One of the best people in the industry is leaving the Financial Times to run the corporate IT, Technology and digital development teams at News UK.

Christina Scott will join News UK as Chief Technology Officer in the New Year.

Over the past 20 years she has also worked in technology at the BBC, ITV Digital and Accenture during a career of great distinction.

Christina was ranked third in the CIO 100 last year – an annual list recognising the most transformative CIOs in the UK business economy. She topped the media, leisure and entertainment category and was the only woman to be ranked in the top 20.

News UK CEO Rebekah Brooks said:

We look forward to welcoming her to The News Building where I’ve no doubt she will be a key player in our mission to renew the way we do business and harness the vast potential of the digital world to ensure sustainable success for our journalism.