The 2012 New Zealand CIO Awards
CIO Lifetime Contribution Award, sponsored by SAP.
Sir Ralph Norris was presented with the inaugural CIO Lifetime Contribution Award for his significant contribution to the information technology sector at a private ceremony in Auckland on 2 May 2012.
One of the handful of CIOs who have reached the top role in business enterprise Sir Ralph also pioneered a career model for information technology professionals to succeed beyond the sector.
Trained as a computer programmer at ASB in 1969, his second job, he held several roles in the bank’s IT operations. Appointed Chief Information Officer in 1986 followed by CEO and Managing Director in 1991 he also headed ASB subsidiary CBA from 1999 and was instrumental in the launch of BankDirect, the first online bank in New Zealand.
In 2002 he accepted the top job at Air New Zealand, helping rescue it from near-collapse until his appointment as CEO and managing director of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) in 2005 and retirement six years later.
The former computer programmer and techie at heart Norris once claimed in an interview one of his most rewarding moments was creating a basic maths programme to excite his son about his homework.
Since retiring last year he has agreed to join the board of Fonterra, and Origin Energy in Australia but is not seeking any more directorships at this stage, preferring to devote his time to family
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The 2012 New Zealand CIO Awards reward people and teams who have shown leadership, innovation and foresight in the ICT industry. Entries and nominations have now closed.
AWARD CATEGORIES
CIO of the Year, sponsored by
NetApp
Emerging ICT Leader of the Year (aged between 35 - 50), sponsored by
Hays IT
Executive Team of the Year - for strategic use of technology to drive business innovation, sponsored by
ClearPoint
CIO Lifetime Contribution Award, sponsor by
SAP.
Finalists will be announced late May.
The award winners will be celebrated at the
2012 CIO Summit, 25-26 June at SKYCITY Convention Centre, Auckland.
The 2012 CIO Summit, themed - "The Leadership Imperative: Business growth, agility, collaboration" - features a mix of top-level local and international speakers including Facebook CIO Tim Campos and NYSE CIO Steve Rubinow. Check out the
programme online.
CIO of the Year
Emerging ICT Leader of the Year 
Executive Team of the Year 
CIO Lifetime Contribution 
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