DRIVING FUNDAMENTAL ENTERPRISE CHANGE

Over the next five years, chief information officers (CIOs) in Europe will lead their companies toward fundamentally new ways of doing business. Already leaders in corporate strategy and innovation, the CIOs of 2025 will be much more heavily invested in business outcomes, with direct responsibility for generating revenue. They will work closely with other leaders to understand how business units make their money and where competitive pressures exist, using their expertise to build solutions specifically aimed at improving topline results. These are some of the key findings from a Forbes Insights survey of more than 650 CIOs from organizations with annual revenue of $1 billion or more. This brief explores this research in detail, highlighting the key opportunities European CIOs will have in the next few years and the challenges they must confront as they steer their companies toward success.