My blogs

Blogs I follow

Gender	Male
Industry	Government
Location	United Kingdom
Introduction	I started my IT career in Merchant Banking, and became an Assistant Director of Morgan Grenfell (now Deutch Bank). I moved to Newham Council, in 1989, where I have undertaken a number of ICT management roles before becoming the CIO responsible for ICT and Information Governance strategy, infrastructure and systems. I won the “Public Sector CIO of the Year” award at the 2005 UK Technology, Innovation and Growth awards, and was voted among the most influential and innovative IT Leaders in the “Silicon CIO50” awards in 2007 and 2008. I'm passionate about infrastructure and standards requirements and a member of various pan-Government Working Groups, including the Local Public Sector CIO Council. I am a long-time member of Socitm, and became its President in April 2008, leading a root and branch review of its organisation and remit to drive organisational efficiency, support membership development in the Government ICT Profession and play a more proactive role in policy development and Transformational Government leadership.
Interests	Motor Sport, Family Research