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   In 2006, Holliday hired Kathy Lane, the former corporate CIO for Gillette, as National Grid's first corporate CIO.
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   Reporting directly to Holliday, Lane, along with her staff of 1,200 employees and hundreds of third-party supplementary consultants, has undertaken the challenge of changing IT from a regional structure based on the business units to one that can support the company's international growth through acquisitions.
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2. 2. National Grid - News Releases

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   National Grid has named Kathy Lane the company¿s first chief information officer covering both its U.S. and U.K. operations, effective April 1.

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   Lane, 48, is based at National Grid's office in Westborough, Mass. and is responsible for directing the company's IT requirements on a global basis.She reports to National Grid Group Deputy Chief Executive, Steve Holliday.
   
   With more than 23 years executive management experience in the IT industry, Lane joined National Grid from The Gillette Company where she served as senior vice president and chief information officer since 2002.Prior to Gillette, she held several management positions at General Electric including general manager, E-business and IT, for the company's oil and gas business in Italy; senior vice president and chief information officer for GE's Vendor Financial Services group; and manager for GE's Corporate Initiatives Group.Lane also served as director of Technology Services for Pepsi Cola International.She began her career at Proctor & Gamble, assuming increasing responsibilities in a variety of IT assignments over more than 13 years.
   
   Steve Holliday, deputy chief executive of National Grid Group in the U.K. said, "We are delighted that, following an international search, Kathy has joined us as National Grid Group's first Chief Information Officer.
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   This provides a strong platform for Kathy to develop the Group's on-going IT requirements."
   
   A recipient of the Computerworld's 2006 Premier 100 IT Leadership award, Lane is Six Sigma Greenbelt trained, a member of the Globespan Capital Partners CIO Advisory Board and a participant in the Kleiner/Perkins & Ostriker von Simson CIO Strategy Exchange.She is a member of the Commonwealth Institute (Mass.) and the Boston Club.
   
   Lane, a resident of Weston, Mass. holds a master's degree in management information systems from Rensselear Polytechnic Institute where she graduated magna cum laude.Lane also graduated magna cum laude from SUNY at Albany where she received her undergraduate degree.