CloudTalent appoints Tony Irving as COO

In its bid to shake up the traditional IT infrastructure consultancy market, one of the UK’s fastest growing firms ‘CloudTalent’ has appointed its first COO, Tony Irving, capitalizing on his 30 years’ experience in the industry.

  • Tuesday, 15th October 2013 Posted 11 years ago in by Phil Alsop

After joining the UK based IT infrastructure consultancy only seven months ago, Tony Irving has been appointed as CloudTalent’s first ever Chief Operating Officer (COO).


Irving joined CloudTalent as a Programme & Client Executive in March 2013 assigned to one of the largest transformation projects in the company’s history. Prior to that he had spent most of his career in Investment Banking technology functions culminating in a CTO-level role at Thomson Reuters as Global Head of Technology Operations, managing 2,500 staff and a budget of $750m per annum.


Adrian Overall, CloudTalent CEO comments on Tony’s appointment: “It is great that we are able to strengthen our leadership team with the appointment of Tony who has worked in some of the most challenging and complex IT environments on the planet. Clients want to know that you are sensitized to their challenges and can show a real empathy for their situation; Tony’s operational experience demonstrates this and reinforces our commitment to continue to build a genuine client-side partner for our customers to rely on.”


Tony Irving, CloudTalent COO comments on his recent appointment: “It’s great to be appointed as the COO for CloudTalent – I’m joining a team of industry experts that are shaking up the traditional IT consultancy market, a move that is long overdue.


“Having worked with the CloudTalent team for the last seven months, I’ve experienced IT consultancy being done differently, for the better. I’m honored to be offered such a crucial role in the company, and excited to be invited in to take CloudTalent to its next stage.”


For over thirty years, Tony has run large-scale global IT operations and delivery functions, being responsible for major programmes including leading the technology infrastructure aspects of a merger, as well as being involved in both outsourcing and insourcing.


Tony started his career in cost & management accountancy in the retail sector, but the lure of technology quickly resulted in a move into the finance sector, where he progressed through a number of infrastructure roles covering data centres, networks, voice, desktop services, trading floors and financial messaging.