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Mark Chillingworth

Mark became the News Editor of a consumer magazine initially before joining Sky TV as an online editor, which led to a stint producing television items. He then traveled for two years, before returning to be News Editor of publishing industry title Information World Review which he went on to edit before joining CIO in January 2008. As Editor of the online CIO title he is responsible for all online content and developments.

Mark Chillingworth

June 08, 2009

Research points to good news, headlines, of course are scaremongering

Analysts and news providers are desperate to pretend the end of the world is nigh, yet the numbers tell a different story

If there are two sets of figures, and one presents a negative news story, you can guarantee the bad news story is the one that will get all the...

Posted by: Mark Chillingworth

June 03, 2009

HMRC have the right man for the job

Phil Pavitt will be a good CIO for HMRC and reinvigorate the change required there

Anyone who has met Phil Pavitt, the CIO of Transport for London, who was today announced as the new CIO at HMRC will know that he can be...

Posted by: Mark Chillingworth


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