Business Chief Europe Magazine November 2016 | Page 42

Marc O ’ Brien CIO

Marc O ’ Brien was born and schooled in Bootle on Merseyside , and undertook a Psychology degree at University of East London . He started in IT as a trainee programmer and began his professional career as a consultant with PwC , where he worked with many multinational clients .
O ’ Brien moved to Legal & General where he eventually led the programme team that launched Legal & General Direct , an early player in the emergent ‘ digital ’ world . Moving to BAA , the airports company , he held several senior IT positions including managing the implementation of a significant Oracle implementation across all seven airports .
O ’ Brien joined the health sector in 2006 , as a member of the team that launched Spire Healthcare and joined InHealth in July 2014 . He is married with two children and a large dog . He has a particular interest in Organisational Transformation and Change Leadership .
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