Arum announces two senior promotions

2nd July 2020

Arum has announced two senior promotions within its senior leadership team.

Cormac O’Sullivan (formerly Delivery Lead and Principal Consultant) will take on the new role of Director of Professional Services, and Matt Riddall (also formerly Delivery Lead and Principal Consultant) will become the new Director of Advisory.

O’Sullivan has worked at Arum for six years, and during this time has led many system implementations for the biggest financial services institutions in the UK and grown Arum’s client base significantly. As Director of Professional Services, O’Sullivan will be responsible for large-scale projects and services for our clients, including retail banks, government departments, challenger banks and financial institutions. He will provide oversight and evaluation across client engagements to ensure high quality is continuously delivered.

Riddall joined Arum’s graduate programme in 2008 and quickly established himself as a leader of the future. During his time at Arum, Riddall has worked on and led over 40 vendor product selection, current state assessment and collections technology vision definition projects for c.35 clients across retail banking, financial services, utilities and system vendors. As Director of Advisory, Riddall will be responsible for engagements to review, assess and improve clients’ operations, strategy, analytics, organisation, MI and technology, as well as developing new and innovative products and services for our clients.

Andy Pritchard CEO said “I am extremely pleased with the results from the past financial year, especially during such a challenging time. I am also delighted that Matt and Cormac have accepted these new roles and believe we have a strong senior leadership team which can continue to deliver growth alongside exceptional service to our clients.”