named in the ‘top 10’ at CIO Magazine’s CIO-100 Awards. Charlene Li, co-author of Groundswell and founder of Altimeter, became Chief Research Officer. Rina Ladva joined the firm as Head of Alliances, Platforms and Products, making the move from Microsoft. And Tracey Countryman took on the role of Head of Markets, joining PA from Accenture. Also in 2022, PA established The PA Foundation, committing £10 million over five years to support disadvantaged groups globally. The company has also said its people will volunteer their skills and experience, working alongside the Foundation. The Foundation is chaired by Anita Chandraker, a former PA Partner and Board Director who retired from the company in 2021 after more than 20 years there. Technology and innovation PA has a strong focus on technology dating back to its work with the earliest computers in the 1950s. Its Global Innovation and Technology Centre, designed by Richard Rogers and founded by Professor Gordon Edge in 1970, helped create the Cambridge Phenomenon where the city became a centre for the UK’s technological companies. Innovations developed at the centre over the past 50 years include: the original brushless servo motor; medical injectors that mean the patient does not need to see the needle; a self-monitoring device for people with diabetes that measures blood glucose levels; micrometers; and 4G wireless test equipment. During the Iraq War, PA developed the "Panama System" to protect UK troops from improvised explosive devices, winning the Management Consultancies Association's top prize for innovation. More recently, the Centre has made several significant advances in sustainability. It designed a prototype electric vehicle charging point that aims to be “as recognisable as the red post box or black cab” with the Royal College of Art for the UK Government; developed the manufacturing equipment needed to mass produce edible water bottles for Notpla; and helped build the world’s biggest battery in California with Vistra Energy. PA ventures PA's venture programme (PA Group Ventures) was established in 2000 to exploit the ideas and intellectual capital generated from its consulting work. Ventures include a third-generation mobile phone business called UbiNetics that was sold for a total of $133 million in 2005; and Meridica – a drug delivery system company – that was sold to Pfizer for $125 million in 2004. PA demerged its venture arm, Ipex Capital, in June 2008. Other recent ventures include: Exacsys, which develops solutions to improve Point of