Working with Employers

e-skills UK's strategic direction is guided by two employer Boards. The e-skills UK IT & Telecoms Industry Board comprises CEOs / MDs from influential companies in the IT and Telecoms industry. The e-skills UK CIO Board brings together the executives responsible for IT in companies in a diverse range of industries. Board members is as follows:

IT & Telecoms Industry Board

• Stephen Gill (Chair), VP/CEO, HP
• David Thomlinson, Country Managing Director UK & Ireland,  Accenture
• Gordon Frazer, MD & VP EMEA, Microsoft
• Larry Hirst (e-skills UK chair), Chief Executive, IBM UK
• Peter Hutchinson, Managing Director UK Public Sector, Fujitsu
• Duncan Mitchell, VP & MD UK & Ireland, Cisco
• John Pluthero, Executive Chairman UK, Cable & Wireless
• Andy Green, CEO, Logica
• Nick Read, UK CEO, Vodafone
• Ian Smith, MD, Oracle
• Bill Thomas, President of Europe, EDS
• Sally Davis, Chief Executive, BT Wholesale           

CIO Board

• Paul Coby (Chair), CIO, British Airways
• Ailsa Beaton, Director of Information, Metropolitan Police Service
• Neil Cameron, CIO, Unilever
• Gareth Lewis, CIO, Centrica          
• Andrea Kalavsky, Systems Magician, Innocent  Drinks
• David Lister, CIO, Reuters
• Keith Little, CIO, BBC
• Angela Morrison, CIO, Sainsburys
• Simon Post, Chief Technology Officer, Carphone Warehouse
• Alex Robinson, CIO, Aviva
• John Suffolk, Chief Information Officer & Head of Unit, Cabinet Office
• Richard Thwaite, CTO, Global Asset Management, UBS
• Ben Wishart, Group IT Director, Whitbread

In addition, ten Steering Groups bring together an authoritative range of representatives from industry, education and government to advise on and drive the collaborative initiatives and programmes defined in the Sector Skills Agreement for IT.