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Capgemini MD: London must keep reinventing itself

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13.08.2026

Thursday 13 August 2026 12:54 pm

Capgemini MD: London must keep reinventing itself

By: Anna Moloney

Deputy Comment and Features Editor

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Each week, we dig into the memory bank of the City’s great and good. Today, Rob Walker, UK managing director of AI consultancy Capgemini, takes us through his career in Square Mile and Me

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Name: Rob Walker Job title: Managing director of Capgemini in the UK and member of the Capgemini Group Executive Committee Previous roles: UK and global leadership roles within the Big Four and a major global technology services and consulting company. Age: 53 Born: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire Lives: Newbury Studied: Economics Talents: What’s the saying – ‘Jack of all trades, master of none!’  Motto: Have fun Biggest perk of the job? Getting to meet some really inspiring people Coffee order: Flat white or a black filter coffee Cocktail order: Gin and Tonic Favourite book: To Kill a Mockingbird and anything by Max Hastings, James Holland or Antony Beevor.

What was your first job? 

My first job was doing the washing up at a local hotel restaurant when I was a teenager. I got paid £2.50 an hour, which at the time I thought was a tonne of money. 

What was your first role in tech?

After university, I joined the global professional services firm, EY, as a graduate, and my first ever client was in the technology sector. 

When did you know you wanted to........

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