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.
Andrew Western-1

Andrew Western MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transformation

Department for Work and Pensions

 

Christine Bellamy

UK Government Chief Product Officer

Government Digital Service

James Mitton

Director General, Enterprise Transformation

HM Revenue & Customs

Honey Dacanay

Director General, Digital Policy

Government of Canada

Lucy Vickers

Chief Data Officer

Department for Health and Social Care

Anaïs Reding

Chief Digital Officer

Department for Business and Trade

Liam Walsh

Chief Technology Officer

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mark Gray

Chief Transformation & Technology Officer

HM Land Registry

Katherine Williamson

Chief Data Officer

Department for Transport

Martin Waudby

Chief Data Officer

London Borough of Camden

Shehroze Junejo

Executive Director and Chief Data Officer

UK Government Investments

Nick Bolton

Chief Executive Officer

Ordnance Survey

 

Diane Barlow

Diane Barlow, Chief Information Officer

Food Standards Agency

Rich Wentel

COO and Director of Services, Public Sector Fraud Authority

Cabinet Office

Ade Bamigboye

Chief Technology Officer

Kensington and Chelsea Council

Keith Dargie

Chief Information & Digital Officer

Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS)

 

Katy Beale

Chief Delivery and Engagement Officer

Westminster City Council

Charles Baird

Chief Data Architect

Office for National Statistics

Simon King

Director of Public Sector AI Adoption

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Sarah Ormerod

Programme Director, Passport Transformation Programme

Home Office

Euan Slack

Director of Central Digital Platform

Cabinet Office

 

Laura Adams-Foskett

Transformation and Programme Director, Defence Medical Services

Ministry of Defence

Colin Shaw

Director of Service Transformation

Ministry of Justice

Nic Granger

Chief Information Officer and Chief Finance Officer

North Sea Transition Authority

Sholthana Begum

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

Competition Markets Authority

Lisa Allen

Director of Data

The Pensions Regulator

 

 

Jeremy Gould

Chief Digital Officer

Homes England

Dimitris Perdikou

Chief Engineer

HM Government

Ruth Studley

Programme Director of Workplace Transformation

Department for Work and Pensions

Sarah Williams

Chief Customer Officer

Westminster Council

Eddie Copeland

Director

London Office of Technology and Innovation

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

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

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

Julia Howes

Deputy Director of AI Adoption and Measurement

Ministry of Justice

Sam Kinsey-Briggs

Chief Scrum Master, Deputy Director People Transformation

Ministry of Defence

 

 

Dr Carla Groom

Deputy Director of Human Centred Design Science

Department for Work and Pensions

Rob Malcomson

Deputy Director of Data, Analytics and AI, 

Public Sector Fraud Authority

Cabinet Office

 

Alexis Castillo-Soto

Group Deputy Director, Digital Mission and Transformation,

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Department for Science Innovation and Technology

Chris Darriet-Jones

Chief Data Architect

Post Office 

James Freed

Deputy Director, NHS Digital Academy

NHS England

Corrine Richardson

Deputy Director, Head of Data Engineering

Department for Education

Siobhan Dennehy

Deputy Director for Digital Competition, Analysis, and Smart Data

Department of Business and Trade 

Kate Caulkin

Director of People and Operational Management Insights

National Audit Office

Andy Tyack

Deputy Director for Delivery

Department for Work and Pensions, Digital 

 

Fiona Murray

Deputy Director, Shared Services & Enterprise Resource Platform Implementation

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

 

Cathy Dutton

Deputy Director, Service Design & Delivery

Department for Education

Simon Short

Director of Data and Analytics

Homes England

Lee Dunn

Head of Digital and Data Profession and Scottish Digital Academy

Scottish Government

Sam Rose

Sam Rose, Deputy Director Advanced Analytics

Department for Transport

Esra Kasapoglu

Director of AI and Digital Economy

Innovate UK

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

Chris Harvey

Head of Product and Services

Ministry of Defence

Thomas Beautyman

Deputy Director, Government Digital Capability

Government Digital Service

Jonathan Cairns-Terry

Deputy Director of Insight Products

Care Quality Commission

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 User Centred Design 

Greater London Authority

Heather Cover-Kus

Head of Central Government 

techUK

Adam Bricknell

Head of Advanced Analytics

HM Treasury 

 

Nayyab Naqvi

Principal Technologist for AI

Government Digital Service

Paul Thomas

Head of Technology Services

Department for Business and Trade

Sarah Lyons

Head of Transformation

Ministry of Justice

 

 

Duncan Brown

Head of Software Engineering

Incubator for AI

Lara Pullen

Innovation Programme Delivery Manager

HM Treasury

 

 

Meera Nayyar

Head of Passenger Experience

Department for Transport

 

 

Patrick Haston

Head of Cloud Transformation

Cabinet Office

 

 

Caity Rice

Caity Rice

Head of Data Access and Platforms

Department of Health and Social Care

Craig Martin

Fraud Analytics Lead & Head of Programme

Cabinet Office

 

 

Professor Eldrid Jordaan

CEO 

Supple PLC

 

Sumitra Varma

Head of Engineering

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Wendy Stubbs

Wendy Stubbs

Head of Advanced Customer Support Transformation

Department for Work and Pensions

 

Shabeih Bukhari

AI Product & Deliver Manager

National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority

 

Richard Meeus, Senior Director Security Technology and Strategy, EMEA_Akamai

Senior Director Security Technology and Strategy, EMEA

Akamai

 

Karl Hampson_Chief Technology Officer, Data & AI_Valtech

Karl Hampson      

Chief Technology Officer,

Data & AI 

Valtech

 

Bella Copland_Principal Strategist & Public Sector Strategy Lead_Valtech

Bella Copland       

Principal Strategist and Public Sector Strategy Lead

Valtech

 

Ed Pikett Chief Digital Officer_RedRock Consulting

Ed Pikett

Chief Digital Officer

RedRock Consulting

 

James Stirling Client Director_RedRock Consulting

James Stirling

Client Director

RedRock Consulting

 

 

Shahbaz Ahmed, Founder and CEO Starlight

Shahbaz Ahmed

Founder and CEO

Starlight

 

 

Chris Bloomfield, Field CTO, Hyperscience

Chris Bloomfield

Field CTO

Hyperscience 

 

Stephen Allcock, UK Public Sector Lead, Hyperscience

Stephen Allcock

UK Public Sector Lead

Hyperscience 

Sarah Doherty-David, Client Director_Grayce

Sarah Doherty-David

Client Director

Grayce

 

Danni McCarter, Client Director_Grayce

Danni McCarter

Client Director 

Grayce

 

Fiona McAdoo, Transformation Director at Oracle, fiona.mcadoo@oracle.com

Fiona McAdoo

Transformation Director

Oracle

Matt Lamb_ Head of Design & Innovation_Kainos

Matt Lamb

Head of Design & Innovation

Kainos

 

Claire Thomas_Public Sector Business Development Director_Kainos (2)

Claire Thomas

Public Sector Business Development Director

Kainos

_Jamie Watson_hitachi solutions

Jamie Watson

Jamie Watson

Commercial Director, UK Government

Hitachi Solutions

Emma Charles, Industry Director - Central Government_hitachi solutions

Emma Charles

Industry Director - Central Government 

Hitachi Solutions

Mark Dunwell UK & US Head of Public Sector clarasys

Mark Dunwell

UK & US Head of Public Sector

Clarasys

 

Natasha Porter Service Transformation Lead clarasys

Natasha Porter

Service Transformation Lead

Clarasys

 

Dan Wingrove_hyland_solution Consulting Manager

Dan Wingrove      

Solution Consulting Manager

Hyland

 

Graham Lewis  hyland_Regional Manager - EMEA North

Graham Lewis    

Regional Manager - EMEA North

Hyland

Steve Holyer _informatica_Data Platform Leader

Steve Holyer

Data Platform Leader

Informatica

 

Paul Pitman_informatica_Public Sector - Account Directorh

Paul Pitman

Public Sector - Account Director

Informatica

Daniel Wijnans_multiversecomputing_ Senior Business Development Manager Public Sector

Daniel Wijnans      

Senior Business Development Manager, Public Sector

Multiverse Computing

Chris Royles_ Field CTO Cloudera

Chris Royles

Field Chief Technology Officer

Cloudera 

James Underhill_cloudera_Senior Government Account Director

James Underhill

Senior Government Account Director

Cloudera

 

Nico Iannotti_eightfold_Manager_Solution Consulting

Nico Iannotti

Manager, Solution Consulting 

Eightfold

 

 

Dan Rawding_eightfold_Strategic Accounts - EMEA

Dan Rawding

Strategic Accounts - EMEA

Eightfold

 

 

Kayliegh Sugden

 Client Director
 
Hippo Digital

Elisse Jones

 Principal Delivery Lead
 
Hippo Digital

Edward Gash

UK Public Sector Practice Lead
 
Mobilise Cloud

 

_Sally Murdoch, Global Demand Generation Director, Unit 4

Sally Murdoch

Global Demand Generation Director
 
Unit 4
 

 

_Nancy Guttridge, Product Marketing Lead, Unit 4

Nancy Guttridge

Product Marketing Lead
 
Unit 4
 

 

Ben Gilbert

Client Executive
 
Oracle 
 

 

Matthew Payne

Regional Director, Public Sector & Financial Services, EMEA,
 
Akamai 

 

Ed Weaver

Digital Transformation Strategist, Regulated Industries
 
Adobe

 

Josh Allen

Head of Healthcare,
 
Adobe Digital Experience, UKI

 

Alastair Williamson-Pound, Chief Technology Officer, Mercartor IT Services

Alastair Williamson-Pound

Chief Technology Officer
 
Mercartor IT Services

 

Jon Rimmer

Chief Experience Officer
 
Mercator IT Services

 

 Giles Hartwright

Associate partner
 
IBM

 

Mark Goossens

Managing Director, Head of Public Sector Sales,
 
IBM

 Miles Gabriel

Head of Business Development
 
Esri
 

Tom Button

Customer Success Manager
 
Esri
 
 

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.