michael hobbs

Founder at whichdays

Bio Summary

Entrepreneurial director currently consulting in areas including: digital startups; work systems; mobile applications; digital product development; digital strategy; valuation of tech ventures.

Previously international consulting experience derived as a Managing Director at Accenture and member of Accenture Digital's UK Leadership Team.

Employment History

Founder

whichdays

May 2018 - present

London, UK

I initially established Reputable to focus on Open Banking. We conducted a few consulting projects and build some AI-driven products but lost faith in Open Banking as a start-up environment and changed direction. My busin ...see more

Manager To Managing Director

Accenture

March 2007 - April 2018

London, UK

My work at Accenture was in the area of Mobility, a practice that I led to annual sales of $450m in UK and Ireland. I was a member of the leadership team of Accenture Digital UK&I. This was the internal board of a $1.5bn bu ...see more

Director

The Digital Works Ltd

September 2004 - March 2007

London, UK

I was the founding director and 50% shareholder of The Digital Works. Our work included strategy and commercial consulting, combined with software development. Our clients were in the media, mobile, and e-commerce sectors. ...see more

Founder

Index Gaming

September 2002 - August 2004

London, UK

Established a licensed mobile betting company, Index Gaming, and launched a football betting site, FootyFlutter.com. I conducted all the company's legal work to acquire a fixed-odds betting licence and established the probab ...see more

Director Of Sales

M7 Networks

August 2001 - June 2002

San Diego, CA, USA

M7 specialised in the deployment and management of mobile applications on behalf of its clients. Between joining the company in June 2001 and its acquisition by Motricity, I grew the company's client base from zero to include ...see more

Business Development Manager EMEA

Microsoft

January 2000 - June 2001

Seattle, WA, USA

Reporting to Microsoft US Headquarters, in Redmond, negotiated multi-million-dollar commercialisation agreements for Microsoft wireless technologies with leading European operators, including Telefónica Móviles, Vodafone an ...see more

Group Strategy & Development

BT

January 1989 - December 1999

London, UK

* Led North American mobile investment project including bid and term-sheet structuring for $3bn US investment. * Developed product plans for license bids and active mobile operations in Italy, Netherlands and Germany, and p ...see more

Education

Master's in Business Administration/Management

Imperial College Business School

1997

Master's in Computer Engineering

University of Essex

1989

Bachelor's in Physics

Manchester University

1985

Language Skills

English French

Skills

Information Technology

Cloud Strategy & Change Management,

Internet of Things

Business

Digital Culture,

Digital Experience & Design,

Digital Maturity,

Digital Strategy,

Digital Transformation,

Innovation Strategy,

Scenario Planning,

Growth Strategy,

Feasability Studies

Human Resources

Leadership Development

Environment

Sustainable Mobility,

Sustainable Investing