Computer Weekly has published its list of the 100 most influential IT leaders in the UK for the coming year. Based on a list drawn up by their panel of judges, the roll call includes civil servants, academics and corporate leaders.
Readers are invited to vote for who they think should be chosen as the most influential leader in UK IT. Computer Weekly will publish the winner at their virutal UKtech50 event on 25 February.
The Top 100 in alphabetical order are:
- Alex Chisholm, COO, Civil Service; permanent secretary, Cabinet Office
- Ali Parsa, founder and CEO, Babylon Health
- Alice Bentinck, co-founder, Entrepreneur First
- Alistair Forbes, CEO, Scottish Tech Army
- Amali de Alwis, managing director, Microsoft for Startups UK
- Andy Isherwood, EMEA managing director, Amazon Web Services
- Anne Boden, CEO, Starling Bank
- Anne Marie Neatham, commercial director for the office of the CTO, Ocado Technology
- Anne-Marie Imafidon, CEO, Stemettes
- Brent Hoberman, entrepreneur; chair of Founders Factory and Founders Forum
- Caroline Dinenage, minister of state for digital and culture, Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport
- Carrie Anne Philbin, director of education, Raspberry PI Foundation
- Charles Forte, CIO, Ministry of Defence
- Chi Onwurah, shadow minister for industrial strategy, science and innovation
- Chris Meah, founder and CEO, School of Code
- Cindy Rose, president, Microsoft Western Europe
- Clifford Cohen, CIO, Asos
- Colin Birchenhall, CTO, Scottish Local Government Digital Office
- Colin Cook, digital director, Scottish Government
- Craig Bright, group CIO, Barclays
- Daljit Rehal, CDO, HM Revenue and Customs
- Dame Wendy Hall, professor of computer science at University of Southampton; UK’s AI skills champion
- Dara Nasr, managing director, Twitter UK
- David McColl, associate director – digital, NHS Education for Scotland
- David Watson, founder, Ohme
- Debbie Forster, CEO, Tech Talent Charter
- Demis Hassabis, founder and CEO, DeepMind
- Deryck Mithelson, director of national digital and information security, NHS National Services Scotland
- Dylan Roberts, CDIO, York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Ed Conolly, group CTO, Ovo Energy
- Elizabeth Denham, UK information commissioner
- Elizabeth Fairley, founder and COO, Talking Medicines
- Flavilla Fongang, managing director, 3 Colours Rule; founder, TLA Black Women in Tech
- Franscesca Carlesi, co-founder and CEO, Molo Finance
- Freddie Quek, CTO, Times Higher Education
- Garry Fingland, CIO, The Weir Group
- Gerard Grech, CEO, Tech Nation
- Guus Dekkers, CTO, Tesco
- Guy Farley, CTO and co-founder, Bought By Many
- Hadley Beeman, chief technology advisor to secretary of state for health, Department for Health and Social Care
- Helen Milner, CEO, Good Things Foundation
- Iain Wallace, lead developer, NHS Education for Scotland
- Jack Stockdale, CTO, Darktrace
- Jacqueline De Rojas, president, TechUK
- James Matthews, CEO, Ocado Technology
- Janine Cook, public sector vice-president, IBM
- Jeni Tennison, vice-president and chief strategy adviser, Open Data Institute
- Jeremy Fleming, director, GCHQ
- Jo Twist, CEO, UKIE
- Joanna Davinson, executive director, Central Digital and Data Office, UK government
- Joanna Shields, CEO, Benevolent AI
- Joe Baguley, CTO, EMEA, VMware
- John Boumphrey, country manager, Amazon UK
- John Lawson, CIO, BAE Systems
- Julian David, CEO, techUK
- Lindy Cameron, CEO, National Cyber Security Centre
- Luciano Floridi, professor of philosophy and ethics of information, director, Digital Ethics Lab, Oxford Internet Institute
- Luke Robertson, group CTO, Centrica
- Maggie Philbin, CEO, TeenTech
- Marc Waters, UKI managing director, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Mark Denney, director of IT, EU transition and Covid-19 chancellor schemes, HM Revenue and Customs
- Marta Krupinska, head of Google for Startups UK
- Martha Lane Fox, entrepreneur and founder, Dot Everyone
- Martyn Wallace, CDO, Scottish Local Government Digital office
- Matt Brittin, president, EMEA business and operations, Google
- Matt Hancock, secretary of state for health and social care
- Matt Warman, minister for digital infrastructure, Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport
- Matthew Gould, CEO, NHSX
- Mohamed Hammady, group CTO, Sky
- Natasha Phillips, chief nursing information officer, NHSX
- Nick Dearden, CTO, OAG Aviation Worldwide
- Nicola Mendelsohn, vice president, EMEA, Facebook
- Nigel Toon, CEO, Graphcore
- Oliver Dowden, secretary of state, Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport
- Paul Fletcher, CEO, BCS the Chartered Institute of IT
- Paul Wilmott, non-executive chair, Central Digital and Data Office, UK government
- Peter O’Kane, interim CTO, BBC
- Phil Jordan, group CIO, Sainsbury’s
- Phil Swan, CIO and digital lead, Greater Manchester Combined Authority
- Philip Jansen, CEO, BT
- Pip White, UKI managing director, Google Cloud
- Poppy Gustafsson, co-CEO, Darktrace
- Robin Tombs, CEO, Yoti
- Russ Shaw, founder, Tech London Advocates and Global Tech Advocates
- Ryan Edwards, Founder & CEO, Audoo
- Sarah Wilkinson, CEO, NHS Digital
- Shaun Pearce, CTO, Gousto
- Sherry Coutu, angel investor, founder of ScaleUp Institute; founder, Founders4Schools
- Simon McKinnon, CDIO, Department for Work and Pensions
- Simon Segars, CEO, Arm Holdings
- Sonia Patel, CIO, NHSX
- Sue Daley, associate director technology and innovation, TechUK
- Tabitha Goldstaub, co-founder, CognitionX; chair, government’s AI Council
- Tara Donnelly, CDO, NHSX
- Tara McGeehan, president, CGI UK
- Tessa Clarke, co-founder and CEO, Olio
- Theo Blackwell, CDO to the Mayor of London
- Tim Berners-Lee, World Wide Web inventor; director of Open Data Institute
- Tom Blomfield, president, Monzo
- Tom Read, CEO, Government Digital Service
- Zahra Bahrololoumi, CEO, Saleforce UK