The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists, also known as the Information Technologists' Company, is one of the livery companies of the City of London. The company was granted livery status by the Court of Aldermen on 7 January 1992, becoming the 100th livery company. It received its Royal Charter on 17 June 2010 from Prince Edward.

Overview

The company has over 800 members – all currently or formerly senior practitioners in the information technology industry. The Information Technologists' Company is unusual for a 'modern' (post 1926) livery company in that it has its own hall.

The company has a number of panels through which activities are organised. It has an Ethical and Spiritual Development Panel, which considers such topics as the ethical and spiritual implications of the Internet – running colloquia on that topic in the House of Lords as far back as 1997.

Working with charities

The company works with a wide range of non-profit organisations with the aim of helping them to gain the maximum benefit from their IT. Members provide pro-bono IT advice (usually at a strategic level). In addition, iT4Communities is the national IT volunteering programme, introducing volunteer IT professionals to charities needing IT help and support. iT4C was set up by the Worshipful Company in 2002 and since then has registered over 5,000 volunteers and more than 2,500 charities. iT4C has delivered over £3 million worth of support to the charity sector.

Education

Currently, the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists has a partnership with Lilian Baylis Technology School in Lambeth. Previous projects include HOLNET (the History of London on the Internet), which is now incorporated into the London Grid for Learning. In 2011, together with the Worshipful Company of Mercers (the premier livery company), they opened Hammersmith Academy.

IT profession

The company runs a Journeyman Scheme which supports young IT professionals in the early stages of their career.

Support to the armed forces

The company is affiliated with the Royal Corps of Signals, the Joint Forces Cyber Group and HMS Collingwood.

It is also affiliated with 46F (Kensington) Squadron, Air Training Corps, and Beckenham and Penge Sea Cadets.

List of recent Masters

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! Year !! Master

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| 1986/1988 || Barney Gibbens OBE

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| 1988/1989 || Robert Reid CBE

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| 1989/1990 || Alan Rousell

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| 1990/1991 || Robin Laidlaw

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| 1991/1992 || Alan A. Benjamin OBE

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| 1992/1993 || Steve Shirley OBE

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| 1993/1994 || Peter Monson

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| 1994/1995 || Sir Brian Jenkins GBE

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| 1995/1996 || Ric Gainsborough Foot OBE

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| 1996/1997 || Keith Arnold OBE

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| 1997/1998 || David Mann

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| 1998/1999 || Tricia Drakes

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| 1999/2000 || Peter Cropper

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| 2000/2001 || Sir Fredrick Crawford DL

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| 2001/2002 || John Carrington

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| 2002/2003 || Peter Morgan MBE

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| 2003/2004 || Campbell McGarvie

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| 2004/2005 || Roger Graham OBE

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| 2005/2006 || John Leighfield CBE

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| 2006/2007 || Colin Knight

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| 2007/2008 || David Morriss

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| 2008/2009 || Josephine Connell OBE DL

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| 2009/2010 || Charles Hughes

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| 2010/2011 || Ken Olisa OBE

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| 2011/2012 || Jonathan Soar

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| 2012/2013 || Michael Grant

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| 2013/2014 || Michael Webster

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| 2014/2015 || Nicholas Birtles

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| 2015/2016 || Alderman Sir David Wootton

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| 2016/2017 || Christopher Histed

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| 2017/2018 || Dr Stefan Fafinski DL

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| 2018/2019 || Lady Parmley (Wendy)

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| 2019/2020 || Ray Long CB

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| 2020/2021 || Mark Holford

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| 2021/2022 || Alistair Fulton

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| 2022/2023 || Rob Wirszycz

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| 2023/2024 || Kerri Mansfield JP

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| 2024/2025 || Gary Moore

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Company chaplain

Father Marcus Walker

Arms

References

  • Worshipful Company of Information Technologists website
  • Facebook page of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists
  • Twitter account of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists