The Department for Education and the Education Funding Agency (EFA) will now share a CIO with the announcement that Adrian Tucker is the new CIO for the Department for Education following the decision by Rachel Murphy-Cooper to resign earlier this week. Tucker moved into the public sector in May 2013 as CIO for the EFA, a body formed in 2012 by the current government which distributes state funding into education for three- to 19-year-olds and is part of the Department for Education. On his LinkedIn page Tucker said of his new role: “The role will allow me to ensure the department has ICT fit for the future utilising modern technology and becoming digital by default. It will allow the department to get more out of its IT whilst offering a lean footprint to give best value to Government.” He also said: “Following a successful period in the Education Funding Agency I know [sic] take responsibility for the ICT in the whole of the Department for Education, whilst keeping responsibility for the Education Funding Agency IT delivery.” The EFA manages the estates of schools and colleges and is a merger of the Young People’s Learning Agency and the Partnerships for Schools. Formed in April 2012 the merged department is in effect part of the Coalition government’s “bonfire of the quangos”. Prior to joining the EFA in may 2013 Tucker was a retail consultant with mobile telecoms giant Vodafone; prior to that pharmaceutical wholesaler and retailer Alliance Boots, T-Mobile, Powerhouse and Arcadia. Murphy-Cooper joined the Department for Education in October 2013 and told this title she was “running a huge transformation programme for DFE”. She added that this included stabilisation of the core infrastructure, improving the service with the implementation of ITSM and Resource Management Systems and the design and implementation of the Target Operating Model that would “right size the department’s IT”. In May 2014 the Ministry of Defencereplaced its CIO within five months of the appointment, Yvonne Ferguson, formerly a CIO with the Royal Mail, began her career with the Whitehall department in January and was replaced by May. Related content brandpost Sponsored by Rimini Street Dear Oracle Cloud…I need my own space Access results from a recent Rimini Street survey about why enterprises are rethinking their Oracle relationship and cloud strategy. By Tanya O'Hara Nov 28, 2023 5 mins Cloud Computing brandpost Sponsored by Rimini Street How to evolve IT systems into innovation engines Today’s IT leaders are more than eager to modernize with best-fit cloud solutions that drive innovation and rapid business impact, but they need to do so with ROI-based solutions. By Tanya O'Hara Nov 28, 2023 4 mins IT Leadership brandpost Sponsored by Palo Alto Networks x Accenture Making sense of zero trust - why a managed SASE solution is the ideal option for enterprises Security leaders are turning to SASE as their preferred network security solution amid a new era of cloud-powered businesses working from anywhere. By CIO Contributor Nov 28, 2023 4 mins Network Security feature 8 tips for unleashing the power of unstructured data For most organizations, data in the form of text, video, audio, and other formats is plentiful but remains untapped. Here’s how to unlock business value from this overlooked data trove. By Bob Violino Nov 28, 2023 10 mins Data Mining Data Science Data Management Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe