News UKCEO Rebekah Brooks has hired Financial Times CIO Christina Scott as the media organisation’s new Chief Technology Officer, an appointment the recently-reinstated Chief Executive described as “a coup” to secure a “key player in our mission to renew the way we do business”. [Now read: News UK CTO Christina Scott on digital transformation and change management] Scott, a high-flyer in the CIO 100 for the past two years, has been CIO at the FT since May 2012, was made SVP of technology for Pearson Professional in January 2014, and most recently was named Chief Product and Information Officer for the 127-year-old title in September 2014. Starting in the 2016 and reporting directly to CEO Brooks, Scott will run the corporate IT, technology and digital development teams at News UK. Brooks said: “I’ve no doubt Christina will be a key player in our mission to renew the way we do business here and harness the vast potential of the digital world to ensure sustainable success for our journalism.” Former BBC, BT and ITV Digital executive Scott was a popular speaker at the 2013 CIO Summit, and spoke to this title in a CIO Profile in June 2013 about the FT’s data strategy, moving to the cloud, embracing digital and reviewing it’s technology suppliers. News UKannounced that Scott would work alongside “Sarah Wood of Unruly, COO David Dinsmore, CFO Chris Longcroft and Editors Tony Gallagher, John Witherow and Martin Ivens”. When Brooks returned as CEO of News UK in September 2015 having been cleared in the phone hacking scandal, she named editor of The Sun David Dinsmore as the company’s new Chief Operating Officer. Dinsmore had been previously been Director of Operations for News International prior to becoming The Sun editor, with CIOChris Taylorbecoming COO with responsibility for technology upon Dinsmore’s change of role. Taylor has since left his role at News UK, Business Insider has reported. During his time at News International and News UK Taylor helped oversee a major infrastructure migration to the cloud, implemented The Times paywall, and was part of the management executive which saw The Times return to profit in 2014 for the first time in 13 years – bringing an end to a stretch of losses that totalled nearly £400 million. Related content brandpost Sponsored by Catchpoint Systems, Inc. Gain full visibility across the Internet Stack with IPM (Internet Performance Monitoring) Today’s IT systems have more points of failure than ever before. Internet Performance Monitoring provides visibility over external networks and services to mitigate outages. By Neal Weinberg Dec 01, 2023 3 mins IT Operations brandpost Sponsored by Zscaler How customers can save money during periods of economic uncertainty Now is the time to overcome the challenges of perimeter-based architectures and reduce costs with zero trust. By Zscaler Dec 01, 2023 4 mins Security feature LexisNexis rises to the generative AI challenge With generative AI, the legal information services giant faces its most formidable disruptor yet. That’s why CTO Jeff Reihl is embracing and enhancing the technology swiftly to keep in front of the competition. By Paula Rooney Dec 01, 2023 6 mins Generative AI Generative AI Generative AI feature 10 business intelligence certifications and certificates to advance your BI career From BI analysts and BI developers to BI architects and BI directors, business intelligence pros are in high demand. Here are the certifications and certificates that can give your career an edge. By Thor Olavsrud Dec 01, 2023 8 mins Certifications Business Intelligence IT Skills 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