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Alastair Pooley

Commander · DISC type D
Chief Information Officer at Accelya Group
📍 Camberley, England, United Kingdom

Alastair is a technology leader with extensive experience in IT transformation, cloud infrastructure, and cybersecurity. A Cranfield MBA and Physics graduate, he has driven global initiatives at Accelya, Snow Software, and Sophos, preparing companies for IPOs. Colleagues describe him as bright, knowledgeable, and a technically capable leader.

Outside of his CIO role, Alastair is committed to continuous learning, pursuing new technical qualifications throughout his career. He enjoys travel and new experiences, such as snowshoe hiking and caving. His early interest in IT was sparked by networking computers to play video games at university.

Unique fact: As a university student, Alastair was paid to write a book on how to play the computer game "Elite. "

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Experience
27 Years
Current Role
Chief Information Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Camberley, England, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Alastair shows up

Decisive
Strong-Willed
Very Quick

They prefer to move quickly, and expect the same from others. They like to stay in control of the negotiation or defining of the terms. They do not care very much about building rapport or relationships.

Priorities

Topics Alastair cares about

Generative AI
He has contributed to articles discussing the importance of AI, calling it a number one priority for most IT leaders and a significant challenge to navigate.
Cloud Cost Management
He has managed multi-million dollar AWS bills, focusing on visibility and optimization, and holds a FinOps Certified Practitioner certification, showing deep expertise in managing public cloud spend.
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Career

Work history

7-2024
Chief Information Officer
Accelya Group
2-2018 - 7-2024
Chief Information Officer
Snow Software
11-2016 - 1-2018
Global VP - Infrastructure & Cloud Services
Sophos
5-2014 - 11-2016
Global VP - Datacenter & Cloud Operations
Sophos
2-2013 - 5-2014
Global Director of Data Centre Operations
Sophos
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2011 - 2012
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Cranfield School of Management
1994 - 1997
Bsc (Hons)
University of Warwick
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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