Governance: The Board and the CIO

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Abstract. The call to have digital-savvy board members and non-IT senior executives is growing globally. Yet the gap between the majority of senior executives knowing this is essential and their acting to raise their individual and collective enterprise business technology governance (EBTG) competency is large. This raises issues for boards and executives. The role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) is important in influencing and in building EBTG awareness and competence in the wider executive team as well as in the board. This article suggests three roles CIOs can play in digital leadership and in reinventing IT as a top business priority.

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Elizabeth Valentine

Elizabeth Valentine is an experienced chief executive, company director, and researcher. She has been consultant and advisor to public, private, and industry sector organizations in New Zealand, Australia, and Europe. Her experience includes leading large-scale transformation and change projects, most with a significant technology component. While continuing to be involved in consulting projects, since 2012 Elizabeth has been engaged in full-time study for a Doctor of Information Technology at Queensland University of Technology. Her focus is on board and leadership competence, accountability, and performance that adds value in a digital world. Based on her extensive business and competency development experience she has researched and developed the first known set of practical, board-level enterprise business technology governance competencies. These can be used in board evaluation, and for board and executive recruitment and professional development. Elizabeth has a first class MBA from Henley (UK). She can be contacted at [email protected]