Peter Shardlow

Peter Shardlow brings more than 20 years of information governance experience, covering the disciplines of data management and governance, privacy, records management, security, compliance and risk. Mr. Shardlow works with clients across a wide range of sectors with unique regulatory and legal requirements, including financial services, healthcare, retail, government, legal, professional services and not-for-profit.

Mr. Shardlow has led numerous information governance and digital transformation programmes on behalf of his clients. These include defining strategies to achieve compliance and risk-reduction objectives and developing data governance frameworks and operating models. Additionally, Mr. Shardlow has developed and implemented data categorisation taxonomies and has reviewed and enhanced software development lifecycle processes to support data governance. This has included leveraging privacy by design principles and designing and implementing data retention and remediation programmes. He is an expert in Microsoft 365, as well as in conducting data governance assessments and data mapping exercises and supporting clients with artificial intelligence governance initiatives.

Leveraging experience with technology, change management and information governance programmes, Mr. Shardlow helps clients review and update policies, procedures and processes, assess and implement supporting technology, and deliver education and training that embed a culture of compliance. He also guides clients through the process of gaining stakeholder and executive approval to drive long-term business transformation. He has led multinational teams onsite and virtually to develop pragmatic solutions that help clients drive compliance and business objectives.

Prior to joining FTI Technology, Mr. Shardlow held numerous governance, data privacy and IT-focused roles within consultancies, financial services institutions and the UK government.

Relevant Experience:

• Led a pilot to develop a process to classify and remediate Microsoft 365 exchange email data using third-party software aligned to the organisation’s records retention schedule
• Delivered expert advice across several clients on configuring and supporting information governance within the Microsoft SharePoint platform, covering SharePoint 2003 to SharePoint online and Microsoft 365
• Provided information governance expertise to configure IBM Enterprise Records (‘IER’) for records management compliance in alignment with the global records retention schedule for a global investment bank