Tiffany Margaret Hall (born 24 April 1963) is a British

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who has had a career in broadcast engineering and information technology.

Early life

The granddaughter of

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, Hall attended

Walthamstow Hall Walthamstow Hall is an independent day school for girls in the centre of Sevenoaks, Kent, England. History Walthamstow Hall was founded in 1838 and is one of the oldest all-girl independent schools in the country. It was founded as an inter-d ...

and

Durham University , mottoeng = Her foundations are upon the holy hills (Psalm 87:1) , established = (university status) , type = Public , academic_staff = 1,830 (2020) , administrative_staff = 2,640 (2018/19) , chancellor = Sir Thomas Allen , vice_chan ...

, gaining a BSc in Maths with Computing.

Career

Tiffany Hall is Chief Information Officer of Cancer Research UK In October 2019 Hall was appointed Chair of

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Hall has been addressing UK digital skills with

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, as
STEM ambassador
and by working with department for digital, culture, media and sport on th
Tech Talent Charter
around diversity in UK tech. Hall worked at the

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in IT and broadcast engineering roles including as CIO. Her earlier career was spent in IT roles with

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. From 2003 to 2006, Hall was also a Director of the Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit.

Awards

Hall was awarded CIO of the Year at the UK's 201
Women in IT Awards
Hall was placed in the top ten of the 2019 UK CIO 100 Awards

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Tiffany 1963 births BBC people Living people 21st-century British women engineers 21st-century British engineers Alumni of Trevelyan College, Durham