Stuart Warner

Head of Technology UK & Continental Europe Financial Services Fidelity International

Stuart has held a number of roles at Fidelity in Technology, supporting a wide range of business areas, including Fund Accounting, Trading, Fixed Income, Portfolio Management and Retail Distribution.Most recently he has been responsible for the re-platforming programme for the UK distribution business, and leading the company's global digital initiatives to improve customer experiences, particularly in the retirement area. Stuart currently holds the title of Head of Technology for Distribution, Infrastructure and Architecture. Stuart is leading the largest change programme in Fidelity International’s history with the migration of FIL’s UK Platform business, covering the Fidelity Personal Investing and Advisory propositions, to its new Digital, Contact Centre and Core record keeping platform. To date this has included 42 individual client migrations involving over 750,000 clients. The new platform has already seen an expansion in proposition through the launch of the Fidelity Brokerage offering. 2018 will see the consolidation of the remaining UK wrappers  and customer segments onto this single platform.