Leader's Night | Government Transformation Summit

NETWORKING & THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Leaders' Night | 24 June 2026

100 senior leaders from across central and local government gather for our closed-door networking drinks and dinner discussion in the heart of Westminster. Please note that registrations for the Leader's Night are not yet open.

6:00 PM

Arrival & Networking Drinks

Unwind with your government colleagues.

7:15 PM

Keynote Address

9:00 PM

Carriages

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Dinner

Take your seats and enjoy a three-course dinner with fellow public sector colleagues.

8:15 PM

Leaders' Panel

Digital Leadership in Government.

6:00 PM

Arrival & Networking Drinks

Unwind with your government colleagues.

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Dinner

Take your seats and enjoy a three-course dinner with fellow public sector colleagues.

7:15 PM

Keynote Address

8:15 PM

Leaders' Panel

Digital Leadership in Government.

9:00 PM

Carriages

LEADERS' NIGHT

2025 Attendees

At the last Summit, we were joined at Leaders' Night by 100+ Senior Civil Servants from across the UK public sector

Christine Bellamy

UK Government Chief Product Officer

Government Digital Service

Joanna Rowland

Director General, Customer Services Group

Home Office

Emran Mian

Director General, Digital Technologies and Telecoms

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

James Mitton

Director General, Enterprise Transformation

HM Revenue & Customs

Liam Walsh

Chief Technology Officer

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nick Bolton

Chief Executive Officer

Ordnance Survey

Julian David

Chief Executive Officer

TechUK

Shehroze Junejo

Executive Director and Chief Data Officer

UK Government Investments

Honey Dacanay

Director General, Digital Policy

Government of Canada

Keith Dargie

Chief Information & Digital Officer

Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS)

Katherine Williamson

Chief Data Officer

Department for Transport

Tom Smith

Director and Chief Data Officer

Deputy Prime Minister's Data Unit

Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

Simon King

Director of Public Sector AI Adoption

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Rizwana Parveen

Director/SRO, Fraud, Error & Debt Transformation programmes

Department for Work and Pensions

Laura Adams-Foskett

Transformation and Programme Director, Defence Medical Services

Ministry of Defence

Colin Shaw

Director of Service Transformation

Ministry of Justice

Ruth Studley

Programme Director of Workplace Transformation

Department for Work and Pensions

Esra Kasapoglu

Director of AI and Digital Economy

Innovate UK

Eddie Copeland

Director

London Office of Technology and Innovation

Simon Short

Director of Data and Analytics

Homes England

Jeremy Gould

Chief Digital Officer

Homes England

Tina Churcher

Chief Delivery Officer

The Driving Standards Agency

Martin Waudby

Chief Data Officer

London Borough of Camden

Matthew Lyon

Chief Analyst

Government Digital Service

Euan Slack

Director of Central Digital Platform

Cabinet Office

John Fitzpatrick

Director for Digital Operations

Government Digital Service

Sarah Williams

Chief Customer Officer

Westminster Council

Ade Bamigboye

Chief Technology Officer

Kensington and Chelsea Council

Lee Dunn

Head of Digital and Data Profession and Scottish Digital Academy

Scottish Government

Leaders' Night Partners

Our Sponsors are leading authorities in transformation, service excellence, and digital delivery. We're proud to be supported by companies who share our commitment to the public good.

Making a Difference

We are grateful to the members of our Leaders' Network - a group of exceptional public sector practitioners and thought leaders from the UK public sector and around the world - for their active counsel and support of our mission to enable transformational government outcomes.