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Angela Morrison has been CIO of Direct Line Group (DLG) – formerly known as RBS Insurance – for four years, managing Business Technology Services, which shapes, builds, runs and governs IT for DLG. Insurance was a new sector for Morrison, having previously spent over 18 years in food retail and IT, 10 of which were at director level and included being a member of Sainsbury’s operating board, where she was responsible for the insourcing of the IT function and its subsequent transformation to support the business’s recovery plans. 

Morrison started her career in a software house and spent seven years in IT/business consulting before joining Asda, where she held a number of director roles, including establishing its home delivery grocery business, being CIO during the transition of systems from Asda to Wal-Mart and latterly as European strategy director for Wal-Mart.