Ollie was the founding Executive Director of the world’s first government advisory body on AI governance, the Centre for Data Ethics & Innovation (CDEI), and in that capacity was the UK government’s lead official on responsible AI. Before the CDEI, Ollie held a number of senior policy roles in the UK government focused on technology, digital and data, including the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, where as Deputy Director for Technology Policy he was responsible a cross-government programme of work to develop the norms and rules for the online world. Ollie also served as head of policy for the Government Digital Service and led the UK’s world-leading Open Data programme from the Cabinet Office. Ollie began his civil service career in the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, serving under Prime Ministers David Cameron and Gordon Brown.

After government, Ollie joined Teneo, the global CEO advisory firm, as a Managing Director in the London office advising Fortune 500 companies on technology and regulatory policy issues. This was a return to consulting, after starting his career with Monitor Group (now Monitor Deloitte), where he worked with clients in both the public and private sectors on projects in Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. He now works with Cantellus Group and as an independent consultant advising leading companies, international organisations, and philanthropies on issues at the intersection of frontier technology, public policy, and governance.

Ollie holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University and served as a Policy Fellow with the Centre for Science and Policy at Cambridge University. He is based in London.