2026 Speakers & Co-Hosts

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

James Mitton

Director General, Enterprise Transformation

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Lucy Vickers

Chief Data Officer

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Simon Price

Director of Insight, AI & Innovation

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Annette Southgate

Head of S&T and ACE (Accelerated Capability Environment)

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Nisha de Silva

Programme Director of BOLD (Better Outcomes through Linked Data)

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Ade Bamigboye

Chief Technology Officer

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Jane Brine

Deputy Director for Bereavement Service and Tax Credits Operations

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2025 Speakers & Co-Hosts

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Andrew Western MP

Minister 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

Tina Churcher

Chief Delivery Officer

The Driving Standards Agency

Chris Darriet-Jones

Chief Data Architect

Post Office 

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.