Speakers

James Matthews is CEO of Ocado Technology and leads the global team of engineers, developers, product managers and data scientists who develop and support Ocado’s automation and robotics platforms. 

 
James joined Ocado Group in 2005 as a software development intern and has subsequently held senior roles across software engineering, business development, strategy, investor relations and marketing. James’s early career highlights include building the General Merchandise arm of the business and overseeing 10-fold growth in 5 years, as well as conceptualising and helping get Ocado Zoom off the ground. 

 
James rejoined Ocado Technology in the spring of 2018. As CEO, James has been instrumental in maturing the organisation to work globally at scale. He has transformed the structures, processes and frameworks to set the organisation up for success and accelerate the delivery of our automation technology across the globe. From an organisation that used to launch one automated Customer Fulfilment Centre (CFC) every few years, we now work with clients across the world to deliver over 50 CFCs in the coming few years. 
 
James holds a BEng in Computing from Imperial College London and an MBA from Harvard Business School.