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Top 50 CIOs CIO50 2008

The UK's 50 most influential and innovative CIOs driving business through technology with their outstanding leadership ability, and impeccable delivery and execution track records.

Robin Dargue
Group CIO and Technology Director
Royal Mail
What bigger challenge is there after becoming CIO of the world's biggest drinks company Diageo aged just 36, turning around its global IT function and introducing common business processes and a... more
David Lister
Chief Architect
Royal Bank of Scotland
The archetypal 'paratrooper' CIO David Lister has once again donned his transformational combat fatigues for a new role at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). The role carries the title chief... more
Neil Cameron
Global CIO
Unilever
At Unilever Neil Cameron is responsible for a 4,000-strong global IT department responsible for 85,000 desktops and an annual IT budget of around €800m. A key priority during his time there... more
Catherine Doran
Director of Information Management
Network Rail
As a member of the executive management team at Network Rail, Catherine Doran is responsible for a huge, complex IT operation in a high profile and visible organisation. This includes an IT... more
John Suffolk
CIO
UK Government
Although not a CIO in the traditional sense - each government department has its own CIO - John Suffolk is the public face of UK government IT and leads the work of the CIO Council to deliver the... more
Gordon Lovell-Read
Former CIO and Director of Corporate Business Technology
Siemens UK
A 35-year veteran of the IT industry working with blue-chip organisations, Gordon Lovell-Read spent six years at Siemens UK as CIO and an executive management board member, with a string of... more
Paul Coby
CIO
British Airways
Paul Coby was voted top CIO in 2007's inaugural CIO50 and since then has largely focused on ramping up the tech for the opening of the new Terminal 5 at London's Heathrow airport. Although... more
Tania Howarth
CIO
Birds Eye Iglo Group
Tania Howarth took over as CIO of Birds Eye Iglo Group in April 2007 with a remit to build a completely new greenfield systems platform and IT team after the company was sold off to private equity... more
Simon Post
CTO
The Carphone Warehouse
Technology plays an increasingly critical role for mobile phone retailer The Carphone Warehouse as the business moves into the wireless world, and Simon Post has been responsible for successfully... more
Ben Wishart
Change and Information Director
Whitbread
For the last four years as change and information director of Whitbread, Ben Wishart has embraced a shared service operation that focuses on simple business processes and improved service across... more