Video Q&A: Paul Coby, CIO of British Airways - Part one

BA's IT chief talks about the challenges of managing IT in the worst slump BA has experienced - part one of a two-part video interview

As part of Computing's Tomorrow's IT Leaders campaign, we talk to the UK's top chief information officers (CIOs) to find out their views on the role of IT leaders and how this will change in the post-recessionary world.

In this video, British Airways CIO Paul Coby talks to Computing senior reporter Angelica Mari and Mark Kobayashi-Hillary, director of the BCS Elite IT management group, about how BA is managing a 30 per cent IT budget cut yet still focusing on staff development.

Click here to watch the second installment of this two-part interview, in which Coby talks about the future of IT leadership and the skills that will be required.

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