LONDON, November 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
UBM plc today announces that it has appointed Richard Piercy as UBM's Group Chief Information
Officer. Richard will lead the continuing strategic
development of UBM's global IT and digital operational
systems and infrastructure. Based in UBM plc's London headquarters, Richard will take up his
role in January 2013.
Richard joins UBM after ten years in a number of senior IT roles
at EMI Music where he was most recently Executive Vice President,
Transformation & Digital Supply for EMI Music. In this
role Richard held global responsibility for business transformation
and EMI Music's digital supply chain operations. Most
recently Richard oversaw the roll-out of a new global,
enterprise-wide collaboration system and CRM package.
In his previous role as EMI's CIO, Richard led the business's
technology function to deliver a complex transformation agenda and
strengthen IT governance and controls. Before his promotion
to CIO, Richard led a global management information project to
provide a set of self-service sales and other operational
information reporting tools across EMI's international
businesses.
Before joining EMI in 2002, Richard spent two years as Chief
Technology Officer for Sportal, building and leading teams in
Europe and in Asia. After graduating from Durham University with Batchelor's and
Master's degrees Richard joined Accenture in 1990 before moving on
to Boston Consulting Group in 1995.
Robert Gray, CFO of UBM plc,
said:
"I am very pleased to welcome Richard to UBM and I look forward
to working with him as he takes on responsibility for the
development of UBM's IT and digital infrastruture and as a leading
contributor to the long term technology strategy which underpins
the continuing evolution of UBM's business."
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