Avi Golan
Air New Zealand
Chief digital officer
Welcome to the annual CIO100 for 2018, where we recognise the most transformative technology and digital leaders in New Zealand.
The CIO100 showcases the achievements of 100 technology and digital leaders tackling transformation in their organisations.
They keenly assess their respective environments, discern what is possible. They then forge programmes cutting through organisational and technological boundaries, while bringing their team along with them to deliver these initiatives.
They meld technology and change management strategies to ensure the programmes will bring a range of benefits for their organisations, customers, partners and sectors.
They concurrently help the wider organisation navigate the digital economy, acting as strategic and trusted advisors to identify business challenges and the technology tools that will help tackle these.
All these are made possible while ensuring operational excellence for the systems that are traditionally in the ICT team’s domain.
Theirs is a redoubtable task, and highlights the massive, sometimes unique challenges technology and digital leaders face in today’s fast-paced environment.
The CIO100 leaders were chosen by a panel of judges based on how they are delivering change across their organisations while excelling in business transformation, innovation and leadership.
The CIO100 showcases the achievements of these 100 leaders from across industries.
So what are the traits linking these standout leaders? Read on for 100 tips for leading business transformation in the digital era.
Air New Zealand
Chief digital officer
Transaction Services Group
Group CIO
Bank of New Zealand
Chief technology officer
ANZ Bank
General manager technology
Westpac New Zealand
Chief information officer
New Zealand Inland Revenue
Chief technology officer
Mercury
GM digital services, Mercury
Downer Group
General manager information technology
Cochlear
Chief information officer
Mainfreight
Chief information officer
LIC
Chief information officer,
Genesis Energy
Executive general manager, technology and digital
Co-op Money NZ
Chief information officer
The Instillery
Founder and CEO
Vector
Chief digital officer
Cigna
Chief information officer
Fulton Hogan
Group CIO
Auckland University of Technology
Chief information officer
Foodstuffs North Island
Chief information officer
Valocity
Chief technology officer
Fletcher Building
Chief information officer
Waitemata District Health Board
Chief information officer
The Warehouse Group
Chief information officer and chief digital officer
Spark New Zealand
Chief digital officer
ASB
EGM technology innovation and payments
Ministry of Social Development
Chief information officer
New Zealand Qualifications Authority
Chief information officer
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
Vice president - ICT
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Chief information officer
Whangarei District Council
GM corporate
Vensa Health
Chief executive officer
Tauranga City Council
Chief digital officer
Harmoney
Chief technology officer
Zespri
Global manager information services and currently acting chief digital officer
University of Canterbury
Chief information officer
REANNZ
Chief information and operating officer
Stevenson Construction Materials
Chief information officer
LWA Solutions
CEO and co-founder
Public Trust
Chief executive officer
Rhipe
Chief technology officer
St John
Chief information officer
Southern Cross Health Society
Chief digital officer
Biomatters
Chief technology officer
Stats NZ
Chief digital officer
Tait Communications
Global CIO
Transpower
General manager, information, services and technology (IST)
Russell McVeagh
Chief information officer
AsureQuality
Chief information officer
Orion Health
Executive vice president, integration & Amadeus
New Zealand Racing Board
General manager technology
IBM
New Zealand IT manager/CIO
Quotable Value
Chief data officer
KiwiRail
Chief information officer
Chorus NZ
Chief technology officer
Toll Group
Group chief information officer
Kordia
Geoff Leigh, chief information officer and Aaron Olphert, chief digital officer
Ports of Auckland Ltd
Head of ICT
Fonterra
Chief information officer
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
Executive director information technology (Tumuhangarau)
Dynamo6
Founder and managing director
BDO New Zealand
Chief information officer
healthAlliance
Chief information officer
University of Auckland
Director IT services
Orion Health
Chief information officer
Joyn
Director
Xtracta
CEO and CIO
Cisco
CIO New Zealand and Australia
Find My Study
Director and CEO
Paperplus Group
Chief information officer
Auckland Council
ICT director
Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand
Chief digital officer
WhereScape
President and founder
Parliamentary Service
Chief information officer
solarcity New Zealand
Chief information officer
Veeam
Head of systems engineering ANZ
Airedale Property Trust
Group ICT manager
Gallagher Group
Chief information officer
Accident Compensation Corporation
Chief information officer
Healthlink
Chief technology officer
Frucor Suntory Group
Group business technology director – Frucor Suntory Group
Figured
Chief technology officer
Seequent
CIO and CTO
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
Chief information officer
Origin Group
Chief technology officer
Counties Manukau District Health Board
Director strategic ICT transformation
VTNZ
General manager, information technology
Auckland District Health Board
Chief of intelligence and informatics
Trustpower
GM business solutions and technology
Barfoot & Thompson
Chief information officer
SkyCity Entertainment Group
Chief innovation officer
Canterbury District Health Board
Executive director ICT and innovation
Beca
Group director – delivery, CIO
Ministry of Justice
Deputy secretary ICT/chief information officer
Harcourts International
Chief information officer
New Zealand Blood Service
Chief information officer
Ministry for Primary Industries
Director, business technology and information services
MYOB
Head of delivery
JUCY
Head of technology and chief digital officer
PepsiCo
Chief information officer
Whanau Tahi
Chief operating officer
1 |
Avi Golan | Chief digital officer | Air New Zealand |
2 |
David Kennedy | Group CIO | Transaction Services Group |
3 |
Aaron Toatelegese | Chief technology officer | Bank of New Zealand |
4 |
Craig Bunyan | General manager technology | ANZ Bank |
5 |
Dawie Olivier | Chief information officer | Westpac New Zealand |
6 |
Gary Baird | Chief technology officer | New Zealand Inland Revenue |
7 |
Kevin Angland | GM digital services, Mercury | Mercury |
8 |
Glen Willoughby | General manager information technology | Downer Group |
9 |
David Hackshall | Chief information officer | Cochlear |
10 |
Kevin Drinkwater | Chief information officer | Mainfreight |
11 |
Paul Littlefair | Chief information officer, | LIC |
12 |
Jen Cherrington-Mowat | Executive general manager, technology and digital | Genesis Energy |
13 |
Deane Johns | Chief information officer | Co-op Money NZ |
14 |
Mike Jenkins | Founder and CEO | The Instillery |
15 |
Nikhil Ravishankar | Chief digital officer | Vector |
16 |
Carmen Casagranda | Chief information officer | Cigna |
17 |
Brian Northern | Group CIO | Fulton Hogan |
18 |
Liz Gosling | Chief information officer | Auckland University of Technology |
19 |
Peter Muggleston | Chief information officer | Foodstuffs North Island |
20 |
Nathan Scott | Chief technology officer | Valocity |
21 |
John Bell | Chief information officer | Fletcher Building |
22 |
Stuart Bloomfield | Chief information officer | Waitemata District Health Board |
23 |
Timothy Kasbe | Chief information officer and chief digital officer | The Warehouse Group |
24 |
Dr Claire Barber | Chief digital officer | Spark New Zealand |
25 |
Simon Tong | EGM technology innovation and payments | ASB |
26 |
David Habershon | Chief information officer | Ministry of Social Development |
27 |
Lukasz Zawilski | Chief information officer | New Zealand Qualifications Authority |
28 |
Nicholas Fourie | Vice president - ICT | Fisher & Paykel Healthcare |
29 |
Ralph Chivers | Chief information officer | Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment |
30 |
Alan Adcock | GM corporate | Whangarei District Council |
Ahmad Jubbawey | Chief executive officer | Vensa Health |
Allan Lightbourne | Chief digital officer | Tauranga City Council |
Andrew Bates | Chief technology officer | Harmoney |
Andrew Goodin | Global manager information services and currently acting chief digital officer | Zespri |
Andy Keiller | Chief information officer | University of Canterbury |
Angela Nash | Chief information and operating officer | REANNZ |
Anthony Bitossi | Chief information officer | Stevenson Construction Materials |
Atta Elayyan | CEO and co-founder | LWA Solutions |
Bob Smith | Chief executive officer | Public Trust |
Cameron McFie | Chief technology officer | Rhipe |
Cameron Brill | Chief information officer | St John |
Chris Trigg | Chief digital officer | Southern Cross Health Society |
Chris Duran | Chief technology officer | Biomatters |
Chris Buxton | Chief digital officer | Stats NZ |
C. John Emerson | Global CIO | Tait Communications |
Cobus Nel | General manager, information, services and technology (IST) | Transpower |
Craig Columbus | Chief information officer | Russell McVeagh |
Darren Wilson | Chief information officer | AsureQuality |
Dhaya Sivakumar | Executive vice president, integration & Amadeus | Orion Health |
Dianna Taylor | General manager technology | New Zealand Racing Board |
Doug Stuart | New Zealand IT manager/CIO | IBM |
Duncan Reed | Chief data officer | Quotable Value |
Ed Overy | Chief information officer | KiwiRail |
Ewen Powell | Chief technology officer | Chorus NZ |
Francoise Russo | Group chief information officer | Toll Group |
Geoff Leigh and Aaron Olphert | Geoff Leigh, chief information officer and Aaron Olphert, chief digital officer | Kordia |
Gerard Naish | Head of ICT | Ports of Auckland Ltd |
Gerben Otter | Chief information officer | Fonterra |
Grant Strang | Executive director information technology (Tumuhangarau) | Te Wānanga o Aotearoa |
Igor Matich | Founder and managing director | Dynamo6 |
James Dickinson | Chief information officer | BDO New Zealand |
James Allison | Chief information officer | healthAlliance |
Jason Patrick Mangan | Director IT services | University of Auckland |
Johan Vendrig | Chief information officer | Orion Health |
Jonathan Rice | Director | Joyn |
Jonathan Spence | CEO and CIO | Xtracta |
Julie Canepa | CIO New Zealand and Australia | Cisco |
Lyndal Stewart | Director and CEO | Find My Study |
Mandy Kennedy | Chief information officer | Paperplus Group |
Mark Denvir | ICT director | Auckland Council |
Melissa Firth | Chief digital officer | Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand |
Michael Whitehead | President and founder | WhereScape |
Michael Middlemiss | Chief information officer | Parliamentary Service |
Mikal Todd | Chief information officer | solarcity New Zealand |
Nathan John Steiner | Head of systems engineering ANZ | Veeam |
Neil Gong | Group ICT manager | Airedale Property Trust |
Neville Richardson | Chief information officer | Gallagher Group |
Paul Jepson | Chief information officer | Accident Compensation Corporation |
Pete Yates | Chief technology officer | Healthlink |
Pieter Bakker | Group business technology director – Frucor Suntory Group | Frucor Suntory Group |
Richard Wyke | Chief technology officer | Figured |
Richard Ertel and Scott Houston | CIO and CTO | Seequent |
Richard Kay | Chief information officer | New Zealand Trade and Enterprise |
Robert Holmes | Chief technology officer | Origin Group |
Sarah Thirlwall | Director strategic ICT transformation | Counties Manukau District Health Board |
Sean Davidson | General manager, information technology | VTNZ |
Shayne Tong | Chief of intelligence and informatics | Auckland District Health Board |
Simon Clarke | GM business solutions and technology | Trustpower |
Simon Casey | Chief information officer | Barfoot & Thompson |
Sonya Crosby | Chief innovation officer | SkyCity Entertainment Group |
Stella Ward | Executive director ICT and innovation | Canterbury District Health Board |
Thomas Hyde | Group director – delivery, CIO | Beca |
Tina Wakefield | Deputy secretary ICT/chief information officer | Ministry of Justice |
Todd Cassie | Chief information officer | Harcourts International |
Tony Carpinter | Chief information officer | New Zealand Blood Service |
Tracy Voice | Director, business technology and information services | Ministry for Primary Industries |
Trevor Leybourne | Head of delivery | MYOB |
Tristin King and Kris Lander | Head of technology and chief digital officer | JUCY |
Ursula Phillips | Chief information officer | PepsiCo |
Vidhya Makam | Chief operating officer | Whanau Tahi |