Pureprofile Limited has welcomed Albert Hitchcock to the company's board of directors. With a distinguished career spanning more than 30 years, Albert brings extensive experience in information technology, product development and global operations. His deep domain knowledge and experience will be beneficial in guiding, advising and supporting the board and executive team in the evolution and development of the Company.

Albert was the Chief Operating Officer at Pearson, the world's leading learning company, and over the last 8 years led Digital Product Development, Information Technology, Operations, and created and managed Pearson's Global shared services functions. Albert previously worked at Vodafone where he was Chief Information Officer for the Vodafone Group from 2007 and was responsible for the Information Technology teams within Vodafone and its operating companies around the world. Prior to that he held leadership roles at BAE Systems, Racal Electronics and Nortel Networks where he was also Global CIO.

In December 2018, Albert joined Nationwide Building Society as main board Non-Executive Director. Albert is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology and a Chartered Engineer and is based in London.