About the CFDG
IT Conference 2004
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About the Conference Conference SpeakersWe have 14 speakers at this years conference
who cover a wide range of skills and experience in many
fields. Below is the full list, with a brief biography for
each speaker. |
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| Prof. Clive Holtham biog...
Ian Allsop biog... Dr Phil Harwood biog... Miles Hewitt-Boorman biog... Jeremy Newton biog... Henry Stewart biog... Graham Taylor biog... |
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David Clayden biog... Donna Smillie biog... Peter Heather biog... Terry Veitch biog... Shani Fancett biog... John Tate biog... David Membrey biog... |
Prof. Clive Holtham
Professor of Information Management, CASS Business School,
City University, London
With a Masters degree in management, Clive Holtham originally
trained as an accountant. Following six years as a Director of
Finance and IT, he moved to the Business School in 1988. His research
is into the strategic exploitation of information systems, knowledge
management and management learning. He has been an adviser to
the European Parliament on educational multimedia and is author
of a large number of publications. He lectures, broadcasts and
consults in the UK and internationally.
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Ian
Allsop
Senior Reporter, Charity Finance Magazine
Ian Allsop is senior reporter for Charity Finance magazine, and
editor of Association Manager magazine. One of his regular roles
for Charity Finance is compiling the ICT news page and he has
written up the results of the magazine’s IT surveys in previous
years. Prior to an unplanned career in journalism, Ian worked
for the charity unit at BDO Stoy Hayward.
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Dr
Phil Harwood
Services Director, Touchstone
Phil has been involved in the IT Industry for 18 years in a variety
of consultancy, systems implementation, IT Management and academic
roles. As well as publishing papers on software implementation,
he has considerable practical experience of implementing software
solutions, systems integration and change management. Phil provides
a unique insight into the realities of business improvement using
IT.
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Miles Hewitt-Boorman
IT Consultancy Partner, Chantrey Vellacott DFK
Miles trained as a Chartered Accountant with Chantrey Vellacott
DFK and has been a partner in the IT/Business Consulting group
since 2000. Specialising in working with professional firms, public
sector and non-profit sector, including charities and membership
organisations, Miles mainly advises clients on the use of new
technology refining the use of existing systems, processes and
controls. He sits on the Fraud Advisory panel's committee for
CyberCrime and co-authored the ABG guide to e-business.
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Jeremy Newton
Partner, Nabarro Nathanson
Jeremy Newton is a partner in the Technology Group at law firm
Nabarro Nathanson. He has specialised in IT work for over 10 years,
and is noted as a "leading individual" in Chambers Guide to the
Legal Profession. Jeremy writes and lectures extensively on IT
law and contracts, and is the co-editor of the British Computer
Society publication "Manager's Guide to IT Law", to be published
in May 2004.
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Henry Stewart
CEO, Happy Computers
Henry Stewart is the Chief Executive of Happy Computers. Happy
Computers was founded in Henry's back room in Hackney fourteen
years ago. Basing its approach on involvement and making learning
about computers fun it has grown to be one of the UK's leading
IT training companies, delivering courses to over 20,000 people
a year. Happy Computers has received widespread recognition for
its quality and innovation and has won numerous awards.
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Graham Taylor
Programme Director, Open Forum Europe Programme
With 30 years experience in the ICT sector, Graham is currently
working to accelerate the take-up of Linux and other Open Source
Software in both business and the public sector as a Director
or the not- for-profit IT Forum Foundation. Non-evangelical and
business oriented, OpenForum Europe is focused on securing unbiased
hard evidence on the opportunities from OSS. Graham is also a
Director of Fonteau Business Associates, a limited company focused
on the provision of Business Management and Business Development
services. Previously a Director at ICL he was most recently the
Managing Director of the Smart Card Group, where he was responsible
for its global business.
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David Clayden
Director of Strategic Information, Salvation Army
Chairman, Charities Consortium IT Directors Group
During his career, David has researched international cod stock
management, planned transportation networks, lectured and published
on medical statistics and directed information services in an
NHS Trust hospital. After a period as an independent information
consultant, David now works for The Salvation Army - enabling
access to, and the effective use of, information across the rich
variety of 'The Army's social and church work.
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Donna Smillie
Best Practice Officer, Accessible Websites, RNIB
Donna Smillie has worked in IT-related roles since the mid 70's.
Before joining RNIB in March 2000 she was IT Communications Manager
in British Airways, responsible for designing and maintaining
several internal BA websites. At RNIB she set up the See it Right
Accessible Website consultancy, and for the past four years has
worked with many companies, organisations, and central and local
government agencies in the UK, advising on accessible web design
and the many issues surrounding web accessibility. She is an experienced
presenter and has run many seminars and presentations on this
issue.
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Peter Heather
Head of IS/IT Europe, Action Aid
Awaiting biography...
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Terry
Veitch
Chief Executive Officer, Community Network
Terry Veitch has worked in the voluntary sector for more than
25 years at local, regional and national levels. She has been
shortlisted for the Guardian Jerwood Award and was Social Entrepreneur
of the Year 2001 (London). Currently she is Chief Executive of
Community Network and Vice-Chair of ACEVO.
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Shani
Fancett
Director of CABnet, Citizens Advice Bureau
In the last 5 years, Shani has been driving CAB’s IT Modernisation
Programme. She has been instrumental in introducing in-house publishing,
a service wide extranet and a multilingual public information
website and implemented the Citizens Connect Programme. Shani
has also worked for Barnardos, the Probation Service and Social
Services. She is a qualified social worker as well as being an
experienced IT Project and Programme Manager, and strives to ensure
any IT she introduces ultimately benefits the end users of services.
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John Tate
IT Advisor, Charity Finance Directors’ Group
John Tate is a qualified CIMA accountant and ex Finance Director.
He has worked with hundreds of organisations over the last decade
in reviewing the opportunities IT offers and the issues to insure
any investment generate a real return. John is also CFDG's IT
advisor, a regular writer and conference speaker on IT matters.
He is currently working as an IT consultant and is non-executive
director/advisor to a number of IT businesses.
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David Membrey
Deputy Chief Executive, Charity Finance Directors’ Group
David joined CFDG in September 2003, having earlier been Deputy
Director of charity Book Aid International. Over his 18 years
in the sector David has been extensively involved in finance,
IT, project management and facilities management. In recent years
he specialised in systems analysis and design. In recent years
he has concentrated on simplifying organisations' IT solutions
ensuring that responsibility for IT projects is accepted at senior
management and board level.
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