Chairman of Bloor
Peterborough, United Kingdom
Smiths Group plc
President, Smiths Detection
October 2013 to April 2014
Smiths Group plc
CIO and Head of Commercial Programmes
March 2008 to October 2013
London, United Kingdom
Scottish Power
Interim CIO
July 2006 to September 2007
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Burberry
Head of Business Process Transformation and CIO
January 2006 to July 2007
London, United Kingdom
Allied Domecq
Chief Information Officer
March 2002 to September 2005
Bristol, United Kingdom
What company does Brian Jones work for?
Brian Jones works for Smiths Group plc
What is Brian Jones's role at Smiths Group plc?
Brian Jones is President, Smiths Detection
What industry does Brian Jones work in?
Brian Jones works in the Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry.
📖 Summary
Brian Jones is Group Commercial Director (Chief Commercial Officer) of Smiths Group plc, the FTSE100 technology group. He is a member of the Group Executive Committee and reports to the Group Chief Executive, Andy Reynolds Smith. Brian is responsible for strengthening the commercial skills of the Group and leveraging growth potential across all its five businesses. His focus is on all aspects of growth including: sales and marketing effectiveness, alignment of product development to customer needs, and emerging market expansion. He is the Group executive responsible for China. He is also Investor Director for Smiths Medical and sits on the Smiths Medical board. Brian recently completed a 6 month assignment as Interim President of Smiths Detection, during which time the business secured a number of major contract awards including the second largest in Smiths Detection history. He was previously Smiths Group plc CIO and Head of Commercial Programmes and President of Smiths Business Information Services, which he launched successfully in November 2009. Brian is a recent graduate of Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program. Brian is known for his extensive commercial skills in sales, major account management, procurement, and IT, as well as business and functional change leadership. Successful tenures include Allied Domecq (CIO & Director of Shared Services), Burberry (CIO & Head of Business Transformation), and Scottish Power (CIO). Prior to this he held a variety of positions in IBM including running one of IBM’s services businesses in Northern Europe, business development responsibility for a major outsourcing line of business, and major account responsibility for IBM's business with Safeway Plc. Brian has led many successful change programmes within large enterprises. These include business wide functional transformation programmes at Allied Domecq, Burberry, Scottish Power, and Smiths.President, Smiths Detection @ From October 2013 to April 2014 (7 months) CIO and Head of Commercial Programmes @ From March 2008 to October 2013 (5 years 8 months) London, United KingdomInterim CIO @ From July 2006 to September 2007 (1 year 3 months) Glasgow, United KingdomHead of Business Process Transformation and CIO @ From January 2006 to July 2007 (1 year 7 months) London, United KingdomChief Information Officer @ From March 2002 to September 2005 (3 years 7 months) Bristol, United KingdomAdvanced Management Program (AMP 184) @ Harvard Business School From 2013 to 2013 IBM Client Executive Program @ INSEAD From 1997 to 1998 Brian Jones is skilled in: Program Management, Strategy, Change Management, SAP, Outsourcing, IT Strategy, Management, Business Transformation, Sales, Leadership, Mergers & Acquisitions, Procurement, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Business Process Improvement, Shared Services
Extraversion (E), Intuition (N), Feeling (F), Judging (J)
2 year(s), 6 month(s)
Unlikely
Likely
There's 93% chance that Brian Jones is seeking for new opportunities
Enjoy unlimited access and discover candidates outside of LinkedIn
Trusted by 400K users from
76% of Fortune 500 companies
The most accurate data ever
Hire Anyone, Anywhere
with ContactOut today
Making remote or global hires? We can help.
No credit card required