The 2025 Speaker Line-up

Leading Digital, Data and Technology Specialists

PublicTechnology Live 2025 brought together the UK’s leading public sector digital, data and technology professionals, alongside pioneering industry experts, for a day of insight and discussion.

Thank you to all our speakers for contributing to such a high-quality programme.

Fiona James

Fiona James

Chief Data Officer

Office for National Statistics

Susan Acland-Hood

Permanent Secretary

Department of Education

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Thomas Beautyman

Deputy Director Government Digital Capability

Government Digital Service

Loveday Ryder

Loveday Ryder

Chief Executive

Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency

Rehana Ramesh

Director ICT, Digital & Customer Services

London Borough of Hackney

Kamal Bal

Kamal Bal

Director of Digital

Ministry of Justice

Natasha Early

Natasha Early

Partnerships Manager

Good Things Foundation

Annie Radcliffe

Annie Radcliffe

Adviser, Cyber, Digital & Technology Policy

Local Government Association

Emily Middleton

Emily Middleton

Director General, Digital Centre Design

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Eddie Copeland

Director

London Office of Technology and Innovation

Lorna Ingwell

Lorna Ingwell

Research Manager

Tussell

Jeni Tennison

Founder and Executive Director

Connected by Data

Kevin Taylor

Kevin Taylor

Senior IT Manager

Suffolk County Council and Vice President, Socitm

Smera Jayadeva

Smera Jayadeva

Researcher, Data Justice and Global Ethical Futures, Public Policy Programme

The Alan Turing Institute

Alison Young​

Alison Young

Associate Director, Local Public Services

techUK

Sam Trendall

Editor & Chair

PublicTechnology

Suzannah Bracknell

Suzannah Brecknell

Editor

Civil Service World

Peter Corpe

Industry Leader
UK Public Sector
Appian

Tom Crump

Public Sector Account Manager
Exponential-e

Matthew Evans

Director for Markets
techUK

Gina Gill

Chief Strategy Officer
Central Digital and Data Office

Yasmin Ibison

Senior Policy Adviser
JRF

Nick Joicey

Second Permanent Secretary and Group Chief Operating Officer
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

David Knott

Chief Technology Officer
UK Government

Julie Lennard

Chief Executive Officer
DVLA

Angela MacDonald

Second Permanent Secretary
HMRC

Georgina Maratheftis

Associate Director for Local Public Services
techUK

Eilidh McLaughlin

Head of Digital Citizen Unit
Scottish Government

Dr Alice Moore

Assistant Professor
Public Management and Public Policy
University of Birmingham

Gus Tugendhat

Founder
Tussell

Carol Williams

Director of Transformation and Digital,
Walsall Council and Vice President, Socitm

Helen Wylie

Chief Technology Officer
DWP Digital

Sam Trendall

Editor
PublicTechnology

Sam Trendall

Editor
PublicTechnology

Gus Tugendhat

Founder
Tussell

Carol Williams

Director of Transformation and Digital,
Walsall Council and Vice President, Socitm

PublicTechnology Live 2025