David Tidey

Head of IT, Richmond and Wandsworth Councils

A Top 100 Chief Information Officer (CIO) with a track record of leading transformative organisation wide change programmes to deliver improved business outcomes. Key strengths include: engaging stakeholders to develop IT and Digital strategies; providing strong leadership to teams of 100+ people; delivering complex digital and IT programmes of work; rescuing high risk or failing projects and programmes through rigorous re-planning, governance and stakeholder buy-in; and a genuine ability to embed change to drive user engagement and reduce the burden on IT departments.

David initiated a project to merge officer structures and form a Shared Staffing Arrangement (SSA) at Richmond and Wandsworth Councils.  As the Head of IT, he designed and implemented the new IT function and the IT programme of work to support the merger. He engaged key stakeholders and defined programme requirements; launched new IT change programme; developed joint IT strategy; produced the new structure for IT services; managed the transition from existing outsourcer; and led IT infrastructure changes to support the SSA. He completed successfully a 25-project IT Programme and delivered annual savings of £1M.