Speakers

Government Transformation Summit sits you alongside our speakers as these Civil Service leaders and industry experts share their experience, thoughts on the future, and answer your questions. Who are you going to connect with and learn from?

November 2023

Vidya ShankarNarayan

Assistant Deputy Minister & CIO

Co-Host

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Jennifer Brooker

Chief Data Architect

Co-Host

Central Digital and Data Office

Neil Tape

Chief Digital & Information Officer - HR

Co-Host

Ministry of Defence

Honey Dacanay

Director General, Policy & Performance

Co-Host

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Gulsanna Mamediieva

Director General

Co-Host

Ministry of Digital Transformation

Marten Kaevats

Former Estonian Government's Chief Innovation Officer

Co-Host

Republic of Estonia Government

Tomasz Rychter

Director - Department of the Quality of e-Services

Co-Host

Centralny Ośrodek Informatyki

Fiona James

Chief Data Officer & Director Data Growth and Operations

Co-Host

Office for National Statistics

Neil McIvor

Chief Data Officer, and Chief Statistician

Co-Host

Department for Education

Dominic Laporte

Chief Executive Officer

Co-Host

Translation Bureau, Public Services and Procurement Canada

Euchar Sultana

Chief Information Officer

Co-Host

Ministry of Health, Malta

Clinton Lawrence-Whyte

Director General

Co-Host

Public Services and Procurement Canada

Ian Benson

Chief Operating Officer & Executive Director for Strategy, Performance & Change

Co-Host

Disclosure and Barring Service

Miranda Savage

Chief Product & Delivery Officer

Co-Host

Department for Business & Trade

Terry Makewell

Chief Technology Officer

Co-Host

UK Hydrographic Office

Charlie Boundy

Chief Data Officer

Co-Host

Companies House

Esra Kasapoglu

Director of AI & Data Economy

Co-Host

Innovate UK

Anna Wong

Director of Digital Talent Development

Co-Host

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Kuljit Sagoo MBE

Deputy Director Civ-HR - Strategy, Governance & Operations

Co-Host

Ministry of Defence

Lucia Webster

Deputy Director, Grants Management Function

Co-Host

Cabinet Office

Jason Bett

Pride Champion

Co-Host

Government of Canada

Patrick Clermont

Chief Transformation Officer

Co-Host

Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada

Sian Thomas

Chief Data Officer

Co-Host

Department for Business and Trade

Thomasz Rychter

Director of Innovation & Quality

Co-Host

Central IT Centre, Poland

Andy Headworth

Deputy Director Talent Acquisition

Co-Host

HM Revenue & Customs

Corinne Richardson

Deputy Director, Head of Data Engineering

Co-Host

Department for Education

Jonathan Jukes

Programme Director

Co-Host

Crown Commercial Service

Justin Placide

Head of Net Zero Governance, Briefing and Fiscal Events

Co-Host

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Kathleen Caper

Head of Data Maturity & Governance

Co-Host

Central Digital & Data Office

Thomas Beautyman

Deputy Director, Government Digital Capability

Contributor

Government Digital Service

Celio Oliveira

Lead Data Scientist

Co-Host

Government of Canada

Thembi Watt

Head of Skills & Capability

Co-Host

Greater London Authority

Marta Lewandowska

Deputy Director

Co-Host

Centre for Education Development, Poland

Lt Cmdr Morgan Long

Co-Host

Ministry of Defence

Vicki Webb

Deputy Director Change and Transformation

Co-Host

Department for Business & Trade

Jonathan Cairns-Terry

Head of Insight Products

Co-Host

Care Quality Commission

Rich Wentel

Deputy Director

Co-Host

Public Sector Fraud Authority

João Ricardo Vasconcelos

Senior Governance Specialist, GovTech, Governance Global Practice

Co-Host

The World Bank

Oleg Polovynko

Chief Information Officer

Co-Host

Kyiv City Council

Jonathan Marshall

Head of Skills & Capability

Co-Host

Government People Group

Aravindhan Rajasekar

Head of Data

Contributor

Cabinet Office

Philip Bostock

Head of International Liaison for HM Coastguard and Operational Lead for the Overseas Territories Search and Rescue Capability Project

Co-Host

Maritime & Coastguard Agency

May 2023

Marten Kaevats

Former Estonian Government's Chief Innovation Officer

Co-Host

Republic of Estonia Government

Nic Granger

Chief Financial Officer

Co-Host

North Sea Transition Authority

Fiona James

Chief Data Officer & Director Data Growth and Operations

Co-Host

Office for National Statistics

Neil McIvor

Chief Data Officer, and Chief Statistician

Co-Host

Department for Education

Ian Benson

Chief Operating Officer & Executive Director for Strategy, Performance & Change

Co-Host

Disclosure and Barring Service

Terry Makewell

Chief Technology Officer

Co-Host

UK Hydrographic Office

Charlie Boundy

Chief Data Officer

Co-Host

Companies House

Esra Kasapoglu

Director of AI & Data Economy

Co-Host

Innovate UK

Sian Thomas

Chief Data Officer

Co-Host

Department for Business and Trade

Jonathan Jukes

Programme Director

Co-Host

Crown Commercial Service

Justin Placide

Head of Net Zero Governance, Briefing and Fiscal Events

Co-Host

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Kathleen Caper

Head of Data Maturity & Governance

Co-Host

Central Digital & Data Office

Thomas Beautyman

Deputy Director, Government Digital Capability

Contributor

Government Digital Service

Richard Corbridge

Chief Digital & Information Officer

Speaker

Department for Work and Pensions

Mike Hill

Chief Digital Information Officer

Co-Host

Cabinet Office

Abisola Fátókun

Chief Product and Technology Officer

Co-Host

Government Digital Service

Alan Howie

Chief Data Officer

Co-Host

Registers of Scotland

Eileen Vidrine

CDAIO, Pentagon

Co-Host

The Pentagon

Jon Simonsson

Deputy Director General, Ministry of Climate and Enterprise

Co-Host

Ministry of Climate and Enterprise

Alison Pritchard

Deputy National Statistician and Director General for Data Capability

Co-Host

Office for National Statistics

Jaak Aaviksoo

Rector of TalTech & Former Minister of Defence

Co-Host

TalTech

Anais Reding

Chief Engagement & Design Officer

Co-Host

Department for Business and Trade

Maria Dalhage

Head

Co-Host

Swedish Public Employment Service

Tammy Lillie

Chief People Officer

Co-Host

The Meteorological Office

James Freed

Chief Digital and Information Officer

Co-Host

Health Education England

Shelina Hargrove

Head of Digital, CICA

Co-Host

Ministry of Justice Digital

Rozha Ahmed

Expert on Smart Governance, E-Governance Academy

Co-Host

E-Governance Academy

David Wilde

GM, Government Transformation magazine

Chair

Government Transformation

Ben Hall

Principal Software Developer

Contributor

Homes england

Elaine Elliott

Innovation Scout/Project Delivery for jHub Defence

Contributor

JHub

Daniel Okin

Head of Capability, Apprenticeships and Learning

Co-Host

Ministry of Defence

Navinder Kaur

Application Manager

Contributor

Leicestershire County Council

Sam Olsen

Director of Workplace Transformation

Co-Host

DWP

Florian Hartleb

Lecturer

Co-Host

Bonnie Wang

Director for Digital Transformation

Co-Host

Central Digital and Data Office

Pia McAleenan

Manager Public Sector Innovation and Collaboration

Co-Host

Swedish Industrial Design Foundation

John Spanton

Client Partner

Co-Host

Valtech

Dan Tanham

Managing Director

Co-Host

Valtech

James Buckley

Head of Practice for Digital Transformation

Co-Host

Made Tech

Steven Angelo-Eadie

Head of Learning Services

Co-Host

Emergn

Edward Pikett

Director of Central Government

Co-Host

Hitachi Solutions

David Thorpe

Head of Design

Co-Host

UST

Rhodri Stone

Head of Cloud and Managed Services

Co-Host

Exponential-e

Afshin Attari

Director - Public Sector & Unified Platforms

Co-Host

Exponential-e

Chris Cope

Digital Programme Director

Environment Agency

Jason Whittet

Head of Cities

Co-Host

Amazon Web Services

Mike Kiersey

Head of the EMEA Technology Organization

Co-Host

Boomi

Colin Gray

Director Central Govt - UK&I

Co-Host

Boomi

Stephen Savage

Head of CX Solutions

Co-Host

Nuance

Bhavana Narikot

Principal Consultant

Co-Host

Nuance

Sean Duffield

Public Sector Director

Co-Host

Nuance

Thom Beckett

Transformation Consultant

Co-Host

Made Tech

Heather Venter

Cabinet Office Client Partner

Co-Host

Made Tech

Tom Taylor

Head of Central Government

Co-Host

Made Tech

Chris Masey

Enterprise Account Manager,

Co-Host

AWS

Roger Chidwick

Head of Government and Telecommunications

Co-Host

Nuance

Ian Southward

Executive Director

Co-Host

Made Tech

Anthony Stranack

Chief Technologist for UK and Ireland

Co-Host

Adobe

Elma Pasic-Agovic

Senior Consultant

Co-Host

Emergn

David Bailey

Digital Engagement Manager

Co-Host

Adobe

Jason Tooley

Vice President North EMEA

Informatica

November 2022

Francis Maude

Former Paymaster General and Cabinet Minister

Speaker

Francis Maude Associates

Gina Gill

Chief Digital Information Officer

Co-Host

Ministry of Justice

Megan Lee

Chief Executive

Co-Host

Central Digital & Data Office

Paul Maltby

Chief Digital Officer

Co-Host

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Justyna Orlowska

Prime Minister's High Representative for Government Technology

Co-Host

Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrów

Mark Cheeseman OBE

Interim Chief Executive Officer

Co-Host

Public Sector Fraud Authority

Niamh McKenna

Chief Information Officer

Co-Host

NHS Resolution

Paolo De Rosa

Chief Technology Officer

Co-Host

Dipartimento per la Trasformazione Digitale

Kristoff Hemelinckx

Chief Digital and Information Officer

Co-Host

Ministry of Justice, Belgium

Lien Bailey

Chief Data Officer

Co-Host

IPO

Marten Kaevats

Former Estonian Government's Chief Innovation Officer

Co-Host

Republic of Estonia Government

Tomasz Rychter

Director - Department of the Quality of e-Services

Co-Host

Centralny Ośrodek Informatyki

Nic Granger

Chief Financial Officer

Co-Host

North Sea Transition Authority

Liz McKeown

Executive Director, Digital Community Development and Management Office

Co-Host

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Fiona James

Chief Data Officer & Director Data Growth and Operations

Co-Host

Office for National Statistics

Keith Dargie

Chief Information Digital Officer

Co-Host

Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS)

Neil McIvor

Chief Data Officer, and Chief Statistician

Co-Host

Department for Education

Antoni Rytel

Deputy Director

Co-Host

GovTech Poland Programme

Simon Body

Chief Technology Officer

Co-Host

UK Parliament

Mary Barber

Customer Engagement Transformation Director

Co-Host

HM Revenue & Customs

Philippa Bonay

Director, People and Business Services

Co-Host

Office for National Statistics

Philippa Manley

Projects & Digital Services Director

Co-Host

HM Passport Office

Tammy Noel

Deputy Director, Civil Service Organisation Development & Design

Co-Host

Cabinet Office

Haroona Irshad-Perricos

Covid Pass Programme Director

Co-Host

NHS X

Xiaopu Fung

Director, Product and Service Delivery

Co-Host

Benefit Delivery Modernization at Government of Canada

Jas Bilen

People Director

Co-Host

Ofwat

Esra Kasapoglu

Director of AI & Data Economy

Co-Host

Innovate UK

Sian Thomas

Chief Data Officer

Co-Host

Department for Business and Trade

Thomasz Rychter

Director of Innovation & Quality

Co-Host

Central IT Centre, Poland

Markland Starkie

Deputy Director, Digital

Co-Host

Francis Maude Associates

Corinne Richardson

Deputy Director, Head of Data Engineering

Co-Host

Department for Education

Justin Placide

Head of Net Zero Governance, Briefing and Fiscal Events

Co-Host

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Kathleen Caper

Head of Data Maturity & Governance

Co-Host

Central Digital & Data Office

Thomas Beautyman

Deputy Director, Government Digital Capability

Contributor

Government Digital Service

Celio Oliveira

Lead Data Scientist

Co-Host

Government of Canada

Marta Lewandowska

Deputy Director

Co-Host

Centre for Education Development, Poland

Suzanne Steele

Vice President and Managing Director, United Kingdom and Ireland

Speaker

Adobe

Aravindhan Rajasekar

Head of Data

Contributor

Cabinet Office

Jon Simonsson

Deputy Director General, Ministry of Climate and Enterprise

Co-Host

Ministry of Climate and Enterprise

Alison Pritchard

Deputy National Statistician and Director General for Data Capability

Co-Host

Office for National Statistics

Mike Hoare

Chief Digital Officer

Co-Host

Fujitsu

Robbie Bhatti

Business Development Director

Co-Host

CloudSource

Emma Charles

Director of Public Sector Delivery

Co-Host

Kin + Carta Europe

Ed Pearce

Chief Delivery Officer

Speaker

CloudSource

Anais Reding

Chief Engagement & Design Officer

Co-Host

Department for Business and Trade

Alasdair Hendry

Managing Director

Co-Host

Exception

Berwyn Jones

Central Government Lead

Co-Host

Rubrik

Charles Damerell

Senior Director UKI

Speaker

SolarWinds

Chirag Agarwal

Director of Product

Co-Host

Kainos

Rachel Lane

Principal Head of Global Contact Centre Strategy

Co-Host

Medallia

Paul Rawson

Head of Digital Service Design

Co-Host

Mastek

Neil Bacon

Senior Digital Strategist

Speaker

Adobe

Pete Cox

Business Development Manager

Co-Host

Granicus

Martin Nash

Business Development Manager

Co-Host

Granicus

Tammy Lillie

Chief People Officer

Co-Host

The Meteorological Office

Tim Parish

Senior Sales Engineer

Speaker

Snowflake

David Wilde

GM, Government Transformation magazine

Chair

Government Transformation

Ben Hall

Principal Software Developer

Contributor

Homes england

Sam Olsen

Director of Workplace Transformation

Co-Host

DWP

Mark Adam

Chief People Officer

Contributor

Ministry of Justice

John Seabourn

Chief Digital Officer

Contributor

North Sea Transition

Christophe Prince

Director of Data and Identity

Contributor

Home Office

Jonathon Curry

Deputy Director for Change, Human Resources

Contributor

Scottish Government

Kevin Morley

Deputy Director - Customer Service

Contributor

Crown Commercial Service

Marcina Dunwell

Deputy Director, Transformation Implementation

Contributor

Ministry of Justice

Olaide Olumide

Assistant Director & Co-Chair of the Women Empowered Network

Contributor

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Jeremy Gould

Deputy Director of Transformation, Defence Digital

Contributor

Ministry of Defence

Darren Thompson

Deputy Director, Procurement Operations

Contributor

Crown Commercial Service

Doug Ward

Deputy Director - Business Systems & Insight

Contributor

Innovate UK

Sarah Whitehead

Deputy Director Customer Experience

Contributor

Intellectual Property Office (IPO)

Patrick Cahill

Deputy Director and Space Sector Lead

Cabinet Office

Dan Wintercross

Associate Director, GP Futures

Contributor

NHS Digital

Rachel Tsang

Deputy Director, Digital Identity

Contributor

Government Digital Service

Keren Locke

Deputy Director, Transformation Delivery, UK Visas & Immigration Home Office

Contributor

Home Office

Nathan Moores

Shared Services Strategy Director

Contributor

Cabinet Office

Laura Adams-Foskett

Transformation & Programme Director, Defence Medical Services

Contributor

Ministry of Defence

Christina Finlay

Director, Data & Analytics

Contributor

Nest Corporation

Jenny Baynes

Head of Enterprise Portfolio Digital Services

Contributor

National Highways

Philip Tovey

Head of Futures

Contributor

Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sara El-Hanfy

Head of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Contributor

Innovate UK

Euan Slack

Head of Spotlight, Grants Management Function

Contributor

Cabinet Office

Simon Sear

Non-Executive Director

Contributor

DWP

Elaine Salveta

Digital Service Manager

Contributor

HM Passport Office, UK Home Office

Jeffrey Allen

Lead Service Designer

Contributor

Ministry of Justice

Diane Pochard

Digital Transformation Lead

Contributor

UK Department Of Health & Social Care

Christophe Lynch

Head of Analysis, Office for Life Sciences

Contributor

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

Alex Vince

Engagement Manager, Modernisation and Reform Team

Contributor

Cabinet Office

Arsalan Hussain

Head of Data Analytics at Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA)

Contributor

Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA)

Afshin Attari

Director - Public Sector & Unified Platforms

Co-Host

Exponential-e

Sapana Agrawal

Director for Modernisation and Reform

Contributor

Cabinet Office

Per Andersen

Deputy Head of Commercial Section/Trade Council

Contributor

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

Olga Winkle

Learning Manager at Government Digital Service

Contributor

Central Digital & Data Office at Cabinet Office

Alizay Agha

Policy and Strategy Lead in Cabinet Office

Contributor

Cabinet Offcie

Seun Ogunbiyi

Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at DLUHC

Contributor

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Thusal Bennett

G7 Lead at Government Digital Service

Contributor

Cabinet Office

Laurence Mallows

Senior Product Manager

Contributor

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Ivana Gordon

Head of Government Grants Management Function Covid-19 Response at Cabinet Office

Contributor

Cabinet Office

Catherine Hutchinson

Head of Evaluation Task Force

Contributor

 Cabinet Office

Kevin Keenoy

Technical Architect

Contributor

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Neil Connett

Deputy Director, IT and Digital

Contributor

OFWAT

Sebastian Bassett-James

Head of National Security and Risk Unit

Contributor

Cabinet  Office

Dean Wanless

Service Owner at Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Contributor

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities