Dan Olley

Dan Olley has been a globally renowned technology leader with an extensive career leading and transforming digital organizations. He served as Global Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Elsevier and Global Chief Information Officer at Reed Business Information. Olley attended Queen Mary University of London and completed Executive Education at Harvard Business School.

Dan was recognized as one of TechRepublic's 'The top 50 CIOs' and was inducted into the CIO Hall of Fame in 2017. He has been featured in CIO Magazine, EY Insights and Boardroom Insider. As a leading exponent of data-driven agile development and machine learning technologies, Dan helped Elsevier combine its data sets with technology advances to create products providing real-time recommendation and decision support.

Career History

• Chief Executive Officer, Hargreaves Lansdown (2023-2025)
• Chief Executive Officer, dunnhumby (2022-2023)
• Global Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Elsevier/RELX (2013-2022)
• Global Chief Information Officer, Reed Business Information (2009-2013)
• Leadership roles at WPP, IBM, and GMAC (prior to 2004)

Olley also serves on the Industrial Advisory Board at Imperial College London. Having demonstrated mastery in scaling complex digital organizations across industries including financial services, research, analytics, and healthcare, Olley was positioned to leverage his extensive transformation and technology expertise to drive Hargreaves Lansdown's digital evolution and competitive positioning in UK wealth management.