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Chair's message
Elite held a very successful event with the theme of 'turning businesses around' recently. We were treated to two extremely interesting speakers; Paul Coby, CIO of British Airways and Vanessa Leeson, managing directory of Parcelforce Worldwide. A common theme of the presentations was the need for IT to work hand in glove with the business in order to drive change and value.
Our next event is an all day event on the 10 May at Bletchley Park. Our host will be Tony Sale, programme director for the rebuild of Colossus. I look forward to seeing you there.
David Tidey
Chair BCS ELITE
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'Improving the Success of Business Projects' is a seminar being run by Value Plus on 21 March, which aims to share repeatable approaches to apply to business projects and to provide an opportunity to discuss issues with executives and programme managers who consistently succeed in delivering business change.
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Consultations
Consultations
Consultations in progress are now on the BCS website and can be RSS'd.
The group
The ELITE Group (Effective Leadership in Information Technology) is the UK lead forum for IT directors and senior managers to exchange experiences, views and expectations on how information systems should be managed to achieve business objectives.
www.elite.bcs.org
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