Rachel Higham, is the chief information officer at advertising company WPP. Higham joined WPP in December 2020 to lead the creation of a new global IT organisation and a multi-year digital transformation programme. Over the past 25 years, Higham has served in technology leadership and transformation roles at major corporations and financial institutions including M&S Money, HSBC, ACE Group, and has worked across a number of geographies.
Higham is passionate about building diverse teams and inclusive cultures and giving backthrough volunteering. She has been named as one of the top 30 global executives driving gender equality by Heroes, an organisation spotlighting women in the workplace. She has also been named one of the top ten inspirational leaders at the 2020 British LGBT awards. Higham serves as board chair of Fact, a digital and immersive arts charity in the United Kingdom, and is currently a trustee of cancer support charity Macmillan.