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:

• Oliver Benzecry – Managing Director, UK & Ireland Accenture
• Clive Selley – CEO BT Technology, Service & Ops BT
• Dr Philip Oliver – CEO Blitz Games
• Christine Hodgson – Chairman, Capgemini
• Phil Smith (Chair) – VP and Chief Executive, UK & Ireland Cisco
• Craig Wilson – Managing Director and VP, UK & Ireland HP Enterprise Services 
• David Stokes – Chief Executive UK, Ireland IBM
• Andy Green – Director ARM
• Michel Van Der Bel – 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
• Tiffany Hall – Technology Controller for Operations, Finance and FM BBC
• Angela Morrison – CIO Direct Line Group
• Andy Nelson – CIO DWP
• Alan Peacock – Director, Service Delivery Lloyds
• Richard Thwaite – Director of Information Metropolitan Police Service
• Ben Wishart – Group CIO Morrisons
• David Lister – CIO National Grid
• Catherine Doran – CIO Royal Mail
• Andy Williams – CIO Save the Children International
• 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