John Suffolk , Her Majesty’s Government Chief Information Officer, Transformational Government, Cabinet Office

John Suffolk

John was appointed Her Majesty's Government Chief Information Office on the 5^th 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.

John leads the work of the CIO Council in delivering the Government's strategy for the transformation of public services enabled by technology.  John also provides 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.