Appointment deepens EiQ’s technology leadership as the business invests to build faster and closer to its clients
EiQ by LRQA, the supply chain risk and sustainability due diligence platform, has appointed Gary Francis as Chief Technology Officer.
Francis has spent much of his career in technology leadership, building software platforms in regulated industries, most recently across payments and financial services. His focus in recent years has been on data platforms and on how AI is changing the way engineering teams work. He joins from Omnio, where he was Chief Product and Technology Officer.
Francis’s appointment reflects renewed investment in EiQ’s technology, intended to further accelerate product development in line with fast-changing client requirements.
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EiQ’s platform combines proprietary audit data from LRQA’s responsible sourcing programme with analytics and media scans, helping global brands identify and manage labour, health and safety, and environmental standards across their supply chains. Due diligence regulation is growing more complex across major markets, and buyers need faster, clearer ways to evidence compliance. EiQ is expanding its product and technology in response.
“The technology landscape is moving quickly and we’re investing more to stay ahead. Gary joining EiQ is a key part of that step change – more skills, more resourcing, and a sharper focus on building for our clients, faster and with AI at the core. We’ve got the strongest data and a truly world-class team, and are excited to welcome Gary and his deep technical experience to the organisation,” said Kevin Franklin, CEO, EiQ.
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“Companies are being asked to prove things about their supply chains that were optional five years ago, and the evidence has to hold up. What drew me to EiQ is the combination of trusted, audited data and genuine on-the-ground expertise – that is a hard thing to build and a very hard thing to copy. I look forward to evolving this capability even further with the team,” said Francis.
The appointment supports EiQ’s work to serve a broader set of users, including legal and procurement teams alongside responsible sourcing professionals, and to keep pace with developments in regulation and AI.
