Financial Times Names Its First Chief Data Officer

TheDrum: The Financial Times has appointed Tom Betts as its first chief data officer in a newly created role which will focus on the strategic use of customer data and research across the organization. Betts, who has been promoted from his current role as vice president of customer analytics and research, will head a team tasked with creating new tools to democratize the use of data across the business as well as experimenting and testing new ideas with the aim of building audiences and revenues.