ACC gets new CIO

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Former Housing NZ CIO appointed to the position

By Randal Jackson | Wellington | Wednesday, 14 March, 2012 | 4 Comments

Former Housing New Zealand chief information officer Paul Jepson will take up the role of CIO at the Accident Compensation Corporation on April 10. He had been with Housing NZ since 2010.

Richard Doig, who was the previous ACC CIO, has been promoted to general manager enterprise planning and information technology.

ACC has also appointed a new chief financial officer. Mark Dosser will take up the position in mid April.

As reported in Computerworld last week, Shane Hamill is now the acting CIO at Housing NZ.

Hamill has been with Housing NZ since December 2006 and has been acting CIO on occasions during the past three years. His most recent role has been manager of delivery services.

Transformation project leader Philippa Jones said last month that Housing NZ expected to garner net benefits of $70 million over the next three years from its transformation programme, which is now scheduled for delivery by July 31.

Last November, Computerworld reported that some staff and vendors close to the $72 million project claimed it was in trouble. The state-owned enterprise rejected their allegations.

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More bureaucracy??? So the acting CIO moves up a peg and another organisation layer is added to get another CIO??? Empire building is alive and well in the public service irrespective of what the government would have us believe.
Posted by Anonymous at 10:29:06 on March 14, 2012

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More bureaucracy??? Lets not bother with the fact ACC is a SOE and not a public sector agency as it might get in the way of an uninformed whine.
Posted by Anonymous at 22:19:30 on March 14, 2012

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More bureaucracy??? Empire building is all the public service is about. Providing services to the public? Pah!
Posted by Anonymous at 10:30:37 on March 14, 2012

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More bureaucracy??? Wonder if we can get access to their ACC files - I think there's a guy who might have that data.....:) Perhaps the government should look at breaking ACC's monopoly and get a bit more competition into the market to ensure we actually get something for our tax dollars?
Posted by Anonymous at 10:39:42 on March 14, 2012

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