
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.
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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
healthAlliance
Chief information officer
Frucor Suntory Group
Group business technology director – Frucor Suntory Group
Harmoney
Chief technology officer
Stevenson Construction Materials
Chief information officer
St John
Chief information officer
Stats NZ
Chief digital officer
Cisco
CIO New Zealand and Australia
New Zealand Blood Service
Chief information officer
Barfoot & Thompson
Chief information officer
Harcourts International
Chief information officer
Trustpower
GM business solutions and technology
Russell McVeagh
Chief information officer
SkyCity Entertainment Group
Chief innovation officer
VTNZ
General manager, information technology
Auckland Council
ICT director
BDO New Zealand
Chief information officer
Biomatters
Chief technology officer
LWA Solutions
CEO and co-founder
Tait Communications
Global CIO
Seequent
CIO and CTO
Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand
Chief digital officer
Airedale Property Trust
Group ICT manager
Zespri
Global manager information services and currently acting chief digital officer
Origin Group
Chief technology officer
Beca
Group director – delivery, CIO
Accident Compensation Corporation
Chief information officer
Vensa Health
Chief executive officer
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
Chief information officer
University of Canterbury
Chief information officer
Paperplus Group
Chief information officer
JUCY
Head of technology and chief digital officer
Kordia
Geoff Leigh, chief information officer and Aaron Olphert, chief digital officer
MYOB
Head of delivery
Tauranga City Council
Chief digital officer
Whanau Tahi
Chief operating officer
University of Auckland
Director IT services
Dynamo6
Founder and managing director
Rhipe
Chief technology officer
Parliamentary Service
Chief information officer
Ports of Auckland Ltd
Head of ICT
REANNZ
Chief information and operating officer
Transpower
General manager, information, services and technology (IST)
Fonterra
Chief information officer
KiwiRail
Chief information officer
PepsiCo
Chief information officer
Chorus NZ
Chief technology officer
Quotable Value
Chief data officer
Joyn
Director
Gallagher Group
Chief information officer
Toll Group
Group chief information officer
Orion Health
Executive vice president, integration & Amadeus
Public Trust
Chief executive officer
Xtracta
CEO and CIO
Veeam
Head of systems engineering ANZ
Find My Study
Director and CEO
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
Executive director information technology (Tumuhangarau)
IBM
New Zealand IT manager/CIO
New Zealand Racing Board
General manager technology
Counties Manukau District Health Board
Director strategic ICT transformation
solarcity New Zealand
Chief information officer
Auckland District Health Board
Chief of intelligence and informatics
Southern Cross Health Society
Chief digital officer
Orion Health
Chief information officer
Ministry for Primary Industries
Director, business technology and information services
Ministry of Justice
Deputy secretary ICT/chief information officer
Canterbury District Health Board
Executive director ICT and innovation
WhereScape
President and founder
AsureQuality
Chief information officer
Figured
Chief technology officer
Healthlink
Chief technology 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 |
James Allison | Chief information officer | healthAlliance |
Pieter Bakker | Group business technology director – Frucor Suntory Group | Frucor Suntory Group |
Andrew Bates | Chief technology officer | Harmoney |
Anthony Bitossi | Chief information officer | Stevenson Construction Materials |
Cameron Brill | Chief information officer | St John |
Chris Buxton | Chief digital officer | Stats NZ |
Julie Canepa | CIO New Zealand and Australia | Cisco |
Tony Carpinter | Chief information officer | New Zealand Blood Service |
Simon Casey | Chief information officer | Barfoot & Thompson |
Todd Cassie | Chief information officer | Harcourts International |
Simon Clarke | GM business solutions and technology | Trustpower |
Craig Columbus | Chief information officer | Russell McVeagh |
Sonya Crosby | Chief innovation officer | SkyCity Entertainment Group |
Sean Davidson | General manager, information technology | VTNZ |
Mark Denvir | ICT director | Auckland Council |
James Dickinson | Chief information officer | BDO New Zealand |
Chris Duran | Chief technology officer | Biomatters |
Atta Elayyan | CEO and co-founder | LWA Solutions |
C. John Emerson | Global CIO | Tait Communications |
Richard Ertel and Scott Houston | CIO and CTO | Seequent |
Melissa Firth | Chief digital officer | Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand |
Neil Gong | Group ICT manager | Airedale Property Trust |
Andrew Goodin | Global manager information services and currently acting chief digital officer | Zespri |
Robert Holmes | Chief technology officer | Origin Group |
Thomas Hyde | Group director – delivery, CIO | Beca |
Paul Jepson | Chief information officer | Accident Compensation Corporation |
Ahmad Jubbawey | Chief executive officer | Vensa Health |
Richard Kay | Chief information officer | New Zealand Trade and Enterprise |
Andy Keiller | Chief information officer | University of Canterbury |
Mandy Kennedy | Chief information officer | Paperplus Group |
Tristin King and Kris Lander | Head of technology and chief digital officer | JUCY |
Geoff Leigh and Aaron Olphert | Geoff Leigh, chief information officer and Aaron Olphert, chief digital officer | Kordia |
Trevor Leybourne | Head of delivery | MYOB |
Allan Lightbourne | Chief digital officer | Tauranga City Council |
Vidhya Makam | Chief operating officer | Whanau Tahi |
Jason Patrick Mangan | Director IT services | University of Auckland |
Igor Matich | Founder and managing director | Dynamo6 |
Cameron McFie | Chief technology officer | Rhipe |
Michael Middlemiss | Chief information officer | Parliamentary Service |
Gerard Naish | Head of ICT | Ports of Auckland Ltd |
Angela Nash | Chief information and operating officer | REANNZ |
Cobus Nel | General manager, information, services and technology (IST) | Transpower |
Gerben Otter | Chief information officer | Fonterra |
Ed Overy | Chief information officer | KiwiRail |
Ursula Phillips | Chief information officer | PepsiCo |
Ewen Powell | Chief technology officer | Chorus NZ |
Duncan Reed | Chief data officer | Quotable Value |
Jonathan Rice | Director | Joyn |
Neville Richardson | Chief information officer | Gallagher Group |
Francoise Russo | Group chief information officer | Toll Group |
Dhaya Sivakumar | Executive vice president, integration & Amadeus | Orion Health |
Bob Smith | Chief executive officer | Public Trust |
Jonathan Spence | CEO and CIO | Xtracta |
Nathan John Steiner | Head of systems engineering ANZ | Veeam |
Lyndal Stewart | Director and CEO | Find My Study |
Grant Strang | Executive director information technology (Tumuhangarau) | Te Wānanga o Aotearoa |
Doug Stuart | New Zealand IT manager/CIO | IBM |
Dianna Taylor | General manager technology | New Zealand Racing Board |
Sarah Thirlwall | Director strategic ICT transformation | Counties Manukau District Health Board |
Mikal Todd | Chief information officer | solarcity New Zealand |
Shayne Tong | Chief of intelligence and informatics | Auckland District Health Board |
Chris Trigg | Chief digital officer | Southern Cross Health Society |
Johan Vendrig | Chief information officer | Orion Health |
Tracy Voice | Director, business technology and information services | Ministry for Primary Industries |
Tina Wakefield | Deputy secretary ICT/chief information officer | Ministry of Justice |
Stella Ward | Executive director ICT and innovation | Canterbury District Health Board |
Michael Whitehead | President and founder | WhereScape |
Darren Wilson | Chief information officer | AsureQuality |
Richard Wyke | Chief technology officer | Figured |
Pete Yates | Chief technology officer | Healthlink |