"IT should die out eventually," says leading IT director

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The IT department is an anachronism and future IT leaders will have to be business all-rounders, says Harvey Nichols' Martin Schofield

Martin Schofield doesn’t waste time. Since joining luxury retailer Harvey Nichols in 2003 as a head of IT, he has taken responsibility for logistics, got promoted to the firm’s board and is now in ...

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