The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists, also known as the Information Technologists' Company, is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. The Company was granted livery status by the Court of Aldermen on 7 January 1992, becoming the 100th Livery Company. It received its Royal Charter on 17 June 2010 from Prince Edward.
The Company has over 760 members — all currently or formerly senior practitioners in the information technology industry. The Information Technologists' Company is unusual for a 'modern' (post 1926) livery company in that it has its own hall. The hall is located on Bartholomew Close, near to Barbican tube station, and was bought largely thanks to the generosity of Dame Stephanie Shirley and others. Prominent members of the Company include Tim Berners-Lee, Vint Cerf, Bill Gates, Mike Lynch and several past Presidents of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.
The Company ranks 100th in the order of precedence for the City Livery Companies. Its motto is Cito, meaning 'swiftly' in Latin, a word which also incorporates the initials of the Company of Information Technologists. The 2010–11 Company Master was Ken Olisa, who succeeded Charles Hughes. The 2011–12 Master was Jonathan Soar.
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