UK reboots data strategy with focus on economy and services 26 January 2021: The UK Cabinet Office’s new digital leadership team has a unique opportunity to deliver truly data-driven government, ICAEW experts have said, stressing the need for urgency following several years of delay.
Paul Willmott, the founder of McKinsey Digital at McKinsey & Co, is to be chairman of the new central digital and data office (CDDO), with Joanna Davinson, currently chief digital, data and technology officer at the Home Office, serving as executive director. Tom Read, former chief technology officer at the Cabinet Office, is the CDDO chief executive.
They will be responsible for shaping and delivering the government’s plan to overhaul legacy IT systems, strengthen cybersecurity and improve capability, alongside the Civil Service Digital, Data and Technology(CSDDT) unit.