CIO Leadership Live: UK

Today as we celebrate #AdaLovelaceDay we honour women in #STEM, sharing this #CIOLeadershipLiveUK interview with Sue Griffin, DWP Digital who delves into her own technology leadership journey, leading teams, digital transformation, and supporting women in tech. This is not to be missed. #WomeninTech #DigitalTransformation

Join Elizabeth Akorita, Group Deputy Director, Digital Delivery, Department for Science and Innovation and Technology, and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, as she discusses digital transformation, shared services, and building and supporting diversity in tech.

Charlene Hunter, MBE, CEO & Founder of Coding Black Females, shares information about the organization, supporting women in technology, and building diversity in organizations to drive innovation.

Join Romy Tuin, Director Innovation & Events, IDC/Foundry, and the Co-founders of The Zensory, to learn about mindfulness, leadership and our collaboration at CIO UK Events to bring safe, quiet spaces and learning at our events.

Join Philip Clayson, Director, Technology Transformation, Virgin Media O2, as he discusses building strategies for technology transformation, security and leadership on this CIO Leadership Live UK.

Join Graham O'Sullivan, CIO at OneFamily, as he discusses transforming legacy systems, building the digital self-serve customer experience, and creating a roadmap for genAI.

Join Richard Corbridge, Director General, CDIO, DWP Digital, as he discusses digital transformation in the private and public sectors, innovation, building value and support for clients and customers, and transformation through technology.

Join Jonathon Valentine, CIO & Co-founder, Thingco, Top 10 CIO UK 2023 Award Winner, as he discusses leadership, innovation, and understanding customer first to design frictionless tech for the end user.

Join Roxane Heaton, CIO, Macmillan Cancer Support as she discussed digital inclusion, innovation and leadership.

Join Freddie Quek, CIO, Times Higher Education as he discusses building your tribe, #joiningthedots, and technology for good.

Join Andrew Raynes, CIO, Executive Director, Royal Papworth Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust as he discusses building innovation through Covid, developing technology innovation, and building technology to deliver positive patient outcomes. 

Join Graeme Bryce, CTO at Holibob, as he discusses innovation, leading teams with purpose, and the orchestration of technology innovation and implementation in organizations. 

Kate Warriner, the CDIO at Alder Hey Children's Hospital and Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, explains how a music graduate became an NHS CIO with two distinct roles, the power of centralisation and community to drive change, and her secret to building digital culture.

Theo Blackwell MBE, Chief Digital Officer at the London Mayor’s Office, sits down with CIO UK editor Doug Drinkwater on CIO UK Leadership Live to give a whistle-stop tour on CDO misconceptions, smart city futures, fostering local government collaboration and balancing technological innovation with digital inclusion.

Rashik Parmar MBE, the chief executive of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, discusses a 40-year career in IT, his new role as CEO of the UK’s leading accreditation body, the BCS mission to drive IT professionalism and tech for good, and how the industry can finally move the dial on diversity, equity and inclusion. 

Andy Caddy, formerly the group CIO at Virgin Active and group CTO at Whitebread, joins CIO UK Leadership Live to discuss his return to the CIO hotseat at low-cost gymnasium group PureGym, his development as a technology leader over a 30-year career, avoiding a race to the bottom in a low-cost fitness market, and why his year ahead is about scalability, standardisation and start-ups.

From training as a marine biologist to becoming Chief Transformation Officer and now Chief Operating Officer, Talon Outdoor’s Josko Grljevic sits down with CIO UK editor Doug Drinkwater to discuss technology executives becoming business leaders, digitising out-of-home media, building better data and analytics teams…and long-lost dreams of becoming a fisherman.

Sarah Cunningham, senior VP of enterprise IT at chipmaker ARM, joins CIO UK Leadership Live with editor Doug Drinkwater, as they discuss dyslexia, falling into IT, empathic leadership, driving D&I action, transgender healthcare and her dream job when growing up.

Tariq Khan, the CDIO at the London Borough of Camden, joins the CIO UK Leadership Live to talk about unconventional routes to the CIO hot seat, the double-edged sword that is data in local government, and how Camden is surging ahead on digital inclusion

Speaking at the CIO UK 100 ceremony in London, The Hut Group’s Joanna Drake reveals what it means to be ranked the top CIO in the UK, how automation is helping her IT team become ‘consultants’, and why her sports background made her a better leader.

Lara Burns, Chief Digital Officer at The Scouts, joins CIO UK Leadership Live to discuss digital transformation in the third sector, going digital-first with members and volunteers, diversifying technology teams, supporting women through menopause and a future focused on empowering young people with skills for life.

Dan West, Chief Digital Information Officer (CDIO) for Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland, discusses health and social care reform, innovating through uncertainty, and balancing transformation with business-as-usual. Speaking to CIO UK editor Doug Drinkwater, he also reveals how digital is improving operational efficiency and patient experiences, and the challenges that lie ahead through C...