NETWORKING & THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Leaders' Night

100 senior leaders from across central and local government gather for our closed-door networking drinks and dinner discussion at the historic Church House in Westminster.

6:00 PM

Arrival & Networking Drinks

Unwind on the balcony overlooking Westminster Abbey 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.

9:00 PM

Carriages

 

6:45 PM

Keynote Address:

The Road Ahead, by Christine Bellamy, Chief Product Officer, HM Government.

8:15 PM

Leaders' Panel

State of Digital Leadership in Government: From Technology to Transforming Outcomes

Panellists:
  • Honey Dacanay, Director General, Digital Policy, Government of Canada
  • Julian David, CEO, TechUK
  • Nick Bolton, CEO, Ordnance Survey.

6:00 PM

Arrival & Networking Drinks

Unwind on the balcony overlooking Westminster Abbey with your government colleagues.

6:45 PM

Keynote Address:

The Road Ahead, by Christine Bellamy, Chief Product Officer, HM Government.

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

State of Digital Leadership in Government: From Technology to Transforming Outcomes

Panellists:
  • Honey Dacanay, Director General, Digital Policy, Government of Canada
  • Julian David, CEO, TechUK
  • Nick Bolton, CEO, Ordnance Survey.

9:00 PM

Carriages

 

LEADERS' NIGHT

Attendees

Christine Bellamy

Chief Product Officer

HM Government

Rizwana Parveen

Director/SRO, Fraud, Error & Debt Transformation Programmes

Department for Work and Pensions

Simon King

Director of Public Sector AI Adoption

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Shehroze Junejo

Executive Director and Chief Data Officer

UK Government Investments

Honey Dacanay

Director General, Digital Policy

Government of Canada

Katherine Williamson

Chief Data Officer

Department for Transport

Marco Salzedo

Director of Commercial and
Contract Management Capability, 
Government Commercial Function

Cabinet Office

Eddie Copeland

Director

London Office of Technology and Innovation

Dr Kate Marks OBE

Director of Service Transformation

Environment Agency

Tim Ketton-Locke

Deputy Director of Digital Exploitation

Ministry of Defence

Lucia Webster

Deputy Director of Government Grants Management Function

Cabinet Office

Olivia Labonté

Deputy Director of Performance and Assurance

Government Digital Service 

Martin Waudby

Chief Data Officer

London Borough of Camden

Richard Baines

Deputy Director, Digital Delivery

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Matthew Lyon

Chief Analyst

Government Digital Service

Ivana Gordon

Deputy Director of Government Commercial and Grants Services

Cabinet Office

Shelina Hargove

Shelina Hargove, Head of Prisons Digital

Ministry of Justice

Tina Churcher

Chief Delivery Officer

The Driving Standards Agency

Justin Placide

Head of Net Zero Governance, Ministerial Briefing and Fiscal Events

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Chris Darriet-Jones

Chief Data Architect

Post Office 

Ade Bamigboye

Chief Technology Officer

Kensington and Chelsea Council

Lee Dunn

Head of Digital and Data Profession and Scottish Digital Academy

Scottish Government

James Freed

Deputy Director, NHS Digital Academy

NHS England

Emily Simons

Deputy Director DDT Incubator

Department for Education

Sarah Brooks

Deputy Director of Digital Capability and Engagement

Ministry of Justice

Eilidh McLaughlin

Deputy Director, Digital Ethics, Inclusion and Assurance

Scottish Government

Ellie Moir

Ellie Moir, Deputy Director,

HM Treasury

Esra Kasapoglu

Director of AI and Digital Economy

Innovate UK

Jonathan Cairns-Terry

Deputy Director of Insight Products

Care Quality Commission

Sam Rose

Sam Rose, Deputy Director Advanced Analytics

Department for Transport

Simon Navin

Head of Geospatial Services

Ordnance Survey

Patrick Rickles

Head of Digital Skills and Innovation

North Sea Transition Authority

Heather Cover-Kus

Head of Central Government 

techUK

Andy Tyack

Deputy Director for Delivery

Department for Work and Pensions

Adam Bricknell

Head of Advanced Analytics

HM Treasury

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.