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PARTICIPANTS<\/strong><\/h1>\n
The Data Summit is a by-invitation only round table discussion.
See the global data government leaders who attended in 2025 below:<\/em><\/h5>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Lindsay Mason<\/strong><\/p>\n

Government Chief Data Officer, Government Digital Service, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, United Kingdom<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lins joined GDS, part of DSIT, in June 2025. As Government Chief Data Officer, she is responsible for fostering a sustainable, data-centric culture across government and the wider public sector. Her remit includes leading the development and implementation of the government-wide data strategy, promoting common data standards, and enhancing data sharing across departments and the Government Data and Digital (GDaD) community.<\/p>\n

Lins leads the GDS data strategy to improve data maturity throughout its lifecycle. She works closely with Chief Data Officers across government to drive innovation and champion better access to data, supporting more informed decision-making and improved public services.<\/p>\n

Prior to joining GDS, Lins spent three years at the Ministry of Defence, where she led Data and Information Management, Governance, and Skills and Culture. In that role, she was accountable for enabling and assuring Defence\u2019s data and information environment through foundational capabilities that supported interoperability and provided discoverable, trusted access to data, to deliver key insights.<\/p>\n

Before entering the Civil Service in 2022, Lins held senior roles in the private sector, where she gained extensive experience in data strategy, leadership, and transformation.<\/p>\n

She is passionate about driving cultural change across government, with a strong focus on diversity and inclusion. Her purpose is clear: to empower people through data.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Leanne Almond<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lee is an Innovative Change & Data Delivery Director with 20 years\u2019 experience in developing\u00a0Data Strategies and delivering complex Data Transformation programmes in a number of\u00a0Government departments and Law Enforcement agencies. Lee has specific experience in developing compelling business cases, delivering new cloud based capabilities, application and data capability modernisation, designing and delivering new data operating models including refreshed data and ethics governance, policies that are GDPR compliant and optimised customer services.<\/div>\n
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Eric Applewhite<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director, Analytics, Deloitte<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been fortunate to have a 25+ year career across Public Sector digital and data transformation programs that\u2019s kept me learning and helped me build rewarding relationships with colleagues and clients.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m fascinated by the data agenda, most of all because it allows me to stay at the centre of the public sector\u2019s efforts to help people and places.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the past 5 years I\u2019ve focused data and AI enabled transformation. I also passionately believe that clear outcomes and performance and insight cultures are critical for our data and AI agendas to succeed.\u00a0 This year I helped Ukraine develop and launch its national Gen AI CoE in January with FCDO, i.AI, and the government of Estonia. I\u2019ve worked with the NHS, Innovate UK, and the Office of Life Sciences and the Hong Kong Hospital Authority develop separate innovation models and best practices for AI and health research.\u00a0 I also worked with New York City and Greater Manchester develop first of their kind information sharing and data collaboratives in the USA and UK respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m based in Newcastle and lead Deloitte\u2019s Artificial Intelligence and Data practice for the North of England.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rachel Ash, Deputy Head of the Centre for Data and Analysis (4D), Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, United Kingdom<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rachel has been leading the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Data Driven Diplomacy & Development programme since 2020, and is Deputy Head of the FCDO\u2019s Centre for Data and Analysis. She\u2019s a career foreign policy professional, with previous roles including in crisis management, Europe, climate change and the illegal wildlife trade, and a posting to Brussels. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Charles Baird<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chief Data Architect, Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom<\/strong><\/p>\n

As the ONS Chief Data Architect, my teams are responsible for data design and interoperability, managing the metadata and models to make data discoverable, understandable and interoperable; for data linkage and the creation of the advanced products for improved data linkage at scale; and for the geospatial products and tooling that helps ONS understand location in statistics and analysis. Before I joined ONS at the beginning of 2023 I worked at GDS and CDDO in the Cabinet Office, leading on creating better data architectures for government. And before that I worked in the private sector for more than 20 years, mostly managing big data infrastructures.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sue Bateman<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Chief Data Officer, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Sue Bateman joined Defra in April 2024 as Chief Data Officer for the group to lead work in how data and information are used to support Defra\u2019s own transformation journey. The vision is to put data and information at the heart of everything we do in Defra group \u2013 maximising the rich and varied data that we hold to support our missions \u2013 through the delivery of our Data and Information Strategic Roadmap.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sue is a longstanding civil servant with digital, data and strategy leadership experience \u2013 most recently having been the interim Government Chief Data Officer at Central Digital and Data Office where she led on the development and delivery of the National Data Strategy and Digital and Data Roadmap.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Thomas Beautyman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Deputy Director – Government Digital Capability, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, United Kingdom<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thomas joined the Cabinet Office in 2021 and is responsible for transforming how Government grows\u00a0 capability in digital and data.\u00a0 This including attracting, recruiting and building digital expertise, through to developing the many leaders in government who have specialism in other domains, but increasingly need digital and data confidence to deliver. \u00a0Thomas moved to the Cabinet Office from DWP Digital, having joined Government in 2019 from BT where he led workforce planning, apprenticeships and learning transformation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Jenny Brooker<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Chief Data Architect, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, United Kingdom<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

With a background as a software engineer Jenny started out writing code for submarines, but quickly found a love of all things data. Moving from building large scale data systems to leading the development of new data products at Ordnance Survey, delivering innovative new data and analytics solutions in the Utilities industry and driven data adoption and strategy at The Maritime and Coastguard Agency. Now focusing on enabling data sharing across government in her role as Chief Data Architect, Jennifer has seen first-hand the benefits that sharing and linking datasets can bring, and what happens when you put the data in the hands of the people who need it.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Amy Caldwell-Nichols<\/strong><\/p>\n

Deputy Director, Data, Analysis and Insight, HM Courts and Tribunal Service, United Kingdom<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amy Caldwell-Nichols\u00a0is Deputy Director for Data, Analysis and Insight at HM Courts & Tribunals Service. She leads the hMCTS strategic data transformation, currently focusing on data quality improvement, master data management and integrating AI into our work. With a background in economics and experience in both health and justice sectors, Amy is passionate about fostering collaboration, championing innovation, and mentoring emerging talent.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Gillian Dorner<\/strong><\/p>\n

Deputy Director, Public Governance Directorate, OECD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gillian Dorner is Deputy Director in the Public Governance Directorate of the OECD. She has served at the OECD since December 2020, first as Senior Counsellor in the GOV Director\u2019s Office and then as Deputy Director. The Directorate for Public Governance works to help governments at all levels design and implement strategic, evidence-based and innovative policies to strengthen public governance. This includes regulatory policy; open, innovative and digital government; public employment and skills; public sector integrity; budgeting and public expenditures; infrastructure and public procurement, monitoring and evaluation, risk management.<\/p>\n

Gillian has an extensive knowledge of the work of the Public Governance Directorate, as well a strong strategic vision of its priorities, having led work to structure and enhance the Directorate\u2019s impact over recent years, including through the design and delivery of the Public Governance Committee\u2019s Building Trust and Reinforcing Democracy Initiative.<\/p>\n

Prior to joining the OECD, Gillian served as a UK senior civil servant as Deputy Director Financial Services Regulation at Her Majesty\u2019s Treasury. She also has deep international experience, having represented the UK on multiple boards and committees, including as Vice Chair of the OECD Financial Markets Committee and having held several positions focused on International and EU economic and finance policy, including as an Advisor to the OECD Secretary-General and in several positions in HM Treasury and the UK Cabinet Office, as well as a period on loan to the French Treasury.<\/p>\n

Ms Dorner, a British national, holds a Master\u2019s degree in French and European Studies from the University of Edinburgh (UK) and a Diploma in EU Construction from the Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales (France).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mike Emery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chief Digital Officer for Health and Care, NHS Wales, United Kingdom<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mike has worked for over 25 years across the public sector leading transformation, service improvement and organisational design and development programmes. This has included senior roles in Welsh Government, NHS and local government, as well as working as a management consultant for KMPG. Recent roles, as national CDO for Health in Wales and CDO in Midlands health system, \u00a0have encompassed driving forward digital transformation across the NHS, \u00a0this has included leading digital and data response to the COVID pandemic using data models and large-scale virtual care programme across whole of West Midlands, and implementation of clinical systems including sharing of data across care and public service settings. He has driven major initiatives that turn policy into practice. He established the AI Commission for Health and Social Care to guide safe and ethical adoption of artificial intelligence, and he has championed cross-sector collaboration through healthcare innovation charters that brings together government, academia, industry, and the NHS. He believes strongly in the power of data to underpin population health management and the huge potential in how digital twins and data simulations can drive better decision making, but also the importance of good user design to enable front-line teams and professionals to make full use of digital tools and opportunities to improve public service outcomes and reduce inequalities. Two daughters and a cat keep him busy away from work.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Tim Faber<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director (Programme) of the Dutch Government Data Strategy, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, The Netherlands<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tim Faber is the director (programme) of the Dutch Government Data Strategy at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. He led the development of the Dutch Government Data Strategy and now oversees the implementation. The strategy aims to ensure that the possibilities of data are used to better support citizens and businesses. Working across ministries, agencies and regional governments, Tim advances data governance, interoperability and maturity while embedding public values across government. His role reflects the strategic use of data to improve policymaking, strengthen public services and deliver societal impact in a multi-stakeholder environment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ravi Gogna <\/strong><\/p>\n

Head of Data Strategy and Transformation, Home Office, United Kingdom<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ravi Gogna is the Head of Data Strategy and Transformation at the Home Office, and leads a team that is driving the improvement of the Home Office’s data and analytics capabilities across the whole department. Working closely with all parts of the department, his team is developing and implementing a departmental data and analytics strategy, as well as running a highly-regarded data literacy service.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ambereen\u00a0Jamal-Rahim<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director, Policy and Outreach, <\/span>Office of the Chief Information Officer, <\/span>Treasury Board Secretariat, <\/span>Government of Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ambereen (pronounced um-baa-reen<\/i>) is a Canadian public sector executive with a dynamic portfolio spanning digital policy, data governance, and strategic outreach. Since 2020, she has led transformative policy initiatives focused on service management, ICT accessibility, and digital standards\u2014driving inclusive, future-ready digital government.<\/p>\n

Based in Ottawa, Ambereen heads a team at the Treasury Board Secretariat, where she oversees policy development and stakeholder engagement in areas including information management, data reference standards, open data, and a vibrant community of practice. \u00a0Her work plays a central role in implementing Canada\u2019s Data Strategy for the Federal Public Service.<\/p>\n

With a career that began in software development and evolved through cybersecurity, IT privacy, and digital policy, Ambereen brings a broad and nuanced perspective to public sector innovation. She is deeply committed to cultivating the next generation of digital talent across government.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Shehroze Junejo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Executive Director, Chief Data Officer, UK Government Investments (UKGI), United Kingdom<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shehroze joined UKGI in September 2021 and currently serves as the organisation\u2019s first Chief Data Officer. In this\u00a0<\/span>capacity<\/span>\u00a0Shehroze\u00a0<\/span>is responsible for<\/span>\u00a0overseeing the analytical work undertaken by UKGI and\u00a0<\/span>identifying<\/span>\u00a0opportunities to unlock efficiencies across the organisation by\u00a0<\/span>leveraging<\/span>\u00a0data and insights. In addition, Shehroze\u00a0<\/span>is responsible for<\/span><\/span>\u00a0leading the Portfolio Analysis & Engagement team within\u00a0<\/span>the Fina<\/span><\/span>ncial Instruments and Transactions Advisory Group (<\/span>FInTAG<\/span><\/span>).<\/span>\u00a0As part of this he has led work to aggregate contingent liability data from across government and drive data-driven decision making to improve risk management. <\/p>\n

Prior to joining UKGI, Shehroze\u00a0<\/span>lead<\/span>\u00a0an analytical unit within the Infrastructure and Projects Authority to bring together government\u2019s \u00a3650bn National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline, advise on the delivery of major government projects and programmes as well as inform decision making around fiscal events.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Krisztina Katona<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Deputy Director – Head of Data Policy, <\/span>Home Office, United Kingdom<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hattie Kennedy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chief Data Officer, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, United Kingdom<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dr Shruti Kohli<\/strong><\/p>\n

Deputy Director Data Strategy, Government Digital Service, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, United Kingdom<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shruti Kohli\u00a0is a senior leader in data strategy at the Office of the Chief Data Officer (Government Digital Service), Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), where she drives national efforts on data policy and legislation\u00a0for data sharing, innovation readiness, algorithmic transparency, and ethical data use. With over 25 years of experience across public and private sectors, Shruti brings deep expertise in technology, transformation, and strategic delivery. She has previously led the Data & AI Innovation Lab, delivering pioneering work in complex areas such as generative AI, privacy-enhancing technologies, data pods, unstructured data, and more. Her leadership has enabled cross-government collaboration and responsible innovation, helping shape a future-ready data ecosystem. Shruti has a strong technical academic foundation\u00a0and is widely recognised for her systems thinking, inclusive leadership, and ability to translate technical complexity into actionable strategy. She is passionate about using data to improve public outcomes and strengthen the UK\u2019s global position in AI and innovation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Alastair McAlpine<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chief Statistician, Scottish Government, United Kingdom<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ally McAlpine is the Scottish Government\u2019s Chief Statistician. He has overall responsibility for the coordination and implementation of professional standards that help maintain trustworthiness in the use of data, its quality, and that deliver improved outcomes for people in Scotland.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ally led the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation, which is the Scottish Government\u2019s official tool for identifying deprived areas across Scotland, which won many awards in 2017 for its innovative ways in connecting these statistics to communities and improved its use in the general public.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ally is also co-director of ADR Scotland and a member of the ADR UK Leadership Committee, which aims to use data that is collected for better research and improve people\u2019s lives through supporting Government to make the right decisions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ally is currently leading statisticians and analysts in Scotland through a \u2018Modernising our Statistics\u2019 programme, which aims to improve the way data is accessed, analysed and integrated across the public sector in Scotland. He is also targeting innovative ways for statistics to be produced and published.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Simon McLellan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Head of Data, Met Office, United Kingdom and Co-ordinator for Unified Data Policy Implementation, World Meteorological Organisation<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Simon has over 30 years of experience in various roles at the Met Office, including data management, governance and policy; leadership and strategic planning; data collaboration across national organisations; and international data sharing. He has worked on several significant initiatives with a focus on sharing geospatial data between government organisations and across international boundaries. Simon currently works with senior stakeholders across Government to drive the use, usefulness and usability of Met Office weather and climate data delivering impact, benefit and value through data-driven and data-guided decision making. He also leads the implementation of the international data exchange policy between the 193 Member States of the World Meteorological Organisation, a specialised agency of the United Nations.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dr.\u00a0Iliya<\/span> Peter Nickelt<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chief Data Scientist, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Iliya Nickelt is the Chief Data Scientist at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2022, he set up BMZ’s data lab. Together with an interdisciplinary team of data scientists, he develops AI applications, infrastructure, visualizations and other tools for modern, data-driven policymaking. In addition to engaging with international data-policy work, for example through cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme, the lab is focused on large language model applications for structured and unstructured data.<\/span><\/p>\n

Iliya Nickelt holds a PhD in astrophysics and worked on cloud precursors and on standards for internationally federated databases. In the late 1990s he was also active within the Internet self-regulatory organization \u201cICANN\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Apolonija Oblak Flander <\/strong><\/p>\n

Director General, Statistical Office, Republic of Slovenia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ms. Apolonija Oblak Flander was appointed Director-General of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia in April 2024.<\/p>\n

Ms. Apolonija Oblak Flander has been employed at the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia for 25 years. In 2001, she became Head of the Demographic Statistics Section and focused on population censuses and demographic analysis. Between 2014 to 2020, as the Head of the Transport, Tourism and Information Society Statistics Section, she focused on developing tourism, transport and ICT statistics and on introducing new data collection methods and acquiring new (alternative) data sources for official statistics. In 2021 she was appointed Director of Environmental Statistics and in 2023 Acting Director-General.<\/p>\n

Ms. Apolonija Oblak Flander is an active member of the European Statistical System Committee, She is the Chair of the OECD Working Party on Tourism Statistics and the ITF Transport Statistics Working Group. She is the Vice-Chair of the Bureau of the UN Statistical Commission and the member of the Bureau of the UNECE Conference of European Statisticians.<\/p>\n

She is also the member of the Working Group of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia for Monitoring South East Europe Strategy 2030, South East Europe Statistical Authorities Network and numerous national committees and working groups related to tourism.<\/p>\n

She holds a master’s degree in social and political geography. In her master’s thesis, she studied national and ethnic minorities.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Lauren Sager Weinstein<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chief Data Officer, Transport for London, United Kingdom<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lauren Sager Weinstein\u00a0is TfL\u2019s Chief Data Officer, working to bring value from TfL\u2019s vast array of data–delivering data products and services, and helping Londoners journey across our network. Lauren created\u00a0<\/u>TfL\u2019s data function formally in 2012 , having worked in TfL since 2002 in the areas of strategy, business planning, and technology development. As Chief Data Officer, she heads TfL\u2019s Data and Analytics department, which is a team of data scientists, data software developers and analytics translators who provide data tools for TfL to understand customer travel behaviour, and analytic tools to operate and plan London\u2019s transport network.\u00a0Originally from Washington, DC, USA, she has degrees from Princeton University and from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, who awarded Lauren the 2019 Alumni Award for Digital Innovation. Lauren was named the 2017 UK Chief Data Officer of the year by the CDO Club, and was honoured to be included in The Female Lead\u2019s 20 role models in Data & Technology 2017. She\u2019s also made an appearance on the DataIQ100 List for several years.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ferdinand Scheidbach<\/strong><\/p>\n

Head, Directorate of eGovernment, Federal Chancellery of Austria<\/strong><\/p>\n

Currently Ferdinand is the Head of Directorate VII\/B and Head of Department VII\/B\/6 E-Government at the Federal Chancellery. Prior to holding this position Ferdinand has a long record of employment dealing with e-government in the public sector:<\/p>\n

Employer: Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs,\u00a0Office of the Secretary General, Vienna<\/p>\n

Employer: Federal Chancellery, Department I\/8 Cyber Security, Vienna.<\/p>\n

Employer: Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs, III\/4 Digital and E-Government \u2013 Law, Strategy and International Affairs, Vienna<\/p>\n

Employer: Department IT (Information Technology, Digital Society and Cybersecurity; IT Director), Federal Ministry of the Interior, Berlin<\/p>\n

Employer:\u00a0 Federal Chancellery, Department I\/11 Digital and E-Government \u2013 Law, Strategy and International Affairs and Department for International Affairs, Vienna<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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David Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Data Evidence and Performance, British Council, United Kingdom<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Phil Swan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director of Digital, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, United Kingdom<\/strong><\/p>\n

Phil leads the digital portfolio at Greater Manchester Combined Authority and is responsible for leading the next chapter in Greater Manchester\u2019s ambition to be recognised as a world-leading digital city region, with an ongoing commitment to taking an open, innovative and connective approach and \u2018doing digital differently\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other responsibilities include:<\/p>\n