This is an editorial we have published in the print edition of Computer Weekly
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Computer Weekly is not prone to panegyric, but here we make an exception.
Ian Watmore is like a cool breeze entering a hot, stuffy room. He reached the top of his profession in the private sector, as UK managing director of international services company Accenture; he made it to the top slot for any IT expert in Government as chief CIO.
And he went further, becoming head of the No. 10 Delivery Unit and adviser to two prime ministers. It's a pity that on 1 June he left the civil service. He has taken his reforming zeal to the Football Association, as its chief executive.
The traits that mark Watmore out include his plain speaking and his lack of fear when taking sensible risks. More than that, he's open about past mistakes, analyses them, and tries to apply what he has learnt from them
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