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Andrew Murphy

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Head of Engineering & Product - Digital at Wickes
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Andrew is a strategic Head of Engineering at Wickes with over 15 years of experience leading digital and infrastructure solutions in retail and financial services. He specializes in driving business value through DevOps, cloud migrations, and platform innovation. He holds a BEng(Hons) from Edinburgh Napier University.

Andrew shows a keen interest in philanthropy and community building, having organized and hosted a successful charity golf day for technology vendors. He also demonstrates a sharp sense of humor and an interest in the practical, and sometimes quirky, applications of modern AI technology.

He was a featured panelist at The London Tech Leaders Summit 2025, speaking on CTO-level "build vs buy" strategy.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Head of Engineering & Product - Digital
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
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Generative AI Adoption
He advocates for a targeted approach to GenAI, advising leaders to start small and focus on specific pain points to deliver measurable value quickly.
Build vs Buy Strategy
As a thought leader on this topic, he recently spoke on a panel at The London Tech Leaders Summit 2025, sharing his expertise.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Head of Engineering & Product - Digital
Wickes
6-2023 - 12-2024
Head of Engineering
Wickes
1-2022 - 6-2023
Delivery Lead - Data Insights, Platform Engineering and UDT
Schroders
6-2019 - 1-2022
Delivery Lead - Portfolio Solutions
Schroders
1-2018 - 6-2019
Delivery Lead - Investment Analytics
Schroders
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Education
2008 - 2012
BEng(Hons)
Edinburgh Napier University
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The Kings School
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