13 Dec 2018: The NSW government has appointed Westpac executive Mark Lenzner as its new IT procurement chief. Lenzner will take over from Shae Howard, who has been acting in the position since Tony Ritchie left to become the Department of Finance, Services and Innovation’s (DFSI) new chief information officer. He will take charge of NSW’s IT procurement operations, including developing and implementing procurement reforms and modernising government procurement platforms.