John Higgins CBE Announced As New President Of BCS, The UK Chartered Institute For IT Date Mayank Prakash was also named Deputy President of the industry’s professional body at its recent AGM. John said of his tenure: “To recover and build back better from this terrible pandemic we really need to double down on digital. Our members are the digital professionals ready to put IT to work to drive this recovery, and importantly, in ways that society can trust. “With our outgoing President Rebecca George and my deputy Mayank, I will be particularly focused on three important themes to support the overall goal. First to double down on efforts to make our profession more welcoming for all – regardless of gender, age or ethnic background. Secondly to lead BCS to put its full weight behind efforts to help the nine million people unable to reap the benefits of digital, and finally to step up our efforts to encourage digital professionals to use their talents to help tackle the problems of climate and ecological change.”