Neil Cooper

Neil Cooper

Chief Design Officer

Brilliant Basics

Neil Cooper is Chief Design Officer at Brilliant Basics (an Infosys company) and leads the global design practice. He has over 20 years of experience and has worked with many of the world’s leading brands.

Neil’s experience covers everything from digital campaigns, branding, and service design. He has worked with global brands including British Airways, Lloyds Bank, Scania, Telenet, BP, Australian Open, Heathrow, British Gas, Aegon, Howdens, Hargreaves Lansdown and many more. He oversaw the vision and execution for Miral in Abu Dhabi where he pitched and delivered connected digital experiences for Yas Island which included theme parks for Warner Bros, Yas Waterworld and Ferrari World.

Neil was also part of the team that pitched and won the UK’s largest banking digital transformation programme for Lloyds Bank and its Customer Journey Transformation labs including pensions, business and personal banking products to define the future of the digital bank and reimagining the in-branch experience.

Neil has an MA in Fine Art and started his career in advertising before moving into the digital space. His background has seen him lead diverse teams across all channels and has won a number of awards along the way. He has also judged many award shows including BIMA, The Webbys and Kyoorius in Mumbai.