Brendan O'Rourke

Brendan O'Rourke is an expert partner in Bain & Co.’s Communications, Media and Entertainment (CME) and Enterprise Technology (ET) practices. He is based in the London office. With more than 30 years of experience in the industry, Brendan has held CIO roles at BT and Telefonica, both at global and UK levels. Moreover, he has held senior positions in a range of technology start-ups.

Brendan’s expertise is in technology strategy and operating model, digital transformation and large scale IT integration programmes, innovation and Agile product development. He focuses on how new technologies play a role in enabling the transformation of the telecommunications industry.
Since joining Bain & Co., Brendan has developed several accelerated technology strategies in digital retail commerce, integration and digital customer experience transformation for global communications service providers, retailers and consumer products companies.

Brendan is passionate about developing skills for life and industry in young people, as well as driving change to create a more diverse technical and digital workforce in the UK. He holds a BSc in Mathematics from King’s College London.