David Cooper

Biography

David Cooper was appointed as Non-Executive Director at HMRC in May 2021, and is an experienced CIO and business transformation leader.

His previous role in Mitie, as the Chief Transformation and Technology Officer, saw him responsible for both the group technology function and the company shared services functions. Prior to that David was the Group CIO for Centrica and British Gas, driving efficiencies and new technology solutions.

Earlier career highlights, as a CIO, focused on the consolidation of IT systems and processes of several acquired companies for TalkTalk and being an early employee of mobile operator 3UK where he was Chief Operations and Technology Officer running customer service, retentions and debt management functions alongside his IT and technology role.

David holds a PhD in Physics, began his working life in research with BT and has facilitated connections between education and industry as a visiting professor at Royal Holloway University.