Make technology leadership a company strength – not a hiring problem.

CTO Academy helps organisations strengthen the leadership capabilities needed to navigate technology, digital transformation and AI-enabled change.

Since 2019, we have supported thousands of leaders across 100+ countries, giving us a deep understanding of the challenges organisations face as technical specialists move into broader leadership roles, senior executives take greater responsibility for technology and AI decisions, and businesses seek to develop stronger internal leadership pipelines.

Our programmes combine proven leadership development with organisational context, practical application and measurable outcomes. We work with L&D, Talent, HR, Technology and executive teams to identify the capability gap first — and then design the right intervention around it.

Our programmes are designed around the capability challenge an organisation needs to solve rather than a fixed training catalogue.

Typical engagements include:

• Digital Transformation Leadership Programmes — developing the confidence and shared understanding required to lead technology-enabled change across functions.
• Global Technology Leadership Programmes — strengthening leadership capability and consistency across technology teams, regions and business units.
• Next Generation Technology Leaders Programmes — preparing high-potential technologists for more senior leadership responsibilities.
• Executive AI Readiness Programmes — helping senior leaders make better decisions about AI opportunity, adoption, risk and organisational impact.
• Digital MBA pathways within L&D — providing a proven, scalable development route for current and emerging technology leaders.

Programmes can range from small leadership groups to international cohorts and larger organisational capability initiatives.

Yes. Organisational context is central to our approach.

We can tailor programme design, curriculum, live sessions, workshops, assessments and learning journeys around your organisation’s priorities, participant groups and desired outcomes, while retaining a proven capability-development framework.

Every engagement starts by asking:

What needs to become stronger across your organisation as a result of this programme?

That allows us to build around the capability change required rather than simply delivering content.

We believe capability development should demonstrate more than participation and positive feedback.

Our programmes can include baseline assessment, post-programme reassessment, engagement analytics and cohort-level reporting to help organisations understand how capability is developing.

Depending on the programme, measurement can include areas such as leadership, communication, commercial understanding, strategic thinking, stakeholder influence and decision-making.

This gives L&D and programme sponsors clearer evidence of progress and helps inform future development investment.

Yes.

Programmes can be delivered virtually, in person or through a blended model, depending on the audience, location and organisational requirements.

Our proprietary learning platform enables structured digital learning and engagement across distributed populations, while live virtual sessions, workshops, coaching and in-person interventions can be incorporated where they add value.

CTO Academy programmes have been formally recognised by the Continuing Professional Development Certification Service (CPDUK) as conforming to continuing professional development principles.

The specific certification applicable to an engagement will depend on the programme being delivered.

Yes. International delivery has been part of CTO Academy since its inception, with leaders from more than 100 countries participating in our programmes.

Our digital platform supports asynchronous learning across time zones, while our international network of lecturers, coaches and practitioners allows live delivery to be structured around different regions and participant groups.

For larger global programmes, we work with clients to design an appropriate delivery schedule across geographies, cohorts and time zones.

We can provide you with case studies showing our work with high profile global groups, european banking organisations and many more.

We are accustomed to working with enterprise procurement and due-diligence requirements.

We can provide standard contractual terms, data-processing documentation and information about our security and data-handling practices as required during procurement.

Our data-handling practices are aligned with GDPR requirements, with additional documentation available on request.

Organisational programmes are priced according to the scale and nature of the engagement.

Factors can include participant numbers, programme duration, level of customisation, assessment and measurement requirements, live or in-person delivery, coaching and additional programme support.

Where organisations simply want places on an existing CTO Academy programme, group pricing can also be provided.

Following an initial conversation, we will recommend an appropriate approach and provide transparent pricing for the proposed programme.

Start with a conversation.

We’ll explore with you your current challenges and start to identify;

• the capability gap you need to close
• the people or leadership population you want to develop
• the organisational outcomes you want to achieve

From there, we can recommend an existing programme, adapt one of our proven frameworks, or explore a more bespoke capability initiative.

Book a discovery call with our CEO to discuss what the right approach could look like for your organisation.