Gerry Pennell
Gerry Pennell OBE (born 1 July 1959) is a British IT Executive, formerly a director at Co-operative Financial Services,[1] who studied Mathematics at The University of Manchester. Gerry Pennell was named as Chief Information Officer of the London Organising Committee of the Games (LOCOG) on 19 September 2008.[2]
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Previously, Mr Pennell was Director of Technology for the 17th Commonwealth Games[4] held in Manchester 2002.
Pennell took up the position of Director of IT at The University of Manchester in July 2013.[5] He resigned from that position with the effect from 31 March 2016.[6]
He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 New Year Honours.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Gerry Pennell named CIO". FinExtra. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
- ↑ "LOCOG Senior Team". London 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
- ↑ "CIO appointed for London 2012". ZDNET. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
- ↑ "M2002 Web-site". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
- ↑ "New Director of IT". The University of Manchester. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Uni of Manchester IT director resigns after sacking 68 people". The Register. 2016-02-01.
External links[edit]
- Manchester 2002 No False Starts for IT
- Issues and Dimensions of Successful IS Use: The Commonwealth Games at Manchester 2002
- Manchester Evening News on Coop IT Staff Job Losses
- Insurance & Technology article on Gerry Pennell
- Manchester Evening News on University of Manchester IT Services redundancies
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