Royal Mail appoints its second CIO in little over a year

Catherine Doran from Network Rail set to take the helm after Yvonne Ferguson exit

Catherine Doran (pictured) has left Network Rail and is set to be the new chief information officer (CIO) at the Royal Mail, according to a spokesperson at the rail company.

Doran was director of corporate development at Network Rail, a role she took on following a three-year stint as CIO for the company.

Doran has already left the organisation and is expected to start at the Royal Mail as CIO on September 1.

She will fill the vacant CIO role at Royal Mail, previously occupied by Yvonne Ferguson, who moved into the job in June last year – she was formerly Transport for London's IT chief.

A Royal Mail spokesperson confirmed that Ferguson has now left the company, less than a year after becoming CIO.