The 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2017

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Clare McDonald, Business Editor

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15. Christina Scott, chief technology officer, News UK and deputy CTO, News Corp

Source: FT

Christina Scott was appointed the chief technology officer for News UK at the beginning of 2016 to assist with its digital initiatives, and is also the deputy CTO for parent company News Corp.

Prior to 2016, Scott was the CIO for the Financial Times for over three years, where she was responsible for technology across the FT Group, leading a 400+ global team responsible for building and operating the infrastructure, business applications, data and consumer products across multiple platforms.

Scott has over 20 years’ experience across the media, IT and engineering industries - before joining the FT, she worked for the BBC, BT Vision, News International and ITV Digital, and as a consultant at Accenture.

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