as other managerial and technical roles at Savacentre, Serco and BT.  Geoff has also worked with a variety of clients including Hitachi, Whitbread and GM.

In his 25 years in IT and Telecommunications infrastructure, Geoff has held roles in all areas of IT infrastructure and management.  His broad experience enables him to deliver innovative, business aligned and cost effective infrastructure solutions to all sizes of enterprise.  Management experience includes leading teams responsible for large infrastructures across the UK, Europe, EMEA and the Far East.  Geoff has represented various organisations at industry bodies, has written and presented industry leading infrastructure seminars and sat on industry roundtables.

His key strengths include architectural insight, effective challenge of the status quo coupled with the ability to make complex changes into reality.