Hopefully National would not have even considered his application for the Poorly-defined role of CTO NZ. But we will never know about that.
There were so many superbly qualified applicants, it beggars belief that Handley could have risen to the top. He has no cred in NZ ICT.
I suspect the whole thing will be dumbed down to an impotent quango, but there is a small chance Labour will see the opportunity to strengthen the science advisor role.