Revealed: The UK's top technology executive
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Published: 10 June 2009 19:34 GMT by silicon.com
Show related articlesCatherine Doran, director of corporate development at Network Rail, has been voted the UK's most influential technology leader.
Doran pulled in the most votes in the annual silicon.com CIO50, which is shaped by the UK's top business and technology executives voting for their CIO peers on the basis of their performance during the last year.
This year's list was compiled using the ballots of nearly three dozen of the UK's most prominent IT chiefs, including CIOs and IT executives who have featured in the list in previous years, as well as votes from members of silicon.com's CIO Jury community and a panel of CIO experts.
The CIOs who voted this year include executives from some of the largest organisations in the UK, from retail and financial services companies through to central and local government bodies.
CIOs were asked to judge their peers anonymously on the basis of the CIO's leadership ability, delivery and execution record, innovation and influence.
Doran topped this year's CIO50 list as she heads a programme to transform the way Network Rail operates, in order to support a £35bn revamp and expansion of the UK's rail network.
Doran is joined in the top five this year by:
- Neil Cameron, global CIO, Unilever
- Christine Connelly, CIO, Department of Health
- John Suffolk, CIO, UK government
- Darrell Stein, director, IT and Logistics, Marks & Spencer
The CIO50 was unveiled at an exclusive reception in central London attended by many of the IT chiefs on this year's list, plus CIOs from previous years' lists and members of the silicon.com CIO Jury.
silicon.com editor Steve Ranger said: "In these tough times it is more important than ever for organisations to have top CIOs like these on board. The CIO is a key member of the management team because they have a great view across the entire organisation and can help deliver the business advantage - whether cutting costs or developing new business models - that many businesses crave."
To find out more about the silicon.com CIO50, check out the special report where you can view the full list of 50 CIO profiles, and navigate to see the top 10 CIOs, the top female CIOs, and breakdowns by financial services, retail and public sector.
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