Rowland is one of the first Chief Analytics Officers to be employed in the NHS, specialising in building and scaling data and analytics capabilities to become more “insight-driven”.

Rowland leads the delivery of data services at the University Hospital Derby and Burton, heading teams of multi-disciplinary data professionals to deliver data and analytics strategy and target operating models; the execution of data science and intelligent automation projects; and the industrialisation of data and analytics capabilities as part of a large-scale digital transformation programme.

He specialises in data and analytics driven change, working closely with senior executives to deliver against strategic business cases.