Tiffany Margaret Hall (born 24 April 1963) is a British engineer who has had a career in broadcast engineering and information technology.

Tiffany Margaret Hall
Born (1963-04-24) 24 April 1963 (age 61)
NationalityBritish
Known forSoftware Engineer

Early life edit

The granddaughter of Margaret Anderson (indexer), Hall attended Walthamstow Hall and Durham University, gaining a BSc in Maths with Computing.[1]

Career edit

Tiffany Hall is Chief Information Officer of Cancer Research UK[2]

In October 2019 Hall was appointed Chair of Ada, the National College for Digital Skills[3]

Hall has been addressing UK digital skills with e-skills uk, as a STEM ambassador[4][5] and by working with department for digital, culture, media and sport on the Tech Talent Charter around diversity in UK tech.[6]

Hall worked at the BBC in IT and broadcast engineering roles including as CIO.[7] Her earlier career was spent in IT roles with Royal Dutch Shell.

From 2003 to 2006, Hall was also a Director of the Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit.

Awards edit

Hall was awarded CIO of the Year at the UK's 2019 Women in IT Awards[8][9] Hall was placed in the top ten of the 2019 UK CIO 100 Awards [10]

References edit

  1. ^ "Hall in Durham University's alumni Class notes".
  2. ^ Macaulay, Thomas. "Cancer Research UK CIO Tiffany Hall describes her award-winning work". CIO UK.
  3. ^ Skills, Ada National College for Digital (23 October 2019). "Ada Appoints Tiffany…". Ada, the National College for Digital Skills.
  4. ^ "e-skills UK insights report" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Hall commenting on apprenticeships in Computer Weekly".
  6. ^ "Tech Partnership paper".
  7. ^ "BBC - Press Office - BBC appoints Tiffany Hall as Chief Information Officer". www.bbc.co.uk.
  8. ^ Today, Charity (13 February 2019). "Cancer Research UK CIO wins award".
  9. ^ "The winners of the Women in IT Awards 2019 UK are revealed!". 31 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Top CIOs in the UK in 2019 - CIO 100 | CIO UK". www.cio.co.uk.