Mike Stone (defence), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mike Stone (defence)

Army officer, CIO

Date of Birth: 02-Mar-1953

Place of Birth: Burton upon Trent, England, United Kingdom

Profession: chief operating officer

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Brigadier Michael John "Mike" Stone (born 2 March 1953) is a retired British Army officer, former Director of Information of the British Army and former Chief Information Officer of the Ministry of Defence.
He is currently the Global Head of Government Technology Transformation at KPMG.
In 2015, Stone made the UKtech50, where he was ranked the 12th most influential person in the UK IT Sector.Stone was commissioned into the Duke of Wellington's Regiment in 1976, and his first tour of duty was in Northern Ireland as a platoon commander.
This was followed by tours in Germany, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Kenya, Norway, Canada and the United States throughout his 26-year military career.
In 2002, Stone retired from the army and joined BT Group at director level.
Three years later he was appointed Chief Operating Officer of BT International, then further promoted to President of Service Design and CIO of BT Global Services.
Stone remained in the telecoms industry until 2012, when he led a serco bid to secure the £36million DBS contract being outsourced by the MoD.
In March 2012, it was confirmed the bid had succeeded and Stone was subsequently appointed CEO of Defence Business Services.
On 2 May 2014, it was announced that Stone was to be taking over from Yvonne Ferguson as CIO of the MoD.