Financial Times appoints first chief technical officer after John O’Donovan’s departure last year

The Financial Times has promoted director of platforms John Kundert to chief technical officer, the first under Cait O’Riordan’s leadership following the exit of John O’Donovan in June last year.
Kundert was formerly director of platforms at the FT, and was instrumental in establishing the FT’s data platform and forming the backbone of the newsbrand’s set of data capabilities. He has been with the media company since 2002.
There are no plans to immediately fill Kund