Watmore stated: "I am very pleased to welcome John into this role. After a successful career in the financial services sector, he has been an influential member of the CIO Council from its inception, through his leadership role on Criminal Justice IT. This combination of public and private sector experience makes him ideally equipped to lead the implementation of the Transformational Government strategy to enable the delivery of better, more efficient public services."
John Suffolk named as UK's new CIO
Expected to lead the implementation of the transformational government strategy to enable the delivery of better, more efficient public services
John Suffolk has been named as the new Government CIO by the Cabinet Office in the United Kingdom. He will move up from his current position as Director General of Criminal Justice IT (CJIT), which he was appointed in February 2004. He has a background of over 25 years' experience in IT and major transformation programs, and will report to Ian Watmore, the Head of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit and former Government CIO.
Watmore stated: "I am very pleased to welcome John into this role. After a successful career in the financial services sector, he has been an influential member of the CIO Council from its inception, through his leadership role on Criminal Justice IT. This combination of public and private sector experience makes him ideally equipped to lead the implementation of the Transformational Government strategy to enable the delivery of better, more efficient public services."
Watmore stated: "I am very pleased to welcome John into this role. After a successful career in the financial services sector, he has been an influential member of the CIO Council from its inception, through his leadership role on Criminal Justice IT. This combination of public and private sector experience makes him ideally equipped to lead the implementation of the Transformational Government strategy to enable the delivery of better, more efficient public services."
