Gary Collier

CTO, Man Group

Search every verified Gary Collier interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Gary Collier, CTO at Man, discussed the firm's AI adoption in a July 2026 appearance on the Odd Lots podcast. He stated that token consumption had increased 86 times since January, a growth he said was unexpected and spread across departments including finance, operations, and the people team, not just tech roles. He described the expansion as exciting for giving new capabilities to employees who previously lacked access to such tools. Collier also addressed how the firm manages AI usage, noting that they focused on education due to varied technical understanding among its roughly 1,700–1,800 employees. He said the firm was transparent about budgets and model classes, which led to employees finding creative ways to reduce token spend. He attributed AI's impact to incremental changes across the firm, citing an example of a system that automatically populated a reference data store from complex instrument PDF specifications.