Digital & Technology
Led by Michael de la Torre
Technology appointments shaped by business consequence—not technical title alone.
Technology leadership affects how an organisation operates, grows, protects information and responds to change—not only its systems.
The commercial environment, transformation agenda, delivery expectations and leadership capability shape the mandate.
Practice scope
Technology capability across leadership, transformation and delivery.
Organisational maturity, business model, operating environment and the scale of change shape the capability required.
Technology leadership
CIO, CTO and senior technology appointments responsible for direction, governance, capability and organisational performance.
Digital transformation
Leadership for enterprise transformation, operating-model change, modernisation and technology-enabled business improvement.
Product and platforms
Appointments responsible for digital products, customer platforms, product strategy and platform development.
Data and analytics
Leadership across data strategy, analytics, governance, insight and artificial-intelligence capability.
Cyber and technology risk
Cybersecurity, information security, resilience, technology risk and governance appointments.
Architecture, engineering and delivery
Leadership across architecture, software engineering, infrastructure, cloud, programs and complex technology delivery.
Mandate context
The same technology title can solve a very different business problem.
A Chief Technology Officer may be appointed to stabilise delivery, modernise architecture, build product capability, prepare an organisation for scale or lead a broader transformation.
The search begins with the operating environment, technology maturity and result the appointment must produce.
Business model and strategic priorities
Technology maturity and architecture
Transformation scale and delivery risk
Product, customer and platform environment
Cyber, data and regulatory obligations
Leadership, stakeholder and board expectations
Director-led search
Technology search requires commercial context before technical comparison.
Technical credibility alone may not transfer across different levels of scale, maturity, governance or delivery complexity.
Rhodes & Co. defines the market through the organisation's commercial position, technology environment and required capability, then considers comparable and adjacent contexts.
- Direct briefing with the director managing the mandate
- Clarity around technology maturity and business priorities
- Market mapping across relevant and adjacent environments
- Consideration of leadership, delivery and stakeholder capability
- Discreet approaches beyond active applicants
- Shortlists shaped by mandate relevance rather than volume
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Begin with the right Digital & Technology conversation.
Choose the path that reflects why you are here.