Cochlear CIO David Hackshall leaves

Cochlear's chief information officer of over seven years, David Hackshall, has left to take up a chief digital officer role at cancer care provider Icon Group. 

Cochlear CIO David Hackshall.

A Cochlear spokesperson told iTnews that Hackshall will be replaced by Ventia’s group executive of digital Karen O'Driscoll from February 27.

Hackshall announced his departure from the implantable hearing device company in a Linkedin post yesterday. 

“Icon has seen significant growth in the past few years and I look forward to playing a part in their next phase of growth as healthcare continues to evolve on a digital stage," he wrote.

“Digital evolutions are critical to improving healthcare and I’m excited to see how we can push the boundaries to better support the patient and clinical experience."

Hackshall joined Cochlear back in 2015.

Prior to Cochlear, he was Wesfarmers Insurance's CIO for just over two years.

Cochlear’s new CIO Karen O'Driscoll has spent the past 15 years within the same group of companies: first with Transfield Services, which later became Broadspectrum, and which has since been acquired by Ventia.

She is group executive of digital at Ventia; her roles at Broadspectrum also included group director of IT and executive general manager of the project management office (PMO) and business engagement.