CIO50 is an annual list compiled and published by CIO magazine since 2016. The purpose is to list the Australia's 50 top 50 technology and digital chiefs who are influencing rapid technology-driven change and innovation across their organisations.
CIO50 lists
Below is the top 50 for each year since the list's inception.
2016 This is the 2016 List + 2016 No. Recipient Title Company 1 Mark Gay Chief information officer ME Bank 2 Wayne McMahon Chief information officer Domino's Pizza Enterprises 3 Tim Thurman Chief information officer Australian Securities Exchange 4 Bill Le Blanc Chief information officer SA Health 5 Alastair Sharman Chief information officer Children's Health Queensland Hospital 6 Scott Collary Chief information officer Australia & New Zealand Banking Group 7 Leigh Berrell Chief information officer Yarra Valley Water 8 Rob James Chief information officer William Hill 9 Kim Wenn Chief information officer Tabcorp 10 William Daniel Confalonieri Chief information officer Deakin University 11 Roger Burgess Executive Director, Operations & Technology Scentia 12 Christian Mc Gilloway Head of Digital Retail Zoo 13 Dr Malcolm Thatcher Chief Executive Office, CIO eHealth Queensland 14 Dayle Stevens Divisional CIO, Support Services ME Bank 15 Kenneth Edwards Udas Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Chief information officer University of Southern Queensland 16 Chris Ford Chief information officer SA Power Networks 17 Christopher Johnson Asia-Pacific IT Director 20th Century Fox 18 Tom Clark Global Chief Technology Officer & Chief information officer Corporate Travel Management 19 Hilda Clune Chief information officer PricewaterhouseCoopers 20 Grainne Kearns Group Chief information officer Jetstar 21 Anastasia Cammaroto Chief information officer BT 22 Scott Andrews Director, Product & Digital Strategy Manheim 23 Michelle Beveridge Chief information officer Intrepid Group 24 John Sutherland Chief information officer Ramsay Health Care 25 Andrew Clowes Head of IT JLL 26-50 Berys Amor Director of Technology Corrs Chambers Westgarth 26-50 Mark Ballinger Director, Products and Technology Progressclaim 26-50 Richard Burns General Manager, Customer Experience and Technology Aussie Home Loans 26-50 Julie Canepa Chief information officer Cisco 26-50 Therese Chakour-West IT Manager Stihl 26-50 Rick Coenen Chief information officer Sussan 26-50 Aidan Coleman Chief Technology Officer Charter Hall 26-50 Veronica Frost Chief information officer Australian Red Cross 26-50 Steve Godbee Chief information officer IBM 26-50 Elizabeth Harpe Chief information officer GHD 26-50 Richard Host Chief information officer NSW Department of Finance, Service & Innovation 26-50 Ryan Klose General Manager, Technology and Innovation National Pharmacies 26-50 Timothy Larcos Chief information officer, Private Clients PricewaterhouseCoopers 26-50 Cameron McFie Chief Technology Officer Rhipe 26-50 Andrew Mitchell Chief information officer, Director of National Operations Griffith Hack 26-50 Chris Nurse Head of Technology Transformation Telethon Kids Institute 26-50 Claudine Ogilvie Chief information officer Ridley Corporation 26-50 Kevin O'Hara Group Chief information officer Tulla Private Equity Group 26-50 Ritesh Patel Chief information officer Office Brands 26-50 Simon Ralk-Allen Chief Technical Advisor MYOB 26-50 Many Ross Chief information officer Tatts Group 26-50 Dave Rumsey Chief information officer Tourism Australia 26-50 Mark Sheppard General manager and chief commercial officer, Asia Pacific General Electric 26-50 Melanie Sinton Chief information officer Racing and Wagering Western Australia 26-50 Joanne Stubbs Chief information officer Bakers Delight
2017 + 2017 No. Recipient Title Company 1 Bill Le Blanc Chief information officer SA Health 2 Kim Wenn Chief information officer Tabcorp 3 Sami Yalavac Chief information officer Bupa 4 Clive Dickens Chief digital officer Seven West Media 5 Paul Keen Chief technology officer Airtasker 6 Rob Craig Chief operating officer icare 7 Steve Hodgkinson Chief information officer Victorian Department of Health & Human Services 8 Kerry Holling Chief information and digital officer Western Sydney University 9 Simon Noonan Chief information officer Sportsbet 10 David Hackshall Chief information officer Cochlear 11 Jeff Murray Chief information officer University of Tasmania 12 Alastair Sharman Chief information officer Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service 13 George Lymbers Chief information officer Thomas Holt Group 14 William Confalonieri Chief digital officer, CIO and vice-president Deakin University 15 Chris Ford Chief information officer and general manager of business improvement SA Power Networks 16 Sam Charmand Chief information officer and executive manager innovation Qantas Loyalty 17 Hilda Clune Chief information officer PricewaterhouseCoopers 18 Jeremy Hubbard Head of digital and technology UBank 19 Farid Jarrar Chief information officer, APAC & North Americas Stellar 20 Francoise Russo Group chief information officer Toll Group 21 Greg Booker Chief information officer Royal Automobile Club of Queensland 22 Peter Auhl Chief information officer City of Adelaide 23 Aidan Coleman Chief technology officer Charter Hall 24 Ani Paul Chief information officer ING Australia 25 Christian McGilloway Chief technology innovation officer Retail Zoo 26-50 Jason Blackman Chief information officer Carsales 26-50 Joshua Bovell Chief information officer Toxfree 26-50 Julie Canepa Chief information officer Australia and New Zealand Cisco 26-50 Andrew Clowes Head of IT JLL 26-50 Angela Coble Director, business technology Johnson & Johnson 26-50 Rick Coenen Chief information officer Sussan 26-50 Mark Cohen Chief technology officer Domain 26-50 Vinnie D’Alessandro Head of technology Silver Chef 26-50 Gordon Dunsford Chief information officer WaterNSW 26-50 Colin Fairweather Chief information officer City of Melbourne 26-50 Brett Ferguson General manager of technology Carlisle Homes 26-50 Andrew Flannery Executive general manager, corporate travel Flight Centre 26-50 Mathews George Chief information officer Energy Action 26-50 Suzanne Hall ICT manager VincentCare Victoria 26-50 Senthu Jegadheesan Chief information officer TravelEdge Group 26-50 Cameron McFie Chief technology officer Rhipe 26-50 Richard McPartlin Chief information officer Ingham's Group 26-50 Kevin O'Hara Group chief information officer Tulla Private Equity Group 26-50 Darren Oliver National director, business and technology solutions Herron Todd White 26-50 van Ortiz Head of technology Ubet 26-50 Roisin Parkes Chief technology officer Gumtree 26-50 Rohan Penman Head of technology Adairs Retail Group 26-50 Ursula Phillips Chief information officer PepsiCo 26-50 Shane Riddle Chief information officer The Heart Foundation 26-50 Shaune Rosser Chief information officer Sydney Motorway Corporation Ones to watch John Boyd Chief information officer Mad Mex Ones to watch Lina Lim Head of technology National Stock Exchange Ones to watch William Payne Chief information officer Boral
2018 + 2018 No. Recipient Title Company 1 George Hunt General manager, digital business and CIO Sydney Water 2 Steve Hodgkinson Chief information officer Victorian Department of Health and Human Services 3 Aidan Coleman Chief technology officer Charter Hall 4 Dr Zoran Bolevich Chief executive, eHealth NSW and chief information officer, NSW Health NSW Health 5 Rebecca Kerr General manager, technology Roy Hill 6 Peter Auhl Chief information officer City of Adelaide 7 Gerard Florian Group executive, technology Australia & New Zealand Banking Group 8 Chris Ford Chief information officer SA Power Networks 9 Jeremy Hubbard Head of digital and technology UBank 10 Jason Blackman Chief information officer Carsales 11 Ani Paul Chief information officer ING Australia 12 Bruce Winzar Executive director innovation and digital services Bendigo Health 13 Sarah Harland Chief information officer Suncorp 14 Ryan Klose Executive general manager, corporate National Pharmacies 15 Brett Winn Chief information officer Blackmores 16 Christian McGilloway Chief technical innovation officer Retail Zoo 17 Damian Madden General manager, digital The Woolmark Company 18 Tomas Varsavsky Chief engineer REA Group 19 Rowan Dollar Chief information officer Northern Territory Department of Primary Industry and Resources 20 Jeff Murray Chief information officer University of Tasmania 21 Simon Noonan Chief information officer Sportsbet 22 Willam Payne Chief information officer Boral 23 Mark Allen Head of customer experience and operations technology Qantas 24 Aidan McCarthy Chief information officer Catholic Education of Western Australia 25 Shane Lenton Chief information officer Cue Clothing Co 26-50 Jithma Beneragama Director, digital engagement and innovation Department of Premier and Cabinet (Victoria) 26-50 Michelle Beveridge Chief operating officer Intrepid Group 26-50 Christine Burns Chief information officer University of Technology Sydney 26-50 Julie Canepa Chief information officer Cisco Systems 26-50 Mark Cohen Chief technology officer Domain Group 26-50 William Confalonieri Chief Digital & Information Officer Deakin University 26-50 Vinnie D’Alessandro Head of technology Silver Chef 26-50 Linda da Silva General manager of business integration, group technology BT 26-50 Nina Du Thaler Group executive, digital and technology UnitingCare Queensland 26-50 Rishi Dutta Chief information officer Public Transport Victoria 26-50 Angela Goodsir Chief technology and systems operations officer Multi Channel Network 26-50 Matthew Leary Chief information officer Tassal Group 26-50 Anthony Molinia Chief information officer University of Newcastle 26-50 Robin Phua Director, digital experience and CIO State Library of New South Wales 26-50 Phil Ridley Chief information officer Mojo Power 26-50 Simon Smith Group chief technology officer Vocus Group 26-50 Dawn Stephenson General manager, technology, Lotteries and Keno Tabcorp 26-50 John Sutherland Chief information officer Ramsay Health Care 26-50 Ben Tabell Chief information officer HSBC 26-50 Christopher Topp Director of IT Luther College 26-50 Darrel van Dort Chief information officer Merivale 26-50 David Wong Assistant director-general, information technology and CIO National Library of Australia 26-50 Andy Wood Executive director, corporate services Department of Finance (WA) 26-50 Trevor Woods Chief information officer Monash University 26-50 Clarence Yap Chief information officer Smartgroup Corporation
2019