UKtech50 2014 - The most influential people in UK IT

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) appointed Mark Dearnley, formerly CIO of Vodafone, its chief digital and information officer in October 2013. He took over responsibility for one of the biggest IT estates in the UK - a £500m-a-year IT operation that serves 45 million individuals, 4.8 million businesses and 65,000 HMRC employees. He is responsible for implementing HMRC’s £200m digital strategy and for moving away from the £800m–a-year Aspire contract, one of the largest outsourcing deals in the UK.