Ian Haynes

Senior Advisor at Avantage Reply

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Ian brings his extensive expertise to bear as a Senior Advisor, providing invaluable guidance to Avantage Reply teams and clients in the realms of cloud technology, DevOps practices, and infrastructure architecture. He is the former Global Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Cloud and DevOps at HSBC, where he led a transformative cloud adoption initiative from 2018 to 2022. This role encompassed strategic partnerships with major public cloud providers, bolstering HSBC's operational capacities across Retail, Commercial, and Investment Banking on a global scale.

Ian's influence extends beyond his HSBC tenure, having contributed as a valued member of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Customer Advisory Board and the Amazon AWS FSI Advisory Council. Prior to his pivotal cloud-focused role, he held the position of Chief Infrastructure Architect for HSBC, coupled with his leadership as the global head of collaboration technologies.

Earlier in his career, Ian played significant roles in technology at Credit Suisse and CS First Boston in both London and New York. His professional journey commenced at Logica Finance, where he contributed to their TIBCO market data practice.