COLLABERA DIGITAL
Europe . With a strong focus on peoplecentricity , Collabera Digital is committed to delivering to its customers and helping them achieve their digital transformation goals .
Collabera Digital ’ s mission focuses on enabling and helping organisations with very complex problems through digital engineering , AI , and co-owned , co-working , co-creation solutions . Andrew Diaper , Collabera Digital ’ s Executive Vice President and Head of Europe , says : “ Our values surround the empowerment of our people . I often say to people , ‘ You can be whatever you want to be and you can do anything ’. You ’ ve only got to look at what people are achieving – there ’ s nothing that we can ’ t do .
“ Commitment is a really big aspect too . If you say to a client we are going to do this , be committed to what you say you ’ re going to do . Good leaders make quick decisions with limited information . Right or wrong , they ’ ll stick by their decision and they ’ ll own it .”
Leading the transformation Diaper ’ s career began when he was studying to be a designer for a company called Acorn Computers , getting into the technology aspect in the 1990s , which was typically software and hardware at the time . He then transitioned to managed services , systems integration , and consulting , working primarily in the banking and financial services industry in London for 25 years .
With a remarkable track record in strategic growth and a proven ability to deliver exceptional results , Diaper is widely regarded as a highly respected business professional . His expertise encompasses a broad spectrum of services , from cloud transformation to complex businesscritical projects and bespoke consulting engagements within the dynamic and regulated banking sector .
“ Good leaders make quick decisions with limited information . Right or wrong , they ’ ll stick by their decision and they ’ ll own it ”
ANDREW DIAPER EXECUTIVE VP AND HEAD OF EUROPE , COLLABERA DIGITAL
Diaper attributes a great deal of his success to his experience at Capgemini , where he was empowered to build a business within a business , before moving to IBM in 2020 . “ I ’ m really very fortunate to have experienced some proud moments ,” he says . “ Going through Capgemini as Senior Manager , Director , Senior Director , Principal , and then getting onto the leadership programme – which in those days was an 18-month programme – was intense business learning . To be one of the few who was then named as Vice President of this big , well-known organisation was a very proud moment for me .”
In 2023 , Diaper joined Collabera Digital as Executive Vice President and Head of Europe , to help the company expand its European presence . Speaking very candidly about some of the biggest challenges that he ’ s faced , Diaper explains : “ The biggest challenges for me were threefold . One was taking on the responsibility of changing the direction of an organisation . Not just growing the organisation , but changing the mindset and behaviours of people , bringing
98 February 2024