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Niall Archibald

Doer · DISC type ds
Senior Director, Financial Services at Microsoft
📍 City Of London, England, United Kingdom

Niall leads commercial strategy for the multi-billion dollar Microsoft and London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) partnership, focusing on cloud and AI transformation in financial services. He is a graduate of UCL and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Colleagues describe him as charismatic, sharp, talented, and highly intelligent.

Niall is a British Army veteran who served as an officer and was deployed to Afghanistan. He is passionate about supporting fellow service leavers, frequently sharing advice and resources for transitioning from a military to a civilian career, drawing from his own successful experience.

He served as a Captain and Unit Press Officer for the 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (5 SCOTS) in Afghanistan.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Senior Director, Financial Services
Job Level
Senior
Location
City Of London, England, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Niall shows up

Risk-Accepting
Results Focused
Strategic Planner

They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily. Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them. They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time.

Priorities

Topics Niall cares about

AI in Finance
His work with LSEG focuses on unifying massive data platforms on Microsoft Fabric, making them AI-ready for the next generation of financial services workflows.
Cloud Transformation
He leads the strategic migration of LSEG's core data and analytics platforms to the Microsoft Azure cloud, a cornerstone of their partnership.
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Career

Work history

7-2024
Senior Director, Financial Services
Microsoft
7-2023 - 7-2024
Director, Financial Services
Microsoft
4-2023 - 5-2025
Advisory Board - techUK Financial Services Council
techUK
1-2022 - 7-2023
Head of Industry Strategy, Financial Services
Microsoft
3-2017 - 1-2022
Senior Manager, Banking and Capital Markets Consulting
Deloitte
In the press

Media appearances

LSEG and Microsoft: delivering smarter finance. Featured in Technology Record
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The future of banking: How to stay innovative, collaborative and secure. Featured in Microsoft Industry Blog – Financial Services
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Education
2011 - 2012
MSc
UCL
2004 - 2005
Officers' Commissioning Course
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

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