About Us

Stuart McSkimming

Following consulting work in the UK finance sector, Stuart has worked in International Development, Strategy Design and Delivery, Software Engineering, and Senior Leadership roles within the not-for-profit sector. He has over 20 years of experience, and through working on both the support and delivery sides of organisations, he understands what makes charities work. He has also worked on several cross-charity initiatives, working to improve not just how one organisation works, but also the ecosystem

• Organisations: VSO, Shelter, Royal British Legion
• Roles: Strategy Lead, Chief Information Officer, Country Director, Programme Director, Head of Software Engineering
• Trustee: SOCITM Third Sector, Charity IT Leaders
• Awards:Stuart has three years been awarded CIO100 (2020,2021,2022)

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Stuart is a regular speaker at events:

Upcoming:

• Presenting to the board Masterclass with Philippa Hale
  Masterclass for future technology leaders in presentation skills

Previous:

• March 2024: AI for Good: Transforming Nonprofits with Microsoft Technology
  
• October 2023: Charity IT Leaders: Technology Maturity Models and Strategy
• July 2022: NCSC Webinar: How to keep your charity Cyber Safe
• December 2021: Charity IT Leaders: Raising the profile of the CIO
• October 2021: Hybrid Workplace of the future
• May 2020: Silicon Brighton: Shifting to Distributed Working
• October 2019: Charity IT Leaders: CIO Leadership Panel
• April 2019: New Statesman: Using data to tackle homelessness
• March 2019: Digital Collective: From CIO to Business Leader
• September 2018: Informatica World Tour: The Data-Driven Charity
• December 2016: UKTech50: Leadership
• May 2016: Charity Security Forum: Why security is a C-Level priority in the 3rd Sector
• February 2015: CHASE 2015: How to make Technology Deliver Real Value to your Charity
• November 2014: Civil Society Technology Conference: Reinventing project lifecycles for the digital era
• Sept 2014: IT Directors Forum: Engaging end customers - sharpening focus on a digital customer experience
• December 2013: Charity IT Leaders: Designing an organisational technology strategy
• June 2013: Computing Magazine: Enterprise of the future - what will the office of the future look like?
• June 2013: Cloud World Forum: Delivering data security in the most secure clouds
• October 2012: Charity IT Directors: Benchmarking across the sector
• November 2010: Civil Society IT Conference: Collaborative working and Shared services within Charities
• January 2010: Charity IT Directors: Shared Services for Charities