NETWORKING & THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Leaders' Night | Monday 23 June

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' NETWORK

Speakers & Co-Hosts

Government Transformation Summit brings together senior executives from across central and local government in a unique, award-winning discussion table format.

Christine Bellamy

UK Government Chief Product Officer

Government Digital Service

Emran Mian

Director General, Digital Technologies and Telecoms
 
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
 

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

Rizwana Parveen

Director/SRO, Fraud, Error & Debt Transformation programmes

Department for Work and Pensions

Colin Shaw

Director of Transformation

Ministry of Justice

 

 

Laura Adams-Foskett

Transformation and Programme Director, Defence Medical Services

Ministry of Defence

Dr Kate Marks OBE

Deputy Director

Environment Agency

Sarah Rose

Deputy Director, Digital Justice System

Ministry of Justice

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 Performance and Assurance

Government Digital Service 

Carla Groom

Deputy Director and Head of Human Centred Design

Department for Work and Pensions

Madelaine Simpkin

Deputy Director, Corporate Transformation

Department for Work and Pensions

Richard Baines

Deputy Director, Digital Delivery

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Ivana Gordon

Deputy Director of Government Commercial and Grants Services

Cabinet Office

Tina Churcher

Chief Delivery Officer

The Driving Standards Agency

Martin Waudby

Chief Data Officer

London Borough of Camden

Fiona Murray

Deputy Director, Shared Services & Enterprise Resource Platform Implementation

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

Shelina Hargove

Shelina Hargove, Head of Prisons Digital

Ministry of Justice

Matthew Lyon

Chief Analyst

Government Digital Service

Euan Slack

Director of Central Digital Platform

Cabinet Office

 

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

Alexis Castillo-Soto

Group Deputy Director, Digital Mission and Transformation,

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Department for Science Innovation and Technology

Eilidh McLaughlin

Deputy Director, Digital Ethics, Inclusion and Assurance

Scottish Government

Aravindhan Rajasekar

Principal Architect for Group Corporate Services

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Andy Tyack

Deputy Director for Delivery

Department for Work and Pensions, Digital 

 

Jenny Sime

Deputy Director

Cabinet Office

Rob Malcomson

Deputy Director of Data, Analytics and AI, 

Public Sector Fraud Authority

Cabinet Office

 

Thomas Beautyman

Deputy Director, Government Digital Capability

Government Digital Service

Julia Howes

Deputy Director of AI Adoption and Measurement

Ministry of Justice

Fiona Murray

Deputy Director, Shared Services & Enterprise Resource Platform Implementation

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

 

Jonathan Cairns-Terry

Deputy Director of Insight Products

Care Quality Commission

Simon Navin

Head of Geospatial Services

Ordnance Survey

Patrick Rickles

Head of Digital Skills and Innovation

North Sea Transition Authority

Justin Placide

Head of Net Zero Governance, Ministerial Briefing and Fiscal Events

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Selina Holliday

Head of User Centred Design 

Greater London Authority

Heather Cover-Kus

Head of Central Government 

techUK

Adam Bricknell

Head of Advanced Analytics

HM Treasury 

 

Verity Hislop

Senior Project Manager

Digital Office for Scottish Local Government

Duncan Brown

Head of Software Engineering

Incubator for AI

Sarah Lyons

Head of Transformation

Ministry of Justice

 

 

Lara Pullen

Innovation Programme Delivery Manager

HM Treasury

 

 

Meera Nayyar

Head of Passenger Experience

Department for Transport

 

 

Craig Martin

Fraud Analytics Lead & Head of Programme

Cabinet Office

 

 

Claire Donaldson

Innovation Hub Co-Founder and Lead
 
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
 

 

 

Gus Tugendhat

Founder

Tussell

Chris Page

AI Research Engineer

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

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.