BCS President visit - lessons from leading large digital transformations

SPEAKER

Daljit Rehal FBCS, BCS President 2025-2026

AGENDA

18:00 - Arrive, refreshments and networking

18:30 - Start of talk

19:30 - Q&A

20:00 - Close

SYNOPSIS

BCS President Daljit Rehal will share his experiences and lessons learned from leading large digital transformation projects and where he sees the challenges and opportunities for our profession in the coming years.

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY

Daljit Rehal is HMRC’s Chief Digital and Information Officer (CDIO) and is responsible for all of the technology powering one of the biggest digitally-enabled transformations anywhere in Europe.

This year, Daljit was the voted second most influential person in UK Technology by Computer Weekly and its readers He is senior technology and data executive with broad experience in the sector, including modernising digital capabilities, adopting Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technologies and Agile methods and leading change.

Before joining HM Revenue and Customs in September 2020, Daljit served as Global Digital and Data Services Director at Centrica. He has previously held senior positions at TalkTalk and Virgin Media.

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