CEO named IWR Information Professional of the Year 2008

CEO named IWR Information Professional of the Year 2008

CEO Natalie Ceeney

Natalie Ceeney, Chief Executive of The National Archives, has been announced as the winner of this year's Information World Review (IWR) Professional of the Year award.

The prestigious award was presented at the recent Online Information Conference 2008, at which Natalie was speaking on the need to redefine the information and knowledge management profession.

The judges described how they had been impressed by Natalie's passion for information and the role it has to play in government.

Writing about the award, IWR Editor, Peter Williams, described The National Archives' CEO as 'a worthy winner'. Mr Williams emphasised her role in 'ensuring information professionals are able to meet the changing and complex challenges in the management and exploitation of information.'

Natalie has been Chief Executive of The National Archives since October 2005. Under her leadership, The National Archives has developed an ambitious new Vision and Strategy, which focuses on three main objectives: bringing history to life, guaranteeing the survival of today's information for tomorrow and leading and transforming information management in government.