Top 50 CIOs CIO50 2009

This is the full list of the silicon.com CIO50 2009 - 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.

1. 

   Catherine Doran

   Director of Corporate Development
   Network Rail

   Since becoming director of corporate development in October 2008, Catherine Doran has taken charge of a programme to transform the way Network Rail operates, which will support a £35bn revamp and... more

2. 

   Neil Cameron

   Global CIO
   Unilever

   At Unilever Neil Cameron is responsible for a 2,700-strong global IT department, 85,000 desktops and an annual IT budget of around €800m. A key priority during his time there has been the 'One... more

3. 

   Christine Connelly

   CIO and Director General for Informatics
   Department of Health

   As chief information officer for the Department of Health, Christine Connelly is in charge of the department's ambitious £12.7bn programme to revamp NHS IT, the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) -... more

4. 

   John Suffolk

   CIO
   The UK government

   Government CIO John Suffolk is a regular on the CIO50 list, which is not surprising as he is involved in some of the largest IT projects in the country. Effectively, he has responsibility for... more

5. 

   Darrell Stein

   Director, IT and Logistics
   Marks & Spencer

   Darrell Stein is IT & logistics director at Marks & Spencer - joining the retailer in 2006 as IT director before being promoted to the executive committee in 2008 when he also took on... more

6. 

   Paul Coby

   CIO and Head of BA Services
   British Airways

   Paul Coby topped the CIO50 list in 2007 and has been present in the list since then. He joined British Airways (BA) in 1997 and became CIO in 2001, taking charge of the airline's technology and... more

7. 

   Simon Post

   CTO
   The Carphone Warehouse

   This is not the first time Simon Post of The Carphone Warehouse has been in the upper echelons of the silicon.com CIO50 - the CTO enjoyed a ninth place ranking in last year's list. This year he's... more

8. 

   David Lister

   Group CIO
   National Grid

   David Lister joined the National Grid in March 2009 and is responsible for the vast IT infrastructure that underpins the giant utility company. Lister told silicon.com: "It's a great time to be... more

9. 

   Ben Wishart

   Group IT and Logistics Director
   Whitbread plc

   Ben Wishart is approaching the end of his fifth year at Whitbread plc, owner of Premier Inn Hotels, Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Table Table pub restaurants and Costa Coffee. Initially responsible... more

10. 

    Martin Taylor

    Group CIO
    LCH.Clearnet

    Martin Taylor was named group CIO of LCH.Clearnet in January 2007, having joined the company six months earlier as interim CIO. LCH is an independent central counterparty group that serves major... more

Best of the rest

1. 

   Nigel Beighton

   CTO, Teletext

2. 

   Peter Birley

   Director of IT and Business Operations, Browne Jacobson LLP

3. 

   Bernhard Brouwer

   CIO, EMEA, Johnson & Johnson Consumer

4. 

   Kay Brown

   Head of IT, South Lanarkshire Council

5. 

   Steve Chambers

   CIO, Visa Europe

6. 

   Mike Cope

   IT Director

7. 

   Chris Coupland

   Director of Corporate IT Office and Enterprise IT services, BAE Systems

8. 

   Jos Creese

   IT Director, Hampshire County Council

9. 

   Richard Cross

   Group Technology Director, ITV

10. 

    Robin Dargue

    CIO and Technology Director, Royal Mail

11. 

    Dana Deasy

    CIO and Group VP Information Technology & Services, BP

12. 

    Marc Earl

    CIO of Global Business Services and Finance, Deutsche Bank

13. 

    Pascal Emile

    Global CIO, Dresdner Kleinwort

14. 

    Glyn Evans

    Corporate Director of Business Change, Birmingham City Council

15. 

    Nick Gaines

    UK CIO, Volkswagen

16. 

    Tony Godwin

    Head of Group Infrastructure and Services, Home Retail Group

17. 

    Joe Harley

    IT Director General and CIO, Department for Work and Pensions

18. 

    Tania Howarth

    CIO, Birds Eye Iglo Group

19. 

    Myron Hrycyk

    CIO, Severn Trent

20. 

    David Jones

    CIO, Crown Prosecution Service

21. 

    Jane Kimberlin

    IT Director, Domino's Pizza Group (UK)

22. 

    Keith Little

    CIO, BBC

23. 

    Tony Mather

    CIO, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

24. 

    Angela Morrison

    IT Director, Sainsbury's

25. 

    Steve Palmer

    CIO, London Borough of Hillingdon

26. 

    Phil Pavitt

    Group CIO, Transport for London

27. 

    Gerry Pennell

    CIO, London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games

28. 

    Toby Redshaw

    Group CIO, Aviva

29. 

    Dylan Roberts

    Chief Officer, ICT, Leeds City Council

30. 

    Jane Scott

    IT Director, 3663

31. 

    Caroline Serfass

    CIO, European Operations, Eli Lilly and Company

32. 

    Mittu Sridhara

    Group CIO, Ladbrokes Plc

33. 

    Richard Steel

    CIO, Newham Council

34. 

    David Tidey

    Assistant Chief Executive of Business Change, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

35. 

    Nigel Underwood

    CIO

36. 

    David Wilde

    CIO, Westminster City Council

37. 

    David Williams

    IT Director, Confused.com

38. 

    Richard Williams

    VP and Group CIO, AstraZeneca

39. 

    David Wright

    Managing Vice President, COO, Europe, Capital One

40. 

    Keith Young

    Group IT Director, Standard Life

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