QA, Global. The world-leading provider of digital and tech skills, has further strengthened its executive team with the appointment Katie Nykanen, who has been appointed Group CTO. Katie brings extensive experience of building market-shaping digital services for a global customer base. Katie joins from Adstream, a leading digital asset management platform used by brands and agencies, where she spent nine years managing the global technology function. She has over 20 years’ industry experience, was named female CTO of the Year in 2019 and placed #16 on the CIO 100 list, a list which recognises transformational and disruptive CIOs. Katie will lead QA’s group technology function. “After just a few conversations it became clear that the digital and tech skills sector is a really exciting place to be right now,” she said. “Having experienced the challenges of hiring and retaining a quality tech team for the past few years, I feel really excited by what QA can do to help organisations build a sustainable and diverse global technology workforce for the future.”