Andrew Hardie has seen the ICT business from all sides, having been technical director of an SME ICT manufacturing company, sales director of an ICT reseller and managing director of a software and consulting company. For the last twenty years, he has been an international consultant in the public sector, working for seven parliaments, eight UK government departments, two local authorities, a major political party, the Royal Household and the Council of Europe. Andrew is a member of the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee and an active participant in the work of EURIM, the Information Society Alliance. He is a Chartered Fellow of the BCS and a Fellow of IMIS.