Our acknowledgments Our thanks go to the more than 180 CIOs, CTOs and further IT leaders from across the globe who participated in this study. In particular, we would like to thank those people who took part in a series of in-depth interviews in which they shared their insights and personal experiences of the role (listed alphabetically by company name): CIOs Darryl West Diego Calegari Alexander Gornyi Fred Swanepoel Lars Mathiesen Celso Guiotoko CIO, Barclays Group Spanish South American CIO, Mail.Ru CIO, Nedbank CIO, Nykredit Managing Director IT/ CIO Executive, IBM IS, Renault-Nissan Bruno Ménard Michael Golz Herman de Prins Philipp Erler Richard Alan Herz Group CIO, Sanofi CIO Americas, SAP CIO, UCB CIO, Zalando CIO, Zooplus Anonymous, CIO, leading Chinese insurance company Anonymous, CIO, leading Chinese telecommunications company Subject matter experts David Nichols Dave Ryerkerk Bob Sydow Tom Velema Rob Preston Bob Concannon Jonathan Becher Americas IT Global IT Advisory Americas IT EMEIA IT Advisory Editor in Chief, Partner, KornFerry CMO, SAP Transformation Leader, EY Advisory Leader, EY Leader, EY InformationWeek Leader, EY See demographics for a full overview of the research methodology.