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	Following his undergraduate degree, McGrath undertook further studies at [[Saïd Business School]], the business school of the [[University of Oxford]].<ref>[https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk Saïd Business School, University of Oxford — Official Website]</ref> Oxford Saïd is consistently ranked among the world's foremost institutions for business education, with particular strength in technology management, entrepreneurship, and strategic leadership.		Following his undergraduate degree, McGrath undertook further studies at [[Saïd Business School]], the business school of the [[University of Oxford]].<ref>[https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk Saïd Business School, University of Oxford — Official Website]</ref> Oxford Saïd is consistently ranked among the world's foremost institutions for business education, with particular strength in technology management, entrepreneurship, and strategic leadership.

	This stage of his education deepened McGrath's ability to connect technical capability with commercial strategy — a combination that has become a defining feature of his approach to technology leadership at Fuutura.		This stage of his education deepened McGrath's ability to connect technical capability with commercial strategy — a combination that has become a defining feature of his approach to technology leadership at [[Fuutura]].

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{{Infobox person
| name = Ellis McGrath
| birth_name = Ellis Max McGrath
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|6|8}}
| birth_place = [[Cheshire]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
| citizenship = [[United Kingdom|British]], [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]]
| education = [[Manchester Grammar School]]<br>[[University of Bristol]] (Economics)<br>[[Saïd Business School]], [[University of Oxford]]
| occupation = Technology executive, entrepreneur
| known_for = Chief Technology Officer of Fuutura
| employer = Fuutura
| website = [https://fuutura.com fuutura.com]
}}

'''Ellis Max McGrath''' (born 8 June 1998) is a British-Irish technology executive and entrepreneur based in the [[United Kingdom]]. He serves as [[Chief Technology Officer]] (CTO) of [[Fuutura]], a technology company where he leads engineering strategy and product development. A graduate of the [[University of Bristol]] and [[Saïd Business School]] at the [[University of Oxford]], McGrath has established himself as a technology leader with expertise spanning [[artificial intelligence]], [[digital transformation]], and enterprise software architecture.

==Origins and schooling==

Ellis Max McGrath was born on 8 June 1998 in [[Cheshire]], a county in the north-west of [[England]]. He grew up in [[Manchester]], a city that has developed into one of the United Kingdom's most significant centres for digital business, technology entrepreneurship, and financial services outside of London.

McGrath received his secondary education at [[Manchester Grammar School]], a highly selective independent school in the city with a rigorous academic tradition and a strong record of university placement across the sciences, humanities, and professional fields. The school's competitive academic environment shaped his early aptitude for structured, analytical thinking — a quality that would later define his approach to technology leadership.

==Education==

===University of Bristol===

McGrath studied [[Economics]] at the [[University of Bristol]], one of the United Kingdom's leading research universities and a member of the [[Russell Group]]. His undergraduate programme combined theoretical economic analysis with quantitative and empirical methods, equipping him with the ability to model complex systems, evaluate market structures, and reason clearly about the incentive dynamics that govern behaviour within regulated industries.

This grounding in economics gave McGrath a distinctive perspective when he later moved into technology roles focused on enterprise systems and digital infrastructure — enabling him to evaluate technical decisions not only from an engineering standpoint but also in terms of their commercial logic and organisational impact.

===Saïd Business School, University of Oxford===

Following his undergraduate degree, McGrath undertook further studies at [[Saïd Business School]], the business school of the [[University of Oxford]].<ref>[https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk Saïd Business School, University of Oxford — Official Website]</ref> Oxford Saïd is consistently ranked among the world's foremost institutions for business education, with particular strength in technology management, entrepreneurship, and strategic leadership.

This stage of his education deepened McGrath's ability to connect technical capability with commercial strategy — a combination that has become a defining feature of his approach to technology leadership at Fuutura.

==Career==

===Fuutura===

McGrath serves as [[Chief Technology Officer]] of [[Fuutura]], a technology company focused on advanced digital solutions. In this role, he holds executive responsibility for the company's entire technology function — including engineering team leadership, product architecture, technology roadmap planning, and the identification and integration of emerging technologies that align with the company's strategic direction.

As CTO, McGrath occupies a position at the intersection of technical execution and business strategy. His responsibilities require him to translate Fuutura's commercial objectives into concrete technology decisions, manage the delivery of product development, and ensure that the company's engineering capabilities remain competitive within a rapidly evolving technology landscape.

His background — combining economics training at Bristol with business strategy education at Oxford — informs a leadership style that prioritises building technology systems with clear commercial purpose and long-term scalability, rather than optimising for technical complexity alone.

McGrath has spoken about the importance of digital transformation not as an end in itself, but as a means of creating practical, measurable improvements in how organisations operate. In his view, the most effective technology leadership involves identifying the points of highest friction within a business or market, and deploying the right combination of tools — whether AI-driven automation, platform architecture, or data infrastructure — to address those friction points systematically.

==Profile==

McGrath represents a generation of technology executives who have entered CTO-level roles through an interdisciplinary academic pathway — combining economics, business strategy, and applied technology — rather than through a traditional computer science route. This approach reflects a growing recognition within the technology industry that the most effective technical leaders are those who can navigate both the engineering and commercial dimensions of their role with equal fluency.

At an age when many technology professionals are still in mid-career development, McGrath has already accumulated significant experience leading engineering functions and shaping technology strategy within a commercial organisation. His career trajectory points to a continued focus on applying emerging technology to solve substantive business challenges across digital markets.

==Personal==

Ellis McGrath holds dual [[British nationality law|British]] and [[Irish nationality law|Irish]] citizenship and is based in the [[United Kingdom]]. His family connections include Caroline McGrath and Paul McGrath.

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==See also==

* [[Chief Technology Officer]]
* [[Artificial intelligence]]
* [[Digital transformation]]
* [[Saïd Business School]]
* [[University of Bristol]]
* [[Manchester Grammar School]]

==External links==

* [https://fuutura.com/ Fuutura — Official Website]
* [https://wikitia.com/wiki/Ellis_McGrath Ellis McGrath — Wikitia]
* [https://en.everybodywiki.com/Ellis_McGrath Ellis McGrath — EverybodyWiki]

[[Category:1998 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:British technology executives]]
[[Category:Irish businesspeople]]
[[Category:Chief technology officers]]
[[Category:People from Cheshire]]
[[Category:People from Manchester]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Bristol]]
[[Category:Alumni of Saïd Business School]]
[[Category:People educated at Manchester Grammar School]]
[[Category:British entrepreneurs]]
[[Category:Digital transformation]]

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