--- title: "Damian O'Gara, Kent CDIO, awarded the Catalyst Award 2020" date: 2020-09-17T09:28:00+01:00 author: Joanne Hennigan canonical_url: "https://kent.nzi.me/news-insights/damian-ogara-kent-cdio-awarded-the-catalyst-award-2020" section: Blog --- 17 Sept 2020 Events & Awards # Damian O'Gara, Kent CDIO, awarded the Catalyst Award 2020 ![Damian awarded the Catalyst Award 2020]() Please join us in saying a massive congratulations to Damian O’Gara, our CDIO, who has just been awarded The Catalyst Award 2020 for ‘CIO in Oil and Gas’ at the Global CIO Forum’s Future IT Summit 2020. Humble as ever, Damian told us “This award is dedicated to all the extremely hard working staff at Kent who have delivered major technology modernization across the group over the last two years. This comes at a time where the foundations have now been laid for the next stage in the digital journey. Thank you to Global CIO Forum and the judging panel for recognizing Kent’s digital ambition within the Oil and Energy sector”. We are proud to have, not only an industry leading, but a world-leading technology team here at Kent. Not even a global pandemic can slow them down. They continue to deliver innovation every single day. And they also happen to be the nicest bunch of people you will ever be fortunate enough to meet. Now Damian can proudly use the #iamacatalyst. Something we’ve known for a long time now. \#technologyleadership #innovation #awardwinner Share this story [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fkent.nzi.me%2Fnews-insights%2Fdamian-ogara-kent-cdio-awarded-the-catalyst-award-2020) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://kent.nzi.me/news-insights/damian-ogara-kent-cdio-awarded-the-catalyst-award-2020) [X](https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https://kent.nzi.me/news-insights/damian-ogara-kent-cdio-awarded-the-catalyst-award-2020&text=Damian%20O'Gara,%20Kent%20CDIO,%20awarded%20the%20Catalyst%20Award%202020) Related Blogs ## You might also like [![British Safety Councils International Safety Award]()](https://kent.nzi.me/news-insights/weve-been-awarded-the-british-safety-councils-international-safety-award)Events & Awards [We’ve been awarded the British Safety Council’s International Safety Award ](https://kent.nzi.me/news-insights/weve-been-awarded-the-british-safety-councils-international-safety-award)A reflection of our people’s dedication to health, safety, and wellbeing. 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