Celebrating public sector leaders: Government Transformation 100 winners 2024
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Just over a hundred deserving public sector executives were recognised last week as part of the Government Transformation 100 - which celebrates "the leaders and rising stars driving change and innovation across the public sector".
With a record number of nominations, this year's winners represented the top 7 per cent of 
all nominations - and featured both established 'Thought Leaders' as well as 'Rising Stars'.
Ed Tillotson, Managing Director of Government Transformation Magazine, and David Wilde, co-founder, oversaw the ceremonies during Government Transformation Week.
In introducing the winners, Tillotson remarked that much of the work of public service was not known outside of individual departments, let alone the wider public - and that these awards were therefore an opportunity to celebrate the work of individuals and their teams.
"These awards are about celebrating your hard work, and recognising the need to support collaboration within, across and beyond government if we're to address the many pressing issues facing the UK public sector," he said. "You deserve a moment to reflect, and connect with your peers - and we hope your example will inspire others, creating positive change across government and the NHS."
The winners were judged in five categories:
- Digital Transformation
- Citizen Services
- Data
- AI
- Future Places
This annual process overseen by the editorial team, and supported by our Advisory Board.
The 2024 Winners
- Ana Belen Lopez Santiago, Senior Data Architect, Department of Science, Innovation and Technology
- Pedro Pinto da Silva, Senior Data Architect, Department for Business and Trade
- Magdalena Siwek, Digital Training and Culture Change Manager, Greater London Authority
- Kay Southall, Transformation and Change Delivery, Companies House
- Amanda Dahl, Deputy Director, Government Digital Service
- Melissa Kemp-Salt, Director of ICT & Transformation at Epping Forest District Council
- Ruth Studley, Director of Population Transformation and SRO for Future of Population & Migration Statistics Programme, Office for National Statistics
- Toby Hayward-Goulding, Deputy Chief Data Officer, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (pictured)
- Dr Nayyab Naqvi, Principal Architect Applied AI Lead at Cabinet Office
- Nicola Irvine-Brown, CDO for Data and Insights, Cabinet Office Digital
- Nic Granger, CFO & Director of Corporate, North Sea Transition Authority
- Craig Suckling, Government CDO, Central Digital & Data Office
- Rosa Alonso, Lead Analyst, Cabinet Office
- Alex Lopez, Service Delivery Manager, UK Parliament
- Sue Bateman, Chief Data Officer, Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Nico Celaj, Head of Innovation, Disclosure and Barring Service
- Ming Tang, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, NHS England (pictured)
- Atul Bhusari, Lead Delivery Manager-Data Strategy at Department for Work and Pensions
- Roshna Hassan, Delivery Manager, Westminster City Council
- Kay Church, Supercomputing Transformation Leader, Meteorological Office
- Navaid Ghouri, Principal Performance and Optimisation Lead, Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
- Jayashree Sadanand, Lead QAT Delivery Owner, Home Office
- Aravindhan Rajasekar, Principal Architect, Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Julie Pierce, Director of Information and Science, Food Standards Agency
- Rejan Miah, COVID-19 Inquiry Review and Disclosure Lead, Cabinet Office
- Taylor-Anne Cheung, Product Manager, Westminster City Council (pictured)
- Dave Pope, Chief Data Officer, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
- Ivana Gordon, DD Government Commercial and Grants Services, Cabinet Office
- Charlotte Teager, Education Service Management Lead for Platforms and Content at National Health Service
- Bob Kamall, Engagement Manager, Government Digital Service
- Kinda Youssef Allamaa, Head of Delivery, Greater London Authority
- Karen Rochester, Lead Data Practice Manager, Department for Work and Pensions
- Kathleen Caper, Head of Data Maturity & Governance, Central Digital & Data Office (pictured)
- Imogen Singh, MyCo Programme Director, Cabinet Office
- Susan Penn, Director of Change, City of London Police
- Savitri Balaganvi, Lead QAT Delivery Owner at Home Office
- Milan Bogunovic, Programme Director Digital Planning, Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government
- Julie Byrne, Head of Digital Capability, UK Parliament
- Vicky Ridley Pearson, Director of Digital & Technology, Greater London Authority
- Tomasz Glaszewski, Senior Process Developer, Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
- Saratu Mamman, Head of Corporate Services and Programme Delivery, North Sea Transition Authority
- Victoria Obudulu, Deputy Director Statistics Production & Head of Profession for Statistics, Deputy Head of the Government Statistical Service at UK Health Security Agency (pictured)
- Susan Roberts, Data Scientist, Haringey Council
- Janis McAnallen, Information Governance Manager, Restoration & Renewal Delivery Authority
- Linsay Jones, Policy and Strategy, Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
- Sally Edwards, Head of Data Futures Technology & Change, Home Office
- Simon Neilson, Executive Director, Place & Regeneration, Northumberland County Council
- Esra Kasapoglu, Director of AI and Digital Economy, UK Research and Innovation
- Praveen Tomar, Head of Data Automation, Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
- Michael Sinclair, Head of Data Analytics and Insight, Lambeth Council
- Winston Joseph-Ward, Senior Technical Architect, Ministry of Justice
- Jennifer Radcliffe, Head of Transformational Change, UK Parliament
- Mia Polovina, Data Science & Insight Lead, Lewisham Council
- Kate Marks, Director - Service Transformation, Environment Agency
- Zoe Robertson, Programme Director Wellbeing & Climate, Haringey Council
- Noora Vainio, MI & Analysis Manager, The Pensions Regulator
- Simon Watts, Head of Product - Civil Service Jobs, Cabinet Office
- Andy Thompson, Head of Product Services, North Sea Transition Authority (pictured)
- Dan Haigh, Digital & Data Standards Advisor, Environment Agency
- Tommaso Spinelli, Artificial Intelligence Senior Change Manager, Government Digital Service
- Tori Campbell, Head of Transformation, Cambridge City Council
- Dia Nag, Head of Product - Strategy & Transformation, Cabinet Office (pictured)
- Chris Whiles, Senior Product Manager, Department for Business and Trade
- Matthew Scott, Chief Digital Information Officer, Surrey County Council
- Patrick Rickles, Head of Digital Skills and Innovation, North Sea Transition Authority
- Paul Cracknell, Executive Director Strategy & Transformation, Norfolk County Council
- Jason Thrupp, Commercial Relationship Manager, Group Commercial Directorate, Department for Transport
- Martin Sellar, Director, Assurance Change & Transformation, UK Health Security Agency
- Ingrid Morris, Head of User Experience, Cabinet Office
- Selina Holliday, Head of Digital Engagement, Greater London Authority
- Wendy Carr, Director of IT & Digital Services at Lewisham Council
- Aesha Zafar, Head of EDI, Organisational Development and Capability, Information Commissioner’s Office
- Phil Tovey, Head of Futures, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Ben Fraser, HMRC
- Sam Russell, Director of Customer Service, Financial Ombudsman Service
- Karen Rochester, Lead Data Practice Manager, Department for Work and Pensions
- Mark Lumley, Director Digital, IT & Resilience, London Borough of Hounslow
- Salah A. I. Ghazal Hammouche, AI Centre for Value Based Healthcare, NHS England
- Emma Thomas, Head of Service Design, Intellectual Property Office
- Dr Claudia Roscini, Head of the Civil Service People Survey Team, Analysis & Insight Team, Cabinet Office
- Gill Richardson, Intellectual Property Office
- David Lecore, North Sea Transition Authority
- Becky Miller, Senior Policy & Service Designer, Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Annie Howard, Lead Data Scientist Electronic Monitoring, Ministry of Justice
- Dyanne Sargeant, Programme Director, HMRC
- Julie McCarthy, Creative Health Strategist, Greater Manchester Combined Authority
- Fiona Burn, Head of Place, Place & Economy, Adur & Worthing Councils
- Jo Barker, Head of Partnering and Projects, Brent Council
- Chris Barnes, Head of Data Management, DVSA
- Erica Campolongo, Service Owner, Probation Digital, Ministry of Justice
- Larry Mount, Ministry of Defence
- Tariq Khan, Chief Digital & Information Officer, London Borough of Camden
- Morgan Kimm, HMRC
- Dominic Rowley, Head of Future Service Transformation, Civil Service & Royal Mail Pensions, Cabinet Office
- Osama Rahman, Director of the Data Science Campus, Office for National Statistics
- Katherine Williamson, Data, Insight and People Analytics Division, Department for Transport
- Tim Carpenter, Data Architect/Manager, IT & Digital Services, Orbis
- Claudia Lundie, Head of Data Learning, Culture and Engagement, Home Office
- Graham Savill, Financial Ombudsman Service
- Malachi Rangecroft, Ministry of Justice
- Will Roper, Wokingham
- Jonathon Tiplady, Ministry of Justice
- Khalid Rashid, Ministry of Justice
- Patrick Haston, Head of Cloud Transformation, Shared Services Strategy, Cabinet Office
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Camilla Barnard, Data Officer, Lewes & Eastbourne Councils
Photos of all awards winners can be found here.
Nominations for the 2025 Government Transformation 100 are now open - and close on 11 April 2025, with the awards ceremony at the House of Lords.
