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In September 2019, the then civil service chief executive John Manzoni told Computer Weekly that the new digital leader he wanted to recruit for the UK government would “have to be very wise, very experienced, and very powerful”.
Originally envisaged as a cross-government chief digital and information officer, the role was subsequently amended to a plain old chief digital officer, to be appointed by a specially formulated selection panel, which included Home Office chief digital, data and technology officer Joanna Davinson; Manzoni’s successor, civil service chief operating officer (COO) Alex Chishol