Recent years have seen a recasting of the role of the CIO, yet amid this growing prominence of technology and its leaders, many organisations now face current or looming succession challenges. Interviews with Caroline Sands, partner and head of CIO & technology officers practice at global executive search firm Odgers Berndtson; Patrick Knight, a technology and transformation expert who’s held CIO roles at TUI, Rentokil Initial and Travis Perkins; and Danny Attias, chief digital and information officer at blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan and the UK’s number one ranked CIO for 2021.