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18. Phil Pavitt
18. Phil Pavitt

  • Leadership
  • 01 February 2018
Exclusive: Phil Pavitt reveals why he's leaving Specsavers
Exclusive: Phil Pavitt reveals why he's leaving Specsavers

'I am the designer, the creator of the revolution - that has been my experience and history,' Pavitt tells Computing

  • Leadership
  • 02 May 2017
Specsavers brings in Fujitsu for digital transformation project across its 1,179 stores in £17.6m deal
Specsavers brings in Fujitsu for digital transformation project across its 1,179 stores in £17.6m deal

Retailer aims to make better use of data to improve the customer experience

  • Leadership
  • 25 April 2017
Specsaver's Phil Pavitt to leave after three years as global CIO at the company
Specsaver's Phil Pavitt to leave after three years as global CIO at the company

Phil Pavitt to move on at the end of June this year

  • Strategy
  • 13 March 2017
DevOps not a silver bullet, but does have some merit, says Specsavers global CIO
DevOps not a silver bullet, but does have some merit, says Specsavers global CIO

Phil Pavitt was sceptical that DevOps was "just another Gartner gimmick"

  • DevOps
  • 08 March 2016
Government needs to be more creative with commercial IT deals, says former HMRC CIO
Government needs to be more creative with commercial IT deals, says former HMRC CIO

Phil Pavitt points to Specsavers' deals with Accenture and eClinicalWorks as proof that new types of deals can be put together

  • Leadership
  • 29 February 2016
Channel 4 swaps CIO role for 'controller of systems delivery'; hires Charlotte Light
Channel 4 swaps CIO role for 'controller of systems delivery'; hires Charlotte Light

Light was previously IT director of corporate services at Specsavers

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  • 16 November 2015
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What do CIOs see as the best procurement model for IT?

CIOs and industry experts debate whether a centralised function or a specialist IT function is the best fit for procuring IT

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Breaking the 'geek' stereotype: How a CIO can become a CEO
Breaking the 'geek' stereotype: How a CIO can become a CEO

While currently a rarity, the number of CIOs getting the top job is likely to grow as the importance of IT and digitalisation increases, finds Sooraj Shah

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  • 14 August 2015
Why the government can still succeed in digital without Mike Bracken
Why the government can still succeed in digital without Mike Bracken

It is an unenviable task to be Bracken's replacement, but whoever takes the mantle will have a foundation to work with that Bracken himself never received, says Sooraj Shah

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  • 07 August 2015
Chief digital officer - Who, what, why, when, where, how?
Chief digital officer - Who, what, why, when, where, how?

Going 'digital' is a popular mantra, but organisations see the scope of the digital leader differently, Sooraj Shah investigates

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  • 16 July 2015
'I can imagine a world where we have CDOs instead of CIOs' - says Atkins CIO and CDO
'I can imagine a world where we have CDOs instead of CIOs' - says Atkins CIO and CDO

Richard Cross believes CIOs need to learn some new skills in order to remain relevant over the next five years

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  • 17 June 2015
Why the role of the chief digital officer shouldn't exist in 10 years' time
Why the role of the chief digital officer shouldn't exist in 10 years' time

If the main reason for their job is to transform companies - then surely by 2025 there should be no need for a £110,000-a-year CDO, argues Sooraj Shah

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  • 15 May 2015
Setting its sights on digital: an interview with Specsavers global CIO Phil Pavitt
Setting its sights on digital: an interview with Specsavers global CIO Phil Pavitt

Pavitt tells Computing about the introduction of iPads in retail stores, the CDO role, and how the systems integrator market has hit rock bottom

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  • 27 April 2015
System integrator market is 'huge, fat and lazy' - Specsavers CIO
System integrator market is 'huge, fat and lazy' - Specsavers CIO

Quality of service from systems integrators is at an all-time low, says Phil Pavitt

  • Services and Outsourcing
  • 22 April 2015
Government will regret 'demonising CIO role', says former HMRC CIO
Government will regret 'demonising CIO role', says former HMRC CIO

Phil Pavitt doesn't believe a CDO can run the IT of central government

  • Government
  • 20 April 2015

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