About me

I lead policy that supports the development of the digital identity market in the UK.

In my role, I currently lead teams that are working to establish a new governing body – the Office for Digital Identities and Attributes. The governing body will provide a coordinating and oversight role for the digital identity market.

I am also the service owner leading a digital delivery team developing the ‘Digital Verification Services register’; a new service that will make it easy and safe to find and use trusted digital identity and attribute providers in the UK. I also lead policy and delivery to establish the ‘information gateway’, enabling private sector access to public authority data for the purpose of identity verification and eligibility checking.

Previously, I led the development of the beta version of the UK digital identity and attributes trust framework. The trust framework aims to make it easier and more secure for people to use services that enable them to prove who they are or information about themselves. It is a set of rules for organisations to follow if they want to provide secure and trustworthy digital identity and/or attribute solutions.

In this role I led the passage of the Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 through Parliament. I worked across a mutli-functional team of policy and legal colleagues, and across Whitehall, to ensure the government’s interests in the Act were well represented and protected. I worked closely with ministers, helping them to develop narratives and strategies to ensure the Act achieved Royal Assent.

In this role I led a private office for a government minister. I led the private offices for the Minister for Digital and Broadband and then Minister for Digital Infrastructure.

In this role I worked across a multi-departmental team leading the digital product management, creative production and operational delivery of the UK Government’s first ever international LGBT+ rights conference, Safe To Be Me.

The conference was unfortunately cancelled in April 2022, leading me to look for new opportunities. Before it’s cancellation, Safe To Be Me was intended bring together governments, business and civil society leaders from across the world to advance the fundamental rights and freedoms of LGBT+ people globally.

Major projects and publications

• Safe To Be Me

In this role I led a team delivering the government’s LGBT Action Plan. I led on policy areas focusing on ending conversion therapy, hate crime and domestic violence, and supporting LGBT sector development. I also led the programme management function for the overall programme.

Major projects and publications

• LGBT Action Plan: Annual Progress Report 2018 to 2019
• Research into the experiences of those who have undergone conversion therapy in the UK
• LGBT Sector and Community Development Scheme
• LGBT Health and Social Care Fund

In this role I led a team responsible for improving outcomes for people who were lesbian, gay, bisexual or who had another minority sexual orientation. As part of this role, I led strategy and policy development relating to sexual orientation issues, and was the lead policy official for civil partnerships and same-sex marriage.

Major projects and publications

• LGBT Action Plan
• National LGBT Survey
• Anti-homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying programme
• The Future Operation of Civil Partnership: Gathering Further Information

In this role I provided policy and operational advice to GDS’s Director of Digital. I worked closely with senior officials and ministers to shape policy relating to digital service delivery in government.

Major projects and publications

• European Union Directive on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies
• Discovery phase: digital operations team

In this role I provided operational support and advice to GDS’s Chief Operating Officer. I worked closely with his senior team to run the core support functions for the organisation across finance, HR and IT. I also led special projects on behalf of the COO.

With First Class Honours.

In this role I lead a team of 30 volunteers and a staff network of around 2,500 members. The network delivers national projects and programmes aimed at improving safety, belonging and career development opportunities for LGBT+ civil servants.

Major projects and publications

• Civil Service Awards: Developing and Supporting People Award – Civil Service LGBT+ mentoring programme

In this role, I worked alongside the Chair to delivery projects and programmes aimed at improving the workplace experiences of LGBT+ civil servants.

Major projects and publications

• Civil Service LGBT+ mentoring programme
• Civil Service PrideON podcast
• Civil Service Pride 2019
• Civil Service LGBT+ Impact Index

In this role, I worked alongside the Chair to delivery projects and programmes aimed at improving the workplace experiences of LGBT+ civil servants.