Many congratulations to Dr Martin Read, who became a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (i.e. CBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list, for services to the Public Sector and to Business. Since leaving Logica in 2007, Read has hardly let the grass grow under his feet. He led the UK Government review of back office operations and IT across the public sector and now sits on the board of Francis Maude’s Government Efficiency and Reform Group. Read has a number of NED positions and acts as senior advisor to India-based IT services firm, HCL.
Kudos, too, for Nicholas Robertson, the Woking-born chief executive of hugely successful online fashion retailer (and Prince’s Trust Patron) ASOS.com. He gets an OBE for services to the fashion industry.