Career Summary
Alan Simmonds is an experienced and pragmatic Enterprise and Business Architect with over 25 years in the IT industry, specialising in information strategy, governance, privacy, and enterprise architecture. He has worked across a wide range of sectors including finance, insurance, ad-tech, healthcare, manufacturing, utilities, leisure, mining, FMCG, telecommunications, and education, in regions spanning the UK, Europe, US, and ASEAN.
Alan has played key roles in helping organisations adopt and implement governance processes, including ensuring a major UK bank met regulatory requirements and defining global telecommunications governance for a French industrial gas organisation. He serves as a statutory Data Protection Officer (DPO) in both the UK and Singapore and is a recognised privacy and data protection professional with deep expertise in GDPR, DPA 2018, PECR, DUA Act 2025, and related legislative frameworks. His MBA dissertation, Technology Governance – A Model for Enablement and Advantage, and his LLM in Data Protection and Intellectual Property Law reflect his longstanding focus on governance, compliance, and the value of information in business strategy.
He has contributed to several global standards including TOGAF, COBIT, and OMDDMS, and has spoken at international conferences such as the International Association of Airline Internal Auditors, the Institute of Internal Auditors, the Enterprise Risk Management Academy, and multiple Open Group events.
Professional Experience in Training & Facilitation
Alan has been delivering professional training for more than 18 years and has trained over 2,000 practitioners worldwide in TOGAF alone. His portfolio includes Applied Business Architecture, Applied Operating Models, Business Architecture and BPM Essentials, COBIT, EU GDPR, TOGAF Business Architecture, and TOGAF EA, as well as private and custom classes for clients globally.
Learners describe him as engaging, approachable, and highly knowledgeable:
- “Alan Simmonds is a great instructor. He has oodles of experience and knowledge, and he shares it freely. We learned a lot from this course. He has an engaging personality, and he’s able to make a very dry 4-day-long course entertaining and enjoyable.”
- “Extremely well prepared, excellent time management skills, very friendly and extremely open to answering questions and knowledge sharing. EXCELLENT instructor, FAR EXCEEDS expectations.”
- “Alan did a great job! Although it’s a quite formal topic Alan presented it in a very enjoyable manner. He gave a lot of practical examples and insights to gain understanding.”
