
Where the world's leading Chief Data Officers converge
Welcome to HotTopics' global CDO Community - a hub of Chief Data Officers. This diverse and vibrant community not only ignites innovative discussions and insights, but also facilitates exceptional executive networking opportunities. Experience inspirational events, connect with peers and industry leaders from diverse regions and industries, and get recognised through our prestigious awards. Contribute to industry-defining conversations, and gain access to a wealth of thought leadership content spanning across the most relevant tech themes.
Join our CDO community today, fostering connections, inspiring action, and influencing the future of technology for a better tomorrow.
Executive networking
Connect and collaborate in our global C-suite network
Inspirational events
Fuel your innovation at transformative events
Industry insights
Access cutting-edge insights from industry leaders
Awards & recognition
Recognise excellence with our prestigious awards

Live from Abbey Road Studios
Our hybrid events welcome leaders from all over the world to set the technology agenda on a global stage.

Upcoming events
Food for Thought in Partnership with CrowdStrike
London
28 Sep 2023
The Studio - Technology Leaders
Abbey Road Studio
5 Oct 2023
What are CIO and CTO priorities for 2024?
Virtual technology meetup
4 Dec 2023
The Studio - Technology Leaders
Abbey Road Studio
23 May 2024
The Studio - Technology Leaders
Abbey Road Studio
4 Dec 2024

Awards and recognition
Designed to celebrate and acknowledge outstanding innovation and leadership within our global community of C-suite executives. At the heart of the HotTopics Awards is the power of community recognition.
Meet the HotTopics
advisory board

Alejandro Becerra
CISO, Telefonica

Alison Davis
CIO , GE Healthcare

Anna Barsby
CIO, 888 Holdings

Anna-Lisa Miller
CIO, Spectris

Avril Chester
CTO, Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Bradley Schaufenbuel
CISO, PayChex

Brian Brackenborough
CISO, C4

Catherine Buhler
CISO, Energy Australia

Charlotte Baldwin
CDIO, Costa Coffee

Christina Scott
CIO & CPO, OVO Energy

Christopher Neal
Global CISO, Ramsay Health Care

Conor Whelan
CIO, Experian

Deborah Wheeler
CISO, Delta Airlines

Donna Ross
CISO, Radian

Eileen Jennings-Brown
CIO, Exscientia

Freddie Quek
CTO, THS

George Eapen
CIO & CISO, Petrofac

Georgina Owens
CTO, William Hill International

Ian Cohen
CIO, Acacium Group

Inken Braunschmidt
Chief Innovation and Digital Officer, Halma

Itumeleng Makgati
CISO, Standard Bank Group

Joanna Drake
CIO, THG

Juan Villamil
CIO, Imperial

Lauren Walker
MD Head Data Analytics UKI Europe, Accenture Song

Les McCollum
CISO, UChicago Medical Center

Liz Banbury
CISO, Hiscox

Mark Walmsley
Global CISO, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Norma Dove-Edwin
CIO, National Grid

Paul Coby
CIO, Persimmon

Richard Newsome
Former CTO, Cancer Research UK

Robert Sheesley
Group CIO, Wrench Group
/Sarah%20Wilkinson.jpg)
Sarah Wilkinson
COO & NED, Virgin Money

Vukosi Sambo
Executive Head of Data Insights, Afrocentric Group

Sarah Wilkinson
COO, Virgin Money
.png)
Sandeep Seeripat
Global Chief Transformation and Technology Officer, Twinings

Dominic Howson
Chief Information Officer, Viridor

Jason Oliver
Chief Digital Transformation Officer, University of Sussex

Alan Boehm
Former CTO, H&M Group
What our community says

The opportunity to come together with other senior executives to network, collaborate and discuss the challenges, and opportunities facing industry in a non-competitive way is invaluable.
Lee Fulmer - Chairman - Bank of England

Genuinely beyond impressed with the HotTopics Community! Left inspired by the C-Suite Tech Leaders I had the privilege to meet as well as energized by the opportunity to participate as a panelist.
Joanna Pamphilis - CDIO - UniCredit

Meeting industry peers is a must in a hyperconnected, hyperaware, hyperfocused world. HotTopics enables exactly tha, a great community and I am proud to part of it.
Jon Buckthorp - Global Field Marketing Leader - Vodafone

HotTopics are true to their word when they say they deliver a completely different networking experience for the technology community.
Danny Attias - CDIO - London. Business School