Over 8 years of this has been in the area of business and enterprise architecture. Originally working in software development, Alistair moved into architecture when it was highlighted his people skills were better than his coding skills (must have been really bad at coding). He is a firm believer in the benefits of business architecture and is particularly interested in how it supports strategic planning and business change. He has recently taken up a role leading the business architecture team for the UK financial regulator. Al is a Certified Business Architect® (CBA)®..