Neil, named after the first man to walk upon the moon, has over twenty years working in the technology arena. Neil joined BT in 2011 as Chief Network Architect driving the network strategy for BT across all lines of business.

Setting a strategy of simplification Neil was able to realize significant capital savings and improved customer experience on BT’s core broadband products and was also instrumental in driving mobile and wireless as a critical capability which lead to BT acquiring a 4G spectrum and building a 4G network. This lead to the acquisition of EE where Neil lead the technology workstream.

Neil is now BT Chief Architect leading Architecture and Technology direction across all of BT, most recently leading BT’s 5G programme. Neil is a BT Distinguished Engineer.