I am Juan Villamil, the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Imperial.

I lead the College's Information and Communications Technology function.  This is a world-class technology services organisation that partners with the faculties, students, staff and alumni to advance research, science, engineering, medicine and business in support of the College’s mission to deliver benefits to society.

My Information and Communications Technology team manages and supports: enterprise business applications, collaboration technology, data infrastructure, business intelligence, network engineering, telecommunications, web services, client services, research computing, cyber security and the Technology Office.

I lead the ICT Strategy and implement the business plan to ensure ICT is part of the fabric of the College and that we are enabling the ambitions of the College.

Contact me - If you are College staff member and you would like to 'Talk Tech' with me, you can arrange a time via this form.

Work history

I previously served as the Chief Technology Officer at the Department for Work and Pensions and BT Sport.

I was a Senior Manager at Accenture in the Communications and High-Tech part of the business. This is my first role in Higher Education, which I am really excited about.

My qualifications include a BSc (Hons) in Applied Computing, an MSc in Information Technology Security, an Executive MBA from Imperial College London and an MPLA from the Said Business School (University of Oxford).