Pooja Bagga joins the Guardian from Royal Mail Group where she has been leading IT initiatives since 2017
Bagga is an accomplished leader with over 25 years’ experience and is renowned for driving high-impact, complex transformations across business and technology. She joins the Guardian from Royal Mail Group where she has successfully led a number of large scale, multi-year transformation programmes since joining in 2017.
Prior to joining Royal Mail Bagga led ERP transformation, merger and acquisition activities and cross company integrations at British Airways, Transport for London (TfL) and IAG.
In her new role she will be responsible for leading the Guardian’s corporate technology and data strategy. Pooja will report directly to chief executive officer, Anna Bateson.
Bateson said: “Pooja is a well respected leader in technology and business, with an impressive track record of delivering complex digital transformation projects, making her ideally suited to this role. We are looking forward to welcoming her to the Guardian.”
Bagga added: “I’ve admired Guardian journalism for many years. I am thrilled to be stepping into this new role and look forward to building on existing capabilities and the success of the team.”
