Tiffany St James is Chief AI Officer at Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, the UK’s first public sector regional CAIO. An award‑winning AI and digital strategist and leadership psychologist, she brings over twenty years’ experience across central and local government, global organisations, and the private sector.

Tiffany has delivered AI and digital programmes to over 70 local authorities and authored the UK’s first State of the Nation report on AI in Adult Social Care. Her career includes launching Directgov, DATA.GOV.UK, serving as the UK Government’s first Head of Public Participation, leading Digital Gold Command for Digital Comms for Grenfell. She has recently been voted in the Top 100 Govermment AI Pioneers globally.