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The Government announced today (March 26) the appointment of Mr Jeremy Richard Godfrey as the Government Chief Information Officer, following an open-cum-in-service recruitment exercise conducted in late 2007. Mr Godfrey will take up the appointment on April 7, 2008.
In welcoming Mr Godfrey's appointment, the Secretary for the Civil Service, Miss Denise Yue, said, "Mr Godfrey possesses sound professional skills, solid working experience in the information and communications technology (ICT) field and proven management abilities. I have every confidence that he will bring his wealth of knowledge to the work of the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO), and take a proactive role in championing the development of ICT and e-government in Hong Kong. I am also confident that the staff of the OGCIO will continue to give their best under his leadership."
Brief biographical notes on Mr Godfrey are set out below:
Mr Jeremy Richard Godfrey
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Mr Jeremy Godfrey has had an extensive career in the ICT sector, serving in senior positions in the telecommunications industry and as a partner in an international management and technology consulting firm. Before this, he served as a civil servant in the United Kingdom.
Mr Godfrey graduated from Cambridge University in 1984. He served as private secretary to the Secretary of State of the Department of Trade and Industry in the United Kingdom Government between 1987 and 1989.
In 1989, Mr Godfrey took up a management appointment with the Cable & Wireless Group. From 1989 to 1990, he worked for Hongkong Telecom on the regulatory strategies for the liberalisation of telecommunications in Hong Kong. From 1990 to 1994, he worked in the United Kingdom for other business under the Cable & Wireless Group. From 1995 to 1998, he returned to Hongkong Telecom, serving first as Director of Strategic Planning and then as Director of Marketing.
From 1998 to 2007, Mr Godfrey was a partner with PA Consulting Group in Hong Kong. He led strategy, e-business, IT and business change projects for the public sector and for private sector clients in the telecommunications, transportation, utilities and entertainment industries in Hong Kong and various South and East Asian economies.
Since November 2007 and prior to his acceptance of the appointment from the HKSAR Government as GCIO, Mr Godfrey worked as an independent consultant advising clients on strategic issues and business change projects.
Ends/Wednesday, March 26, 2008
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