The CDO Club gives the annual “CDO of the Year” award to inspiring digital and data leaders. The award recognizes both Chief Digital Officers (since 2013) and Chief Data Officers (since 2016), in these regions – the US, UK, EU, ANZ, and Japan:

Chief DATA Officers of the Year
2019
Yuji Yasuda Executive Officer & Chief Data Officer Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. Japan CDO of the Year 2019	Linda Avery Chief Data Officer Federal Reserve Bank of New York US CDO of the Year 2019

2018
	Anthony Scriffignano, Ph.D. SVP, Chief Data Scientist Dun & Bradstreet US CDO of the Year 2018
2017
Lauren Sager Weinstein Chief Data Officer Transport for London (TfL) UK CDO of the Year 2017	Inderpal Bhandari Global Chief Data Officer IBM US CDO of the Year 2017	Simon Bligh CEO of Dun & Bradstreet ANZ Former Chief Data Officer Veda ANZ CDO of the Year 2017
2016
	DJ Patil Former U.S. Chief Data Scientist White House Office of Science & Technology Policy US CDO of the Year 2016

Chief DIGITAL Officers of the Year
2019
Aya Komaki President/CEO & Chief Digital Officer Sanrio Entertainment Co., Ltd. Japan CDO of the Year 2019	Atif Rafiq President of Commercial and Growth MGM Resorts International (Former CDO, Volvo Cars) US CDO of the Year 2019

2018
Fred Santarpia Chief Digital Officer Condé Nast US CDO of the Year 2018	Kazuo Iwano Chief Digital Officer Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation Japan CDO of the Year 2018
2017
Sarah Wilkinson CEO NHS Digital UK CDO of the Year 2017	Koichi Narasaki Group Chief Digital Officer Sompo Holdings, Inc. Japan CDO of the Year 2017

Thomas Hjelm Chief Digital Officer NPR US CDO of the Year 2017	Clive Dickens Chief Digital Officer Seven West Media ANZ CDO of the Year 2017	Tsuguhide Nagase Chief Digital Officer L’Oréal Japan Japan CDO of the Year 2017

2016
Bertrand Bodson Chief Digital & Marketing Officer Sainsbury’s Argos UK CDO of the Year 2016	Rebekah Horne Chief Digital Officer National Rugby League AU CDO of the Year 2016	Linda Boff Chief Marketing Officer GE US CDO of the Year 2016
2015
Adam Brotman Chief Digital Officer Starbucks Coffee Company US CDO of the Year 2015	Tanya Cordrey Chief Digital Officer Guardian News & Media UK CDO of the Year 2015	Patrick Hoffstetter Chief Digital Officer Renault EU CDO of the Year 2015

2014
Rachel S. Haot Chief Digital Officer City of New York US CDO of the Year 2014	Mike Bracken Chief Digital Officer Government Digital Service UK CDO of the Year 2014
2013
Teddy Goff Digital Director Obama for America US CDO of the Year 2013

Read the articles below to learn about their achievements:

Yuji Yasuda

• Congratulations Japan 2019 Award Winners: Chief Digital Officer and Chief Data Officer of the Year!

Aya Komaki

• Congratulations Japan 2019 Award Winners: Chief Digital Officer and Chief Data Officer of the Year!

Atif Rafiq

• Atif Rafiq, President of Commercial and Growth, MGM Resorts International (former CDO, Volvo Cars) Named U.S. Chief Digital Officer of the Year 2019 by CDO Club

Linda Avery

• Linda Avery, Chief Data Officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Named US Chief Data Officer of the Year 2019 by CDO Club

Fred Santarpia

• Fred Santarpia, Former Chief Digital Officer at Condé Nast Inc., Named U.S. Chief Digital Officer of the Year 2018 by CDO Club

Anthony Scriffignano, Ph.D.

• Dun & Bradstreet’s Dr. Anthony Scriffignano Named U.S. Chief Data Officer of the Year 2018 by CDO Club

Lauren Sager Weinstein

• Transport for London’s Lauren Sager Weinstein Named U.K. Chief Data Officer of the Year 2017 by CDO Club

Inderpal Bhandari

• IBM’s Dr. Inderpal Bhandari Named U.S. Chief Data Officer of the Year 2017 by CDO Club

Simon Bligh

• Simon Bligh, Chief Executive Officer at Dun & Bradstreet ANZ Named ANZ Chief Data Officer of the Year 2017 by CDO Club

DJ Patil

• Dr. D.J. Patil, Former White House Chief Data Scientist Named First-Ever ‘Chief Data Officer of the Year’ by CDO Club

Sarah Wilkinson

• Sarah Wilkinson, CEO of NHS Digital, Named U.K. Chief Digital Officer of the Year 2017 by CDO Club

Thomas Hjelm

• NPR’s Thomas Hjelm Named US Chief Digital Officer of the Year 2017 by CDO Club

Clive Dickens

• Clive Dickens, Chief Digital Officer at Seven West Media Named ANZ Chief Digital Officer of the Year 2017 by CDO Club

Tsuguhide Nagase

• L’Oréal Japan CDO Tsuguhide Nagase Named Japan Chief Digital Officer of the Year 2017 by CDO Club Japan

Bertrand Bodson

• Bertrand Bodson, Chief Digital and Marketing Officer at Sainsbury’s Argos, Named U.K. Chief Digital Officer of the Year 2016 by CDO Club

Linda Boff

• Linda Boff Named CDO of the Year by CDO Club

Rebekah Horne

• Rebekah Horne, Chief Digital Officer at National Rugby League, named first Australian CDO of the Year by CDO Club

Patrick Hoffstetter

• EU Chief Digital Officer of the Year, Patrick Hoffstetter, on Digital Transformation at Renault [VIDEO]
  
• Renault’s Chief Digital Officer Patrick Hoffstetter Named First EU CDO of the Year 2015 by CDO Club
• Renault Chief Digital Officer Patrick Hoffstetter to keynote CDO Summit Amsterdam

Tanya Cordrey

• 5 Ways Big Organizations Can Win At Digital [VIDEO]
• CDO Club Names Guardian News and Media’s Tanya Cordrey U.K. Chief Digital Officer of the Year 2015

Adam Brotman

• CDO Club Names Starbucks Coffee Company’s Adam Brotman U.S. Chief Digital Officer of the Year 2015

Mike Bracken

• Putting the Customer First, with U.K. Chief Digital Officer of the Year Mike Bracken

Rachel Haot

• Five Steps for Improving Government and Public Engagement Through Digital Innovation, with Rachel S. Haot
• Rachel S. Haot Chief Digital Officer at New York State named CDO of the Year 2014 by CDO Club [VIDEO]

Teddy Goff

• Obama for America’s Digital Director Teddy Goff Shares Secrets of His Success at Chief Digital Officer Summit (VIDEO)

Teddy Goff named inaugural U.S. CDO of the Year 2013 by CDO Club founder David Mathison

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