Malcolm Thatcher completed his last day today as chief health information officer at Queensland Health, a position he held for the past 12 months. In a post on LinkedIn on Friday afternoon, Thatcher said he would now pursue a doctoral thesis in IT governance and would return to Mater Health Services in the New Year. Thatcher was executive director, information and infrastructure and CIO at Mater Health Services between February 2012 and September 2014. He was CIO at Mater Health Services in Brisbane between March 2004 and January 2012. “I’d like to offer a warm and sincere thank you to all those in industry who have supported me in this role over the last twelve months. It has been a great experience and I am hopeful of leaving a few small footprints behind for the new chief executive of eHealth Queensland to track against,” he said in his LinkedIn post. “I would also like to thank all the wonderful Queensland Health folk I have worked with, without whom I could not have created those footprints.” Follow CIO Australia on Twitter and Like us on Facebook… Twitter: @CIO_Australia, Facebook: CIO Australia, or take part in the CIO conversation on LinkedIn: CIO Australia Follow Byron Connolly on Twitter:@ByronConnolly Related content feature Expedia poised to take flight with generative AI CTO Rathi Murthy sees the online travel service’s vast troves of data and AI expertise fueling a two-pronged transformation strategy aimed at growing the company by bringing more of the travel industry online. By Paula Rooney Jun 02, 2023 7 mins Travel and Hospitality Industry Digital Transformation Artificial Intelligence case study Deoleo doubles down on sustainability through digital transformation The Spanish multinational olive oil processing company is immersed in a digital transformation journey to achieve operational efficiency and contribute to the company's sustainability strategy. By Nuria Cordon Jun 02, 2023 6 mins CIO Supply Chain Digital Transformation brandpost Resilient data backup and recovery is critical to enterprise success As global data volumes rise, business must prioritize their resiliency strategies. By Neal Weinberg Jun 01, 2023 4 mins Security brandpost Democratizing HPC with multicloud to accelerate engineering innovations Cloud for HPC is facilitating broader access to high performance computing and accelerating innovations and opportunities for all types of organizations. By Tanya O'Hara Jun 01, 2023 6 mins Multi Cloud 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