
Russell Jones
ASB
Executive general manager, technology and innovation
CIOs have evolved to become visionary strategic business leaders who are driving innovative and transformative projects across their organisations. Our top 100 CIOs share their stories.
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.
Rapidly shifting technology is fundamentally changing the marketplace, ushering concurrent priorities, thus driving CIOs and their teams to develop and deploy new strategies to keep pace of change.
Propelled into the frontline of the organisation’s move to become a digital business, ICT leaders and their teams are at the same time still fulfilling their functional or operational responsibilities.
ASB
Executive general manager, technology and innovation
ANZ Bank
General manager, technology NZ
Air New Zealand
Chief digital officer
Transaction Services Group
Group CIO
Westpac New Zealand
Chief information officer
Mainfreight
Chief information officer
Spark New Zealand
Chief digital officer
Cigna New Zealand
Chief information officer
Beca
Group director - delivery strategy
Auckland University of Technology
Chief information officer
Ministry for Primary Industries
Director, business technology and information services (CIO)
LIC
Chief information officer
Royal New Zealand Plunket Society
Chief Information Officer (acting)
Fonterra
Chief information officer
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
Vice President ICT
Fulton Hogan
Group CIO
Zespri International
Global manager information services
healthAllliance
CIO and GM, technology services
Xero
Chief platform officer
Frucor
CIO/Group BT director
Fletcher Building
Chief information officer
KiwiRail
Chief information officer
Domino's Pizza Enterprises
Group chief information officer
Mitre 10
Chief information officer
Auckland Transport
Chief technology officer
JUCY Group
Head of technology
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Chief digital officer
Statistics NZ
Chief digital officer
Bank of New Zealand
Chief technology officer
Ryman Healthcare
Managing director
Manheim Australia & New Zealand
Director of Technology
Mercury
General Manager, Digital Services
Jade Software
Chief innovation officer
Inland Revenue NZ
Chief technology officer
Serko
CIO/Chief technical officer
EROAD
Head of business systems
St John
Chief information officer
Chapman Tripp
Chief information officer
New Zealand Blood Service
Chief information officer
Barfoot & Thompson
Chief information officer
Christchurch International Airport
Digital development and ICT manager
Saint Kentigern Trust Board
Director ICT
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Chief information officer
Trustpower
GM Business Solutions & Technology
Russell McVeagh
Chief information officer
University of Auckland
Director IT Services
Auckland Council
Director of ICT
Contact Energy
General manager ICT (acting)
Biomatters
CTO
LWA Solutions
CEO and co-founder
Dexibit
Chief technology officer
Opus International
Director of information technology
Turners Limited
Group CIO and head of marketing
First Gas
IS manager
Ministry of Social Development
Chief information officer
Network for Learning
CEO
University of Otago
Director of IT Services
Icebreaker
Global CIO and GM business transformation
Manukau Institute of Technology
Head of ICTS
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Head of Information Technology
Massey University
Chief Information Officer
The Instillery
Founder and CEO
Co-op Money NZ
Chief information officer
University of Canterbury
Chief information officer
The Warehouse Group
Group CIO
Waikato District Health Board
Director of information services (CIO)
House Of Travel Group
IT director
Kordia
Group CIO
MYOB New Zealand
Head of Delivery
NZ Parliamentary Service
Chief information officer
Department of Corrections
Chief information officer
Imagetext Systems
Managing director
NZ Fire Service
Director ICT
Transpower
General Manager, Information Services & Technology
Stand Children’s Services
Chief information officer
Chorus
Chief technology officer
Kotahi Logistics
Group IT manager
Healthcare of New Zealand Holdings
Chief technology officer
Valocity
Chief technology officer
GE Digital
General manager and chief commercial officer, Asia-Pacific
Orion Health
EVP integration
NZ Transport Agency
Chief information officer
Business Mechanix
CEO and founder
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (TWoA)
TumuHangarau (Executive Director Information Technology)
IBM New Zealand
New Zealand IT manager/CIO
Datacom
Group CIO
Student Job Search Aotearoa
Chief technology officer
Citta Design
Director/Chief operating officer
Christchurch City Council
Chief information officer
Genesis Energy
CIO (interim)
Southern Cross Health Society
Head of IS and Business Transformation
Hawkins Group
Group CIO
Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec)
Director of IT
Ministry of Justice
Deputy Secretary ICT
Unitec Institute of Technology
Chief digital officer
Harcourts International
Chief information officer
AsureQuality
Chief information officer
NZ Racing Board
General manager - customer and General manager technology (acting)
Figured
Chief technology officer
NZ Qualifications Authority
Chief information officer
The Salvation Army
IT director
Stevenson Construction Materials
Information Services Manager
Rhipe
Chief technology officer
Thematic
CEO
Te Roopu Taurima
ICT manager
Intelligent Life Limited
Director (Saul) and business partner (de Jong)
Kristin School
Director of business services
1 |
Russell Jones | Executive general manager, technology and innovation | ASB |
2 |
Craig Bunyan | General manager, technology NZ | ANZ Bank |
3 |
Avi Golan | Chief digital officer | Air New Zealand |
4 |
David Kennedy | Group CIO | Transaction Services Group |
5 |
Dawie Olivier | Chief information officer | Westpac New Zealand |
6 |
Kevin Drinkwater | Chief information officer | Mainfreight |
7 |
Dr Claire Barber | Chief digital officer | Spark New Zealand |
8 |
Carmen Casagranda | Chief information officer | Cigna New Zealand |
9 |
Thomas Hyde | Group director - delivery strategy | Beca |
10 |
Liz Gosling | Chief information officer | Auckland University of Technology |
11 |
Tracy Voice | Director, business technology and information services (CIO) | Ministry for Primary Industries |
12 |
Paul Littlefair | Chief information officer | LIC |
13 |
Roy Goldsmith | Chief Information Officer (acting) | Royal New Zealand Plunket Society |
14 |
Gerben Otter | Chief information officer | Fonterra |
15 |
Winston Fong | Vice President ICT | Fisher & Paykel Healthcare |
16 |
Brian Northern | Group CIO | Fulton Hogan |
17 |
Andrew Goodin | Global manager information services | Zespri International |
18 |
Kevin Robinson | CIO and GM, technology services | healthAllliance |
19 |
Duncan Ritchie | Chief platform officer | Xero |
20 |
Pieter Bakker | CIO/Group BT director | Frucor |
21 |
John Bell | Chief information officer | Fletcher Building |
22 |
Ed Overy | Chief information officer | KiwiRail |
23 |
Wayne McMahon | Group chief information officer | Domino's Pizza Enterprises |
24 |
Philip Coster | Chief information officer | Mitre 10 |
25 |
Roger Jones | Chief technology officer | Auckland Transport |
26 |
Tristin King | Head of technology | JUCY Group |
27 |
Nick Whitehouse | Chief digital officer | MinterEllisonRuddWatts |
28 |
Chris Buxton | Chief digital officer | Statistics NZ |
29 |
Aaron Toatelegese | Chief technology officer | Bank of New Zealand |
30 |
Simon Challies | Managing director | Ryman Healthcare |
Scott Andrews | Director of Technology | Manheim Australia & New Zealand |
Kevin Angland | General Manager, Digital Services | Mercury |
John Ascroft | Chief innovation officer | Jade Software |
Gary Baird | Chief technology officer | Inland Revenue NZ |
Philip Ball | CIO/Chief technical officer | Serko |
Dean Bratley | Head of business systems | EROAD |
Cameron Brill | Chief information officer | St John |
Andrew Cammell | Chief information officer | Chapman Tripp |
Tony Carpinter | Chief information officer | New Zealand Blood Service |
Simon Casey | Chief information officer | Barfoot & Thompson |
Todd Cassie | Digital development and ICT manager | Christchurch International Airport |
Walter Chieng | Director ICT | Saint Kentigern Trust Board |
Ralph Chivers | Chief information officer | Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment |
Simon Clarke | GM Business Solutions & Technology | Trustpower |
Craig Columbus | Chief information officer | Russell McVeagh |
Liz Coulter | Director IT Services | University of Auckland |
Mark Denvir | Director of ICT | Auckland Council |
Michael Dreyer | General manager ICT (acting) | Contact Energy |
Chris Duran | CTO | Biomatters |
Atta Elayyan | CEO and co-founder | LWA Solutions |
Jeff Feldman | Chief technology officer | Dexibit |
Robyn Gillespie | Director of information technology | Opus International |
Simon Gould-Thorpe | Group CIO and head of marketing | Turners Limited |
Huw Griffiths | IS manager | First Gas |
David Habershon | Chief information officer | Ministry of Social Development |
John Hanna | CEO | Network for Learning |
Mike Harte | Director of IT Services | University of Otago |
David Healy | Global CIO and GM business transformation | Icebreaker |
John Holley | Head of ICTS | Manukau Institute of Technology |
Craig Horton | Head of Information Technology | The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists |
Alistair James | Chief Information Officer | Massey University |
Mike Jenkins | Founder and CEO | The Instillery |
Deane Johns | Chief information officer | Co-op Money NZ |
Andy Keiller | Chief information officer | University of Canterbury |
Simon Kennedy | Group CIO | The Warehouse Group |
Geoff King | Director of information services (CIO) | Waikato District Health Board |
Mark Leadbetter | IT director | House Of Travel Group |
Geoff Leigh | Group CIO | Kordia |
Trevor Leybourne | Head of Delivery | MYOB New Zealand |
Michael Middlemiss | Chief information officer | NZ Parliamentary Service |
Sean Mills | Chief information officer | Department of Corrections |
Darius Mistry | Managing director | Imagetext Systems |
Murray Mitchell | Director ICT | NZ Fire Service |
Cobus Nel | General Manager, Information Services & Technology | Transpower |
Richard Parry | Chief information officer | Stand Children’s Services |
Ewen John Powell | Chief technology officer | Chorus |
Neville Richardson | Group IT manager | Kotahi Logistics |
Don Robertson | Chief technology officer | Healthcare of New Zealand Holdings |
Nathan Scott | Chief technology officer | Valocity |
Mark Sheppard | General manager and chief commercial officer, Asia-Pacific | GE Digital |
Dhaya Sivakumar | EVP integration | Orion Health |
Craig Soutar | Chief information officer | NZ Transport Agency |
Lyndal Stewart | CEO and founder | Business Mechanix |
Grant Strang | TumuHangarau (Executive Director Information Technology) | Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (TWoA) |
Doug Stuart | New Zealand IT manager/CIO | IBM New Zealand |
Jim Swanson | Group CIO | Datacom |
Phil Tanner | Chief technology officer | Student Job Search Aotearoa |
Grant Taylor | Director/Chief operating officer | Citta Design |
Gavin Till | Chief information officer | Christchurch City Council |
Shayne Tong | CIO (interim) | Genesis Energy |
Chris Trigg | Head of IS and Business Transformation | Southern Cross Health Society |
Hannes van Zyl | Group CIO | Hawkins Group |
Brad Vines | Director of IT | Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec) |
Tina Wakefield | Deputy Secretary ICT | Ministry of Justice |
Owen Werner | Chief digital officer | Unitec Institute of Technology |
Jason Wills | Chief information officer | Harcourts International |
Darren Wilson | Chief information officer | AsureQuality |
Gary Woodham | General manager - customer and General manager technology (acting) | NZ Racing Board |
Richard John Wyke | Chief technology officer | Figured |
Lukasz Zawilski | Chief information officer | NZ Qualifications Authority |
Mark Bennett | IT director | The Salvation Army |
Anthony Bitossi | Information Services Manager | Stevenson Construction Materials |
Cameron McFie | Chief technology officer | Rhipe |
Alyona Medelyan | CEO | Thematic |
Aaron Overington | ICT manager | Te Roopu Taurima |
Ed Saul and Steve de Jong | Director (Saul) and business partner (de Jong) | Intelligent Life Limited |
Nigel Wilkinson | Director of business services | Kristin School |