e-skills UK boards and steering groups

Employers of an exceptionally high calibre make up the IT & Telecoms Industry Board. Members include SME representatives as well as CEOs and MDs from the IT & Telecoms industry:

• David Thomlinson – Senior Managing Director - Geographic Strategy & Operations Accenture
• Clive Selly – CEO BT Innovate & Design BT
• Dr Philip Oliver – CEO Blitz Games
• John Pluthero – Executive Chair, UK Cable & Wireless Worldwide
• Phil Smith (Chair) – VP and Chief Executive, UK & Ireland Cisco
• Craig Wilson – Managing Director and VP, UK & Ireland HP Enterprise Services 
• Stephen Leonard – Chief Executive UK, Ireland IBM
• Andy Green – CEO Logica
• Gordon Frazer – MD, UK and VP, MS International Microsoft
• David Callaghan – Senior VP Oracle
• Gayna Hart – MD Quicksilva
• A. S. Lakshminarayanan – VP and Head, Europe Tata Consultancy Services
• Ronan Dunne – CEO O2

e-skills UK engages with top IT managers from companies outside the IT & Telecoms sector through our UK Businesses Board. Members include SME representatives as well as CIOs and CTOs.

• Paul Coby (Chair) – IT Director John Lewis
• Philip Langsdale – CIO BAA
• Tiffany Hall – Technology Controller for Operations, Finance and FM BBC
• Simon Post – Chief Technology Officer Carphone Warehouse
• Joe Harley – Government CIO; & CIO, DWP DWP
• Ailsa Beaton – Director of Information Metropolitan Police Service
• Ben Wishart – Director Morrisons
• David Lister – CIO National Grid
• Catherine Doran – CIO Royal Mail
• Angela Morrison – CIO RBS Insurance
• Rob Fraser – IT Director Sainsbury’s
• Richard Thwaite – MD CIO, Global Asset Management IT UBS
• Peter Pederson – CTO For other industry SMEs

Our Steering Groups provide guidance for our collaborative initiatives and programmes. Similar to our boards, these committees bring together an impressive spectrum of representatives from industry, education and government.

The Co-ordinating Board carries the fiduciary and legal responsibilities for e-skills UK. Members include union and SME representatives, the Chair and the CEO of e-skills UK, and representatives from our IT & Telecoms Industry Board and our UK Businesses Board:

• Paul Coby – IT Director John Lewis
• Andy Green (Chair) – CEO Logica 
• John Higgins – Director General Intellect
• Gayna Hart – MD Quicksilva
• Leslie Manasseh – Deputy General Secretary Prospect
• Karen Price – CEO e-skills UK 
• Phil Smith – VP and Chief Executive, UK & Ireland Cisco