MY CIPP
WELCOME TO YOUR NEW CEO!
Jason Davenport MCIPP MIoD became CIPP chief executive officer (CEO), on 1 July 2023. Here, we discuss his career journey to date, and his exciting plans for the Institute, both now and in the future
M y whole career has been centred around payroll. Having said that, I’ve moved sideways within businesses and moved out to experience the next level of learning and development I was seeking at the time. To help bring that to life, I know most talk of falling into payroll. However, when I was first employed, I had the option of accounts or payroll. This was when
terms) was so broad, it interested me to learn more. I moved to Wimpey Construction, eventually moving with the civil engineering side of the business to Tarmac, who supported additional learning, so I could continue to develop and gain qualifications to support my future. Knowing payroll was where I enjoyed working the most, I then looked to join an outsourcer. I was clear with my manager
accounts were written up in massive ledgers as wide as a desk, and payroll was completed by hand on carbonised paper, with tax tables to support calculations. In the construction industry (where I started my career), the diversity of the workforce, from groundsmen and electricians to bricklayers and plumbers (and their associated joint councils, who set out working rule conditions and payments
| Professional in Payroll, Pensions and Reward | July - August 2023 | Issue 92 14
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