Where does John Stecher work?

John Stecher is at Centana Growth Partners.

Where did John Stecher go to school?

John Stecher studied at FT Board Director Programme (Level 7 Diploma (equivalent to Masters Degree)); University of Leeds (BSc, Computer Science); King's College School Wimbledon.

John Stecher

Investor

Investor at Centana Growth Partners · Investor at Centana Partners · Chief Technology Officer at Blackstone Life Sciences

New York City Metropolitan Area

About

Advisory board member; CTO of Blackstone and former Group CTO at Barclays.

Experience

NomuraChief Architect, CTO Function, Managing Directorcurrent2025 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
Centana Growth PartnersAdvisory Board Membercurrent2024 — presentPalo Alto, California
HSBCChief Architect, Managing Director2024 — 2025London, England, United Kingdom
HSBCChief Technical Architect, Managing Director2022 — 2025London, England, United Kingdom
HSBCHSBC Distinguished Engineer2018 — 2025
HSBCHead of DevOps (Interim), Managing Director2022 — 2023London, England, United Kingdom
HSBCChief Application, Cloud & Infrastructure Architect, Managing Director2020 — 2022London, England, United Kingdom
HSBCChief Cybersecurity Architect (Interim), Managing Director2021 — 2022London, England, United Kingdom
HSBCChief Cloud Architect, Executive Director2017 — 2020London, United Kingdom
HSBCHead of GBM/GPB/EMEA Infrastructure Architecture, IT Architecture, Executive Director2012 — 2017London
HSBCGlobal Head of Infrastructure Architecture, Global Banking & Markets IT, VP2009 — 2012London, United Kingdom
Intel CorporationExecutive Board of Advisors2012 — 2014
Barclays CapitalGlobal Head of Strategic Architecture2006 — 2009London, United Kingdom
Credit SuisseInfrastructure Architect2005 — 2006London, United Kingdom
Credit SuisseRMDS Global Architect2002 — 2005London, United Kingdom
NET2SNetwork and Systems Analyst2000 — 2002London

Skills & more

Technology Leadership3Digital Transformation2Advisory Boards2IT Strategy25Enterprise Architecture28Solution Architecture44IT Governance1Market Data19Investment Banking7High Availability4Technical Leadership1Virtualization7

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Distributed SystemsSystem ArchitecturePaaSDisaster RecoveryDesign PatternsVendor ManagementCloud ComputingServer ArchitectureTrading SystemsTeam LeadershipLinux

From John's professional profile.

Colleagues at Centana Growth Partners

Anton Honikman

Investor at Centana Growth Partners

Ben Cukier

Partner at Centana Growth Partners

Benjamin Fulton

Investor at Centana Growth Partners

Bob Huret

Investor at Centana Growth Partners

Candler Rich

Vice President at Centana Growth Partners

Christopher Chen

Associate at Centana Growth Partners

Daniel Ricciardi

CFO at Centana Growth Partners

Darren Hodges

Investor at Centana Growth Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is John Stecher?: Advisory board member; CTO of Blackstone and former Group CTO at Barclays.
Where does John Stecher work?: John Stecher is at Centana Growth Partners.
Where did John Stecher go to school?: John Stecher studied at FT Board Director Programme (Level 7 Diploma (equivalent to Masters Degree)); University of Leeds (BSc, Computer Science); King's College School Wimbledon.

Same school

Also attended FT Board Director Programme4

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Also attended University of Leeds170

Joseph StolermanInvestor at Index Ventures Laura CliffordTalent Director at Northzone David CarterPartner, Engineering Excellence at Sapphire Ventures Ian MilbournGeneral Partner & COO at Notion Capital John MesrieOperating Partner at Inreach Ventures Paul “JF” ZohorskyManaging Partner at ZEA

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Also attended King's College School Wimbledon20

David ‘DC’ CollierChief Technology Officer, RIKAI Labs at Orbit Startups Andrew MacklinGeneral Counsel at Apex Group Freddie DodgeDirector at GP Bullhound MarcusGlobal Head of Regulatory Strategy at SENTINEL GLOBAL Liam AhnPrincipal at Samsung Ventures Will BrooksFounder and Director at Portfolio Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Nomura222

Aftab MathurManaging Director at Temasek at Golden Gate Ventures Clare McCartney BeerCOO & Managing Director at Burda Principal Investments Thomas JuvinManaging Director Europe at Burda Principal Investments Jessica WangFP&A Manager at March Capital Partners Sercan OzcanPartner, Finance & Operations at AlleyCorp Nicholas DowDirector, Software Engineering at Deerfield Management Company

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Also worked at HSBC521

Aravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AI Matt DonahoeCo-founder of Skydio Matt CherianVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital Angela ToyPartner & COO at Golden Gate Ventures Giuseppe DonvitoPartner at P101 Ventures Damien DidierInvestor at Daphni

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Also worked at Intel Corporation415

Jim GoetzPartner at Sequoia Capital Sundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis Ventures Karim FarisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital Job SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista Capital Assaf ArakiInvestment Director at Intel Capital

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Also worked at Barclays Capital406

David Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America Fund Thomas RubensInvestor at DN Capital Kerry WongHead of Investor Relations at Pantera Capital John McCulloughInvestor at OpenView Venture Partners Vinnie McSweeneyInvestor at OpenView Venture Partners David ParraData Quality & Project Engineering Manager at Inveready Technology Investment Group

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