Andrew Pinder
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Andrew Pinder, CBE
, lead the Office of the e-Envoy
from 2000 to 2004, reporting directly to Tony Blair
.
He held the post of Chairman of Becta
(a government agency, funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families
which oversees the e-strategy for Education and supports information and communications technology
(ICT) and e-learning
in schools and colleges) from January 2006 to January 2009.
He has held many executive posts in the public and private sector relating to IT
.
from 1969-1972 where he received a BA in Economics and Geography.
between October 2000 and August 2004, when he was responsible directly to the Prime Minister
for co-ordinating the development of the knowledge economy
in the UK.
In this role, he gave a speech at the CBI
in November 2001.
He oversaw the rushed implementation in 2001 of the Government Gateway, a project for putting all the government services on-line, which was built by Microsoft in just 15 weeks and initially locked out all browsers except Microsoft's own Internet Explorer
. He defended this by claiming that the limitation applied only to the part "which allows citizens and businesses to enrol for services. [But] once enrolled, they can submit transactions from any operating system, since XML - the language used - is totally platform independent."
The deal also involved Microsoft using UK government intellectual property
to build products for other governments in order to recoup some of the costs of building the technology. The rate of return was to the tune of 22% of their gross sales of the intellectual property, which Pinder hoped would "give us quite a lot of money". This hope was reiterated by the a minister for the Cabinet Office as late as January 2003.
Pinder appeared before the Public Accounts Committee on 13 May 2002, 12 June 2002 and 3 May 2002 where the Edward Leigh MP was "surprised by the woolly answers"
On concluding the job, he pronounced his work a success.
CBE
CBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for "Commander of the Order of the British Empire", a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Chemical and Biochemical Engineering...
, lead the Office of the e-Envoy
Office of the e-Envoy
The Office of the e-Envoy was set up by Tony Blair in 1999 and was replaced by the E-Government Unit in September 2004. A few senior members of the office joined gov3 an ICT consultancy firm for governments.The first e-Envoy was Alex Allan...
from 2000 to 2004, reporting directly to Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
.
He held the post of Chairman of Becta
Becta
Becta was a non-departmental public body ] funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, in the UK It was a charity and a company limited by guarantee. In the post-election spending review in May 2010, it was announced that Becta was to be abolished...
(a government agency, funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families
Department for Children, Schools and Families
The Department for Children, Schools and Families was a department of the UK government, between 2007 and 2010, responsible for issues affecting people in England up to the age of 19, including child protection and education...
which oversees the e-strategy for Education and supports information and communications technology
ICT (education)
Information and communication technologies in education deal with the use of information and communication technologies within educational technology.-Purpose:...
(ICT) and e-learning
E-learning
E-learning comprises all forms of electronically supported learning and teaching. The information and communication systems, whether networked learning or not, serve as specific media to implement the learning process...
in schools and colleges) from January 2006 to January 2009.
He has held many executive posts in the public and private sector relating to IT
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
.
Early life
Pinder was born in 1947. He was educated at the University of LiverpoolUniversity of Liverpool
The University of Liverpool is a teaching and research university in the city of Liverpool, England. It is a member of the Russell Group of large research-intensive universities and the N8 Group for research collaboration. Founded in 1881 , it is also one of the six original "red brick" civic...
from 1969-1972 where he received a BA in Economics and Geography.
e-Envoy
Pinder's most high profile position was as the e-EnvoyOffice of the e-Envoy
The Office of the e-Envoy was set up by Tony Blair in 1999 and was replaced by the E-Government Unit in September 2004. A few senior members of the office joined gov3 an ICT consultancy firm for governments.The first e-Envoy was Alex Allan...
between October 2000 and August 2004, when he was responsible directly to the Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
for co-ordinating the development of the knowledge economy
Knowledge economy
The knowledge economy is a term that refers either to an economy of knowledge focused on the production and management of knowledge in the frame of economic constraints, or to a knowledge-based economy. In the second meaning, more frequently used, it refers to the use of knowledge technologies to...
in the UK.
In this role, he gave a speech at the CBI
Confederation of British Industry
The Confederation of British Industry is a British not for profit organisation incorporated by Royal charter which promotes the interests of its members, some 200,000 British businesses, a figure which includes some 80% of FTSE 100 companies and around 50% of FTSE 350 companies.-Role:The CBI works...
in November 2001.
He oversaw the rushed implementation in 2001 of the Government Gateway, a project for putting all the government services on-line, which was built by Microsoft in just 15 weeks and initially locked out all browsers except Microsoft's own Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer
Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year...
. He defended this by claiming that the limitation applied only to the part "which allows citizens and businesses to enrol for services. [But] once enrolled, they can submit transactions from any operating system, since XML - the language used - is totally platform independent."
The deal also involved Microsoft using UK government intellectual property
Intellectual property
Intellectual property is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized—and the corresponding fields of law...
to build products for other governments in order to recoup some of the costs of building the technology. The rate of return was to the tune of 22% of their gross sales of the intellectual property, which Pinder hoped would "give us quite a lot of money". This hope was reiterated by the a minister for the Cabinet Office as late as January 2003.
Pinder appeared before the Public Accounts Committee on 13 May 2002, 12 June 2002 and 3 May 2002 where the Edward Leigh MP was "surprised by the woolly answers"
On concluding the job, he pronounced his work a success.
Other positions
- United UtilitiesUnited UtilitiesUnited Utilities Group PLC is the UK's largest listed water business. The Group owns and manages the regulated water and waste water network in the north west England, through it subsidiary United Utilities Water PLC , which is responsible for the vast majority of the group's assets and...
, as non-executive directorNon-executive directorA non-executive director or outside director is a member of the board of directors of a company who does not form part of the executive management team. He or she is not an employee of the company or affiliated with it in any other way...
since September 2001 - EntrustEntrustEntrust Inc. is a $100 million privately-owned software company with 350 employees. It provides identity-based security software and services in the areas of public key infrastructure , multifactor authentication, Secure Socket Layer certificates, fraud detection, digital certificates and mobile...
, as senior vice president since October 2006 and member of the board of directors since November 2004. - Spring Group, as non-executive director, in March 2005
- Intel Global Advisory Board, as member since January 2006.
Other previously held positions
- BectaBectaBecta was a non-departmental public body ] funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, in the UK It was a charity and a company limited by guarantee. In the post-election spending review in May 2010, it was announced that Becta was to be abolished...
Chair of the Board of Trustees from January 2006 to January 2009.
- CitibankCitibankCitibank, a major international bank, is the consumer banking arm of financial services giant Citigroup. Citibank was founded in 1812 as the City Bank of New York, later First National City Bank of New York...
Head of European Operations and Technology, then Head of Global Operations for Citibank’s Global Transactional Services business, between 1995 to 1999.
- Prudential Assurance, Director of Systems and Business Operations from 1990 to 1994.
- A partner in a venture capital firm and carried out a number of management consultancy assignments for the British government.
- Director of information technology at the Office of Inland RevenueInland RevenueThe Inland Revenue was, until April 2005, a department of the British Government responsible for the collection of direct taxation, including income tax, national insurance contributions, capital gains tax, inheritance tax, corporation tax, petroleum revenue tax and stamp duty...
. Employed there for 18 years until 1990.
- President at Gov3, an ICT consulting company staffed by former members of the Office of the e-EnvoyOffice of the e-EnvoyThe Office of the e-Envoy was set up by Tony Blair in 1999 and was replaced by the E-Government Unit in September 2004. A few senior members of the office joined gov3 an ICT consultancy firm for governments.The first e-Envoy was Alex Allan...
. He has since left the company.