David v Goliath  -- CIO of the Year (Financial Services) 2014

It's been a few days and I'm still very stunned to have won this award.  Yes it feels like I've beaten 'Goliath' by taking on the Westpac and BankWest CIO and winning the ITnews Award.

Like any battle this has been won, due to the hard efforts of the entire team.  It is rather corny to say but clearly this took all of CUA to make this a reality.

I don't want this BLOG to be like a Grammy acceptance speech, however I did want to record for posterity my appreciation.

I'm indebted to my partnership with Sue Coulter, this has been a very hard journey and there has been much that didn't always go to plan. But we saw through these challenges and are the stronger for the new experiences learnt.  In my acceptance speech I referred to Sue as my 'Day Wife' and this has been the case for the last two years.

To the team and that refers to IT, BT and the Business -- this has been such a difficult but rewarding.

Let me pay tribute to my Boss -- Chris Whitehead has been a hard man to please and he has provided drive and leadership.

My real Boss -- my wife has keep me grounded and helped me to maintain my perspective.

Our Partner -- TCS really lifted themselves and from NGS, Colin, Rahul, Samba, Heather and the teams have all stood up to be counted.

Finally to my EXCO colleagues -- Thanks for all the support. It has made a huge difference.

Finally finally to my Kids -- the IT Leaders  who have stood through this with me, my heart felt appreciation for your incredible passion and strength.


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