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CIOs rate MBAs
News Paul Coby British Airways Those I know who have completed MBAs have had to make sacrifices of money; putting their immediate careers on hold; or spending less time with their families. In the latest silicon.com CIO Jury poll, the 12-strong panel of... [19 Aug 2008]
IT chiefs brace for recession
News Paul Coby British Airways Signs that the country is sliding into a recession include mortgage approval numbers at the lowest level for 25 years and consumer spending at its weakest since the CBI started measuring it in 1983.silicon.com asked the 12... [04 Aug 2008]
The McCue Interview: Phil Pavitt, CIO, Transport for London
Comment Paul Coby CIO, British Airways After a rollercoaster ride at telco NTL Phil Pavitt was contemplating a more relaxing semi-retirement that involved spending more time at his house in France, flying helicopters and playing golf. [29 Jul 2008]
Aviva strikes $1bn BPO deal
News WNS, a former offshore offshoot of British Airways, has provided BPO services to Aviva since 2004 and will provide BPO services to Aviva's UK and Canadian businesses under the new deal. Aviva will withdraw from running the centres offshore after... [11 Jul 2008]
Hardware defies economic gloom
News Paul Coby British Airways He said: "At the high end and the very low end, we have two very large groups who are spending. Forecasts of economic gloom do not apply to the hardware market just yet, according to analyst firm Gartner, which has... [02 Jul 2008]
Leading a horse to water
Comment Paul Coby British Airways Much of what he is focused on he considers mundane yet capable of affecting spending on a huge scale. It's a testament to his standing in the CIO community and an acknowledgement of just how critical his role is. [23 Jun 2008]
Euro 2008 blues dents online booze and TV sales
News Paul Coby British Airways In a statement, Capgemini VP UK consumer products and retail team said: "The premiere of Sex and the City provided an excellent platform for e-retailers to capitalise on consumer spending but elsewhere the lack of any of... [20 Jun 2008]
Paul Coby
CIO Profile Coby has been CIO for British Airways since September 2001 after spending many years working in the civil service where he became principle private secretary to the Secretary of State for Transport in the 1990s. [11 Jun 2008]
Mars - The CIO training ground
Comment Taylor, a liberal arts graduate with a masters in English Literature started his IT career at British Airways before spending a decade at Mars including 18 months in the US. Jane Scott, IT director at food services group 3663 learnt her trade on... [11 Jun 2008]
The CIO's route to the top
Comment Martin Taylor, group CIO at clearing house LCH.Clearnet is an arts graduate with a masters in English Literature but then started his wide and varied career at British Airways in 1976. Gordon Lovell-Read, who has just left Siemens UK where he was... [11 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08
Round-Up Meanwhile, back on the ground and travellers flying with British Airways (BA) and other Oneworld alliance airlines will soon be able to access wireless broadband for free in UK airport lounges. The airline is spending a cool $27m kitting out its... [28 Mar 2008]
David Burden
CIO Profile Burden is a well-travelled CIO and his previous roles include executive VP of technology and services at Qantas Airways in Sydney, when the airline went through privatisation; CIO of Air Canada in Montreal; a year working on industrial policy for... [06 Jun 2007]
BA saves £500m with smart shopping software
Case Study British Airways has saved more than £500m by streamlining its buying procedures. At the end of the 1990s, BA was spending more than £4bn per year with suppliers, processing in excess of 350,000 orders annually and processing more than half a... [07 Mar 2007]
CIO Agenda, part 1: The 2006 IT shopping list
News At silicon.com's CIO Forum event in London earlier this year British Airways CIO Paul Coby said IT chiefs need to be thinking now about how these new disruptive technologies will impact their business, staff and customers. [15 Dec 2005]
Opodo snaps up two European rivals
News As a result, the nine airlines that founded Opodo in 2001 (Aer Lingus, Air France, Alitalia, Austrian Airlines, British Airways, Finnair, Iberia, KLM et Lufthansa) have seen their stakes in the firm significantly reduced. [16 Mar 2005]
