Laurence Millar - Chair
Laurence is an independent advisor in the use of ICT by governments, and Editor at Large for FutureGov magazine. His career has included work in the public and private sector, in the UK, USA, Asia and New Zealand.
From 2004, he led the New Zealand e-government programme providing leadership in strategy and policy, establishing a foundation of shared infrastructure, and maintaining oversight of government ICT investment; he finished in the role of NZ Government CIO on 1 May 2009.
From 1990 to 1998, he worked for the NZ government as a General Manager and as a consultant, and then continued his consulting work offshore (mainly in Asia) from 1998 to 2003. He led the strategic IT unit within PLDT (the dominant telco in the Philippines), and worked on a start-up, providing ASP and eCommerce solutions to the supply chain and distribution industries in locations from Beijing to Jakarta.
He emigrated from the UK with his family in 1983 to work for Databank Systems, having previously worked in the networking subsidiary of General Electric, focused on global banking services, and with a PC start-up.
He is married with four adult children. He became a trustee in 2009, because he feels there is a critical need for stronger leadership in the role of ICT in the community and voluntary sector, and 2020 Communications Trust is well placed to provide that leadership.