BCS President visit

From Experience to Opportunity - lessons from leading large digital transformation projects

Wednesday 24th September 2025, 6:30 pm.

Speaker: Daljit Rehal FBCS, BCS President 2025-2026

Venue: Computershare Limited, Edinburgh House, 4 North St. Andrew Street, Edinburgh EH2 1HJ

Refreshments and networking from 6:00 pm.

This event is free of charge and open to all, though registration is required - you may not get past venue security if you do not register in advance.

Synopsis

Daljit will share his experiences and lessons learned from leading large digital transformation projects and where he sees the challenges and opportunities for our profession in the coming years.

About the speaker

Daljit Rehal FBCS MInstP MIET, BCS President 2025-2026

Daljit Rehal is HMRC’s Chief Digital and Information Officer (CDIO) and is responsible for all of the technology powering one of the biggest digitally-enabled transformations anywhere in Europe.

This year, Daljit was the voted second most influential person in UK Technology by Computer Weekly and its readers

He is senior technology and data executive with broad experience in the sector, including modernising digital capabilities, adopting Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technologies and Agile methods and leading change.

Before joining HM Revenue and Customs in September 2020, Daljit served as Global Digital and Data Services Director at Centrica. He has previously held senior positions at TalkTalk and Virgin Media.