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

Lucy Vickers

Chief Data Officer

Department for Health and Social Care

Liam Walsh

Chief Technology Officer

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Anaïs Reding

Chief Digital Officer

Department for Business and Trade

Shehroze Junejo

Executive Director and Chief Data Officer

UK Government Investments

Nic Granger

Chief Information Officer and Chief Finance Officer

North Sea Transition Authority

Honey Dacaney

Director General, Digital Policy

Government of Canada

Jeremy Gould

Chief Digital Officer

Homes England

Katherine Williamson

Chief Data Officer

Department for Transport

Diane Barlow

Diane Barlow, Chief Information Officer

Food Standards Agency

Simon King

Director of Public Sector AI Adoption

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Sholthana Begum

Sholthana Begum, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Director - Technology and Digital

Competition Markets Authority

Ruth Studley

Director, CDCTP Transformation and Director of CIS

Office for National Statistics

Eddie Copeland

Director

London Office of Technology and Innovation

Dr Kate Marks OBE

Director of Service Transformation

Environment Agency

Sarah Ormerod

Programme Director, Passport Transformation Programme

Home Office

Marco Salzedo

Director of Commercial and
Contract Management Capability, 
Government Commercial Function

Cabinet Office

Sarah Rose

Deputy Director, Digital Justice System

Ministry of Justice

Tim Ketton-Locke

Deputy Director of Digital Exploitation

Ministry of Defence

Dan Tippell

Deputy Director for Service Management

Home Office

Lucia Webster

Deputy Director of Government Grants Management Function

Cabinet Office

Olivia Labonté

Deputy Director Performance and Assurance

Government Digital Service 

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

Shelina Hargove

Shelina Hargove, Head of Prisons Digital

Ministry of Justice

Justin Placide

Head of Net Zero Governance, Ministerial Briefing and Fiscal Events

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Matthew Lyon

Chief Analyst

Government Digital Service

Sarah Williams

Chief Customer Officer

Westminster Council

Ade Bamigboye

Chief Technology Officer

Kensington and Chelsea Council

Chris Darriet-Jones

Chief Data Architect

Post Office 

Lee Dunn

Head of Digital and Data Profession and Scottish Digital Academy

Scottish Government

Chris Harvey

Head of Product and Services

Ministry of Defence

Corrine Richardson

Deputy Director, Head of Data Engineering

Department for Education

Emily Simons

Deputy Director DDT Incubator

Department for Education

Alexis Castillo-Soto

Group Deputy Director, Digital Mission and Transformation,

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Science Innovation and Technology

Kate Caulkin

Director of People and Operational Management Insights

National Audit Office

Simon Short

Director of Data and Analytics

Homes England

James Freed

Deputy Director, NHS Digital Academy

NHS England

Sarah Brooks

Deputy Director of Digital Capability and Engagement

Ministry of Justice

Eilidh McLaughlin

Deputy Director, Digital Ethics, Inclusion and Assurance

Scottish Government

Laura Adams-Foskett

Transformation and Programme Director, Defence Medical Services

Ministry of Defence

Ellie Moir

Ellie Moir, Deputy Director,

HM Treasury

Aravindhan Rajasekar

Principal Architect for Group Corporate Services

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Jonathan Cairns-Terry

Deputy Director of Insight Products

Care Quality Commission

Siobhan Dennehy

Deputy Director for Digital Competition, Analysis, and Smart Data

Department of Business and Trade 

Thomas Beautyman

Deputy Director, Government Digital Capability

Government Digital Service

Esra Kasapoglu

Director of AI and Digital Economy

Innovate UK

Sam Rose

Sam Rose, Deputy Director Advanced Analytics

Department for Transport

Jennifer Bruce

Head of Data Strategy and Data Governance

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Praveen Tomar

Head of Data Automation

The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets

Verity Hislop

Senior Project Manager

Digital Office for Scottish Local Government

Simon Navin

Head of Geospatial Services

Ordnance Survey

Patrick Rickles

Head of Digital Skills and Innovation

North Sea Transition Authority

Selina Holliday

Head of Digital Engagement

Greater London Authority

Heather Cover-Kus

Head of Central Government 

techUK

Andy Tyack

Deputy Director for Delivery

Department for Work and Pensions, Digital 

 

Adam Bricknell

Head of Advanced Analytics

HM Treasury 

 

Mark Gray

Chief Transformation & Technology Officer

HM Land Registry

Charles Baird

Chief Data Architect

Office for National Statistics

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.