CFO Expectations of IT


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The 2012 CIO 100 is our ranking of the top CIOs in the UK. This listing awards the IT leaders and company directors that are transforming their organisations through technology leadership.

Every company here is listed by rank one to 100. Click on the rank, company name, CIO name, employees and previous year rank to sort the listing into an order that suits your research needs.

Rank Company name CIOs name Prev Yr Rank
1 Easyjet Trevor Didcock, CIO N/A
2 Severn Trent Water Myron Hrycyk, CIO N/A
3 Thomson Reuters Jane Moran, Global CIO N/A
4 Marks & Spencer Group Darrell Stein, CIO 26 (↑)
5 COLT Mark Leonard, Executive Vice President - Infrastructure Services N/A
6 Betfair Tony McAlister, CTO N/A
7 The Welsh Assembly Government Gwyn Thomas, CIO 44 (↑)
8 University College London Hospitals James Thomas, Director of ICT N/A
9 The Cooperative Group Ian Dyson, Director of IS N/A
10 Hiscox Andrew Turner, Group CIO N/A
11 Tesco Mike McNamara, CIO 4 (↓)
12 Procter & Gamble Dave Ubachs, CIO N/A
13 Asos Dan West, IT Director N/A
14 Visa Steve Chambers, CIO Visa Europe N/A
15 Alliance Boots Andy Haywood, formerly IT Director, Boots 41 (↑)
16 JLT Group Ian Cohen, Group CIO N/A
17 Unilever Willem Eelman, CIO 23 (↑)
18 BT Clive Selley, Group CIO 10 (↓)
19 The Metropolitan Police Ailsa Beaton, CIO 27 (↑)
20 Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs Phil Pavitt, Director General of Change and CIO and Mark Hall, Deputy CIO 7 (↓)
21 JP Morgan Chase Mark Kimber, iCTO & EMEA CTO for the Global Investment Bank and Simon Cooper, CTO Core Processing 52 (↑)
22 Jaguar Land Rover Jeremy Vincent, CIO N/A
23 Laterooms.com Adam Gerrard, CTO N/A
24 Whitbread Andrew Brothers, IS & Change Director 97 (↑)
25 BBC John Linwood, CTO 88 (↑)
26 AXA Kevin Murray, CIO and COO 65 (↑)
27 DHL Steve Robinson, CIO 34 (↑)
28 J Sainsbury Rob Fraser, IT Director 18 (↓)
29 National Grid David Lister, CIO 82 (↑)
30 News International Paul Cheesbrough, CIO N/A
31 BAA Philip Langsdale, CIO N/A
32 Vodafone Albert Hitchcock, CIO 72 (↑)
33 Rentokil Initial Bryan Kinsella, CIO 56 (↑)
34 Experian John Finch, Executive Vice President Development, UK&I & EMEA N/A
35 Play.com Francesco de Marchis N/A
36 John Lewis Partnership Paul Coby, IT Director 31 (↓)
37 The Open University David Matthewman, CIO N/A
38 Baker Hughes Jane Scott, CIO N/A
39 Staffordshire County Council Sander Kristel, CIO N/A
40 Domino's Pizza Colin Rees, CIO N/A
41 BUPA Yasmin Jetha, CIO 53 (↑)
42 Essex County Council David Wilde, CIO N/A
43 LGC Gideon Kay, CIO N/A
44 Elsevier Jora Gill, CTO N/A
45 Lifestyle Services Group Chris Airey, Director Change & IT N/A
46 The Health Lottery David Wall, IT & Operations Director N/A
47 Royal Dutch/Shell Alan Matula, CIO 3 (↓)
48 Transport for London Steve Townsend, CIO N/A
49 TUI Travel plc Jim Mann, Group CIO 24 (↓)
50 Buro Happold Shaun Mundy, Group Director of IT N/A
51 Hampshire County Council Jos Creese, Head of IT 75 (↑)
52 Northamptonshire County Council Rocco Labellarte, Director of Operations N/A
53 Cambridgshire County Council Rocco Labellarte, Director of Operations N/A
54 Kent County Council Peter Bole, Director of Information and Communication Technology 66 (↑)
55 Sheffield City Council Paul Green, CIO/IS director N/A
56 May Gurney Ian Cox, director of information systems N/A
57 Iceland Foods Ltd Mark Pearson, IS director N/A
58 City of London Bill Limond, CIO N/A
59 Cable & Wireless Worldwide Richard Wilson, IT director N/A
60 Daily Mail & General Trust David Henderson, CIO N/A
61 ARM Holdings Richard Harris, CIO N/A
62 JCB Tim Coles, Group Head of IT N/A
63 Centrica David Bickerton, Group CIO 20 (↓)
64 Thomas Cook Gary Edwards, Group CIO N/A
65 Carillion Steve Connor, CIO 57 (↓)
66 Schroders Matthew Oakeley. Head of group IT N/A
67 Coventry City Council Kevin Malone, Assistant Director of ICT N/A
68 Admiral Insurance Steve Webster, IT Director N/A
69 Balfour Beatty Darryn Warner, CIO 49 (↓)
70 Mitchells & Butlers Mike Sackman, Change and Technology Director N/A
71 IBM Simon Meredith, IBM UK CIO N/A
72 The Nottingham Building Society Jack Cutts, Head of IT N/A
73 Genus plc Keith Hopkinson, CIO N/A
74 Imperial Tobacco René Hoondert, Head of Group IS N/A
75 SPAR UK Roy Ford, Retail IT Controller 48 (↓)
76 WPP David Nicoll, CIO N/A
77 Inner North West London PCT Owen Powell, IT Director N/A
78 Interserve Gary Long, Group Head of IT N/A
79 Shire Ayut Patel, CIO N/A
80 G4S Glyn Hughes, Technology Director 90 (↑)
81 Aston Martin Lagonda Bradley Yorke-Biggs , Director, Strategy, IT & Governmental Affairs N/A
82 Taylor Wimpey Andy Feldon, IT Director N/A
83 The Isle of Man Government Allan Paterson, IT Director and Peter Clarke, CTO N/A
84 McDonald’s Restaurants Mark Fabes, IT Director 36 (↓)
85 Newham Borough Council Geoff Connell, Joint Head of ICT N/A
86 Babcock Simon Parker, CIO N/A
87 Surrey County Council Paul Brockelhurst, Head of IT 94 (↑)
88 Fife Council Charlie Anderson, Head of ICT 96 (↑)
89 The Highland Council John Grieve, Corporate ICT Manager N/A
90 Suffolk County Council Mark Adam's-Wright, CIO N/A
91 Warwickshire County Council Tonino Ciuffini, Head of information assets N/A
92 Hertfordshire County Council Stuart Campbell, Assistant of Performance and Improvement N/A
93 Ministry of Justice Andy Nelson, CIO 8 (↓)
94 Durham County Council Phil Jackman, Head of ICT services N/A
95 Department for Work & Pensions Joe Harley, director general for Corporate IT, DWP and Government CIO 1 (↓)
96 Network Rail Susan Cooklin, CIO 38 (↓)
97 BAE Systems Dean McCumiskey, CIO 15 (↓)
98 Birmingham City Council Steve Glaze, Head of ICS 43 (↓)
99 Trinity Mirror Tony Pusey, CIO N/A
100 Department for Transport Chris O’Connor, Chief Executive, Shared Services 28 (↓)


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