About Andy
How I Help Your Business
I partner with leadership teams to unlock operational leverage—allowing your organisation to scale revenue without the traditional, linear increase in headcount. I specialise in bridging the gap between "high-level innovation" and "enterprise-grade execution," moving AI from a technical experiment to a core commercial driver.
What I Bring to the Table
With a hybrid pedigree from Tier 1 Banking (J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs) and Fintech scale-ups (Checkout.com), I provide the strategic oversight and governance required for safe, high-velocity growth. I don’t just advise on strategy; I architect the identification and prioritisation frameworks that ensure your technology investment delivers a measurable impact on your bottom line.
What Makes Me Stand Out
- The "Scale Architect": Proven track record of "flattening the cost curve," facilitating rapid growth while reducing operational costs.
- Enterprise-Scale Transformation: I have led the redesign of operating models for departments of 8,000+ global staff, transitioning legacy IT functions into modern, Product-Led organisations.
- Practitioner-Led Insight: As the founder of L4 Labs, I have built and launched production-ready Agentic AI platforms that reduce complex compliance workflows from hours to minutes.
Typical Projects & Deliverables
- AI Strategy & Governance: Building AI Centres of Excellence (CoE) and establishing risk/funding frameworks (Innovation Boards).
- Operating Model Design: Moving organisations from "Project" to "Product" mode to increase feature velocity and user adoption.
- AI Solutioning: Architecting autonomous agentic workflows to solve industry-specific bottlenecks in high-compliance sectors.
- Fractional CTO/CPO/COO Support: Providing high-level technical assurance and strategic product direction for firms in rapid transition
English
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
London (up to 50km)
Experience
- AndyRepton ConsultingAI Strategy & Transformation ExecutiveDIGITAL AND ITJanuary 2026 - Today (5 months)London, United KingdomPartnering with executive leadership to transition AI from a speculative technical experiment into a core operational lever. I specialise in bridging the gap between abstract innovation and production-grade execution by offering a rare hybrid of strategic advisory and hands-on technical architecture.Key Deliverables & Core Engagements:Value Discovery & Strategy Workshops: Facilitating intensive executive workshops to pinpoint high-impact AI opportunities, aligning product roadmaps with tangible business objectives.Rapid Prototyping & Architecture: Architecting and personally building out multi-agent systems and RAG pipelines to prove economic viability and operational accuracy before scaling.Enterprise AI Governance: Establishing robust compliance frameworks that eliminate shadow AI, optimise model spend, and empower safe, rapid experimentation across the workforce.Operational Cost Engineering: Decoupling revenue growth from headcount by implementing intelligent automation and flattening operational cost curves.Product-Led Transformation: Driving organisational redesign to shift traditional delivery models into user-centric, high-velocity product execution.
- L4 LabsFounder & CPTOSeptember 2025 - Today (9 months)London, United Kingdom● The Problem: High-compliance industries like Construction face a "productivity trap," where safety-critical documentation (RAMS) requires hours of manual expert labour, creating operational bottlenecks.● The Intervention: Demonstrated Cross-Sector Portability by applying the "Checkout.com playbook" to the construction industry to identify a critical gap in H&S compliance automation.● The Build: Architected and launched a production-ready B2B Agentic AI SaaS platform for the industry, utilising an autonomous architecture where agents utilise tools, assess confidence, and resolve data conflicts.● The Result (Validation & Adoption): Reduced document processing time from hours to 3–5 minutes while maintaining 92–97% accuracy.● Commercial Traction/Market fit: Successfully moved from "Zero-to-One" with the platform now live and seeing active adoption across the sector.
- Checkout.comDirector, AI Center of ExcellenceJune 2023 - September 2025 (2 years and 3 months)London, United Kingdom● The Problem: The organisation lacked a cohesive AI strategy, resulting in operational headcount scaling linearly in line with revenue growth. A model that threatened future margins.● The Intervention: Founded the AI Centre of Excellence (CoE) from scratch, securing C-suite sponsorship to move AI from a "technical experiment" into a core operational lever.● The Framework: Led the identification, assessment, and prioritisation of AI automation across all business functions while establishing the firm's first AI Governance framework to eliminate "Shadow AI".● The Result: Successfully unlocked operational leverage by decoupling revenue growth from headcount and achieving 87% workforce adoption of central AI tools.● Thought leadership: Authored the visionary "Agentic Payments" section of the 2025 Trust Report and pivoted the long-term product roadmap toward an AI-first vision.
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Education
- BScManchester Metropolitan UniversityBSc
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