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The McCue Interview: The AA IT director Trevor Didcock
Comment He's clearly aware that he'll soon be looking for another CIO role as we talk and he reflects on the excitement and achievements during these past four years with the AA, revolving around a private equity buyout and separation from its previous... [21 Sep 2007]
Centrica takes £196m hit on IT systems
News The write-down relates to software that Centrica used for cross-selling when it owned the AA and OneTel. Centrica sold the AA to a private equity group in 2004 and sold OneTel to The Carphone Warehouse in 2005. [22 Feb 2007]
AA hands £50m IT outsourcing deal to IBM
News The AA's decision to outsource is a result of having to start its IT infrastructure almost from scratch after being sold by its parent company Centrica in September last year to venture capital firms CVC Capital Partners and Permira for £1.75bn. [23 Feb 2005]
The AA signs BT and Panasonic for field force rescue
News The AA is now in the process of a major IT reshuffle, following its recent sale by parent Centrica. The ex-Centrica employees have been TUPEed across to BT. The AA has signed a multimillion-pound field force automation contract deal with BT and... [08 Jun 2005]
Trevor Didcock
CIO Profile During the three years under private equity ownership, Didcock led the AA separation from previous parent company Centrica, and the creation of a new standalone IS organisation with operating cost savings of more than 40 per cent. [11 Jun 2008]
Top 10 outsourcing stories of the year
News The deal was signed in 2005 when the AA separated from Centrica and needed to build an entire IT department and infrastructure in just 12 months. Exclusive: AA terminates £50m IBM deal While the AA terminated a deal with IBM early, Reuters splashed... [18 Dec 2007]
CIOs vital in mergers and acquisitions
News Trevor Didcock, former CIO of the AA, said his input played a key role in getting value for money for Centrica - AA's owners at the time - and ensuring the smooth transfer to Permira's systems. Two CIOs who respectively played a major role in the... [10 Jan 2008]
Exclusive: AA terminates £50m IBM deal
News The AA signed the £50m IBM deal back in 2005 after the breakdown organisation separated from Centrica following a private equity buyout. The AA has terminated its £50m seven-year IT outsourcing deal with IBM three-and-a-half years early, as a... [21 Sep 2007]
BT's next chief executive - runners and riders
News Roy Gardner: As the man who turned British Gas into Centrica, his experience of inflicting silly branding on former state monopolies will doubtless be tempting the BT powers-that-be. Openworld customers would doubtless enjoy the irony of BT being... [14 Nov 2001]
