John was appointed Her Majesty’s Government Chief Information Office on the 5th June 2006.  Prior to this he was the Director General of Criminal Justice IT (CJIT) from February 2004.

He has a background of over 25 years’ experience in IT and major transformation programmes. John has worked in the engineering and financial service industries and has extensive experience in delivering IT-enabled change.

He has had many and varied roles at Director level, including as a CIO twice in different organisations, as well as Customer Services Director, Operations Director and a Managing Director of a multi-channel £20bn business. His experience of running large, national businesses means John has the track record and insight to lead major IT-enabled transformation programmes which deliver clear business benefits.

John will lead the work of the CIO Council in delivering the Government’s strategy for the transformation of public services enabled by technology.  John will also provide leadership to the IT Profession across the wider public sector and enable public service transformation through the strategic deployment of technology which includes driving the use of shared services.  John will also act as the ‘face’ of UK Government IT both home and abroad.

John is a frequent conference speaker on transformational change and leadership in the UK and abroad.  In his spare time he looks after his farm protecting rare breed sheep and pigs.