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DSIT senior officials’ meetings, July to September 2025
Updated 16 December 2025
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| Senior Official's Name | Date | Name of individual or organisation | Purpose of Meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Jones | 2025-07-07 | Airbus | Space negotiations |
| Alexandra Jones | 2025-07-17 | Space Conference various | Conference attendance and speaking commitment |
| Angela McLean | 2025-08-06 | University of Bradford | Intro call/to discuss social mobility |
| Angela McLean | 2025-08-07 | Faculty AI | Risk modelling discussion |
| Angela McLean | 2025-08-11 | Hypothesis Fund | Research discussion |
| Angela McLean | 2025-08-15 | Local Globe | Regular update call |
| Angela McLean | 2025-08-20 | M&G Investments | Economy/technology discussion |
| Angela McLean | 2025-08-26 | Centre for British Progress | Science in policy making discussion |
| Angela McLean | 2025-08-28 | Royal Academy of Engineering | Regular update call |
| Angela McLean | 2025-09-15 | Royal Society | Regular update call |
| Bonnie Wang | 2025-07-10 | PA Consulting | Discuss away day |
| Bonnie Wang | 2025-07-15 | Boston Consulting Group | To discuss a role |
| Bonnie Wang | 2025-07-17 | Boston Consulting Group | To discuss frontiers |
| Bonnie Wang | 2025-07-23 | Accenture | To discuss digital transformation across government |
| Bonnie Wang | 2025-09-22 | McKinsey | Career conversation |
| Chris Johnson | 2025-07-09 | Nuffield Bioethics | Meeting with the Director of Nuffield Council on Bioethics to introduce their current work, particularly regarding in vitro |
| Chris Johnson | 2025-07-09 | Turing Institute | Interview with candidates for DSIT fellowship |
| Chris Johnson | 2025-07-10 | Turing Institute | Interview with candidates for DSIT fellowship |
| Chris Johnson | 2025-07-10 | Turing Institute | Interview with candidates for DSIT fellowship |
| Chris Johnson | 2025-07-14 | Turing Institute | Interview with candidates for DSIT fellowship |
| Chris Johnson | 2025-07-15 | Turing Institute | Interview with candidates for DSIT fellowship |
| Chris Johnson | 2025-07-16 | LGC | Visit to the National Laboratories at LGC |
| Chris Johnson | 2025-07-22 | Jisc | Following up Jisc annual away day, meeting to discuss how Jisc could support the work of DSIT more fully |
| Chris Johnson | 2025-07-23 | Thales | Visit to Thales UK |
| Chris Johnson | 2025-08-04 | Imperial College | Following up RITICS meeting on safety and security, to discuss an upcoming workshop on Enterprise IoT |
| Chris Johnson | 2025-08-04 | Novo Nordisk Foundation | To discuss UK-Denmark relations with quantum |
| Chris Johnson | 2025-08-26 | British Computer Society | Introductory meeting with the new CEO |
| Chris Johnson | 2025-08-27 | Institute of Mathematics and its Applications | To discuss some of the mathematical work being done in business and government |
| Chris Johnson | 2025-09-03 | ADS | Joined the Space Sector Council with members of UK space sector to briefly discuss about Horizon Europe funding |
| Chris Johnson | 2025-09-08 | Institute of Physics | To deliver keynote at the UK Space Weather and Space Environment meeting |
| Chris Johnson | 2025-09-09 | University of Northumbria | To deliver keynote at the AI Symposium |
| Chris Johnson | 2025-09-11 | University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research | To discuss about the risk to nationally important virology infrastructure associated with funding changes |
| Chris Johnson | 2025-09-18 | Sense about Science | To discuss about the work that Sence about Science is proposing on public engagement with science |
| Chris Johnson | 2025-09-24 | UK Astronomy Technology Centre | Visit to UK Astronomy Technology Centre |
| Chris Johnson | 2025-09-30 | Cerestrial | To discuss the use of nationally funded compute assets |
| David Smith | 2025-07-07 | PsiQuantum | To discuss PsiQuantum’s UK engagement, their photonic quantum computing approach, and the proposal for a £170m National Cryogenics Facility, including its strategic alignment and policy concerns |
| David Smith | 2025-07-08 | Royal Academy of Engineering | To attend the RAEng Awards Dinner as a guest of Rolls-Royce for networking and celebrating engineering achievements |
| David Smith | 2025-07-10 | Institute for Manufacturing | To agree on a clear vision, messaging, and policy levers to strengthen UK performance in late-stage innovation and emerging technologies |
| David Smith | 2025-07-14 | Royal Academy of Engineering | To discuss how innovators, investors, government, and the Academy can collaborate to ensure AI development and adoption delivers practical public benefits aligned with community needs |
| David Smith | 2025-07-14 | Rolls Royce | To exchange insights on advisory roles in government, discuss priorities including TAR, and provide strategic advice on Rolls-Royce SMR ahead of upcoming stakeholder engagements |
| David Smith | 2025-07-14 | Blavatnik School of Government | To provide input on the upcoming appointment of the UK Tech Envoy to the US, focusing on the role’s objectives and the ideal candidate profile |
| David Smith | 2025-07-14 | Imperial College London | To engage with quantum experts to discuss priorities and share insights relevant to upcoming work in the quantum technology space |
| David Smith | 2025-07-15 | Rolls Royce | To decide whether the NTA should join the Rolls-Royce gas turbine SRO group and to introduce him to Martin Fraenkel, the Crown Representative for Rolls-Royce |
| David Smith | 2025-07-17 | Danske Bank | To hear approaches to innovation and explore how his experiences could be applied within a UK government context |
| David Smith | 2025-07-18 | National Robotarium | To discuss plans for implementing Tech Adoption Hubs and clarify the process, governance, and legal considerations for their delivery |
| David Smith | 2025-07-18 | Cambridge University | To develop a rapid plan for how the UK can lead in agentic AI to accelerate product design cycles and explore ideas such as a challenge prize to catalyse progress |
| David Smith | 2025-07-21 | E-Estonia | To learn about Estonia’s digital government initiatives and explore how their approaches to data sharing, e-residency, digital wallets, and AI strategy could inform UK efforts |
| David Smith | 2025-07-21 | Nortal | To explore Nortal’s role in Estonia’s digital government and discuss how their experience could inform UK strategies for digitalisation and public-private partnerships |
| David Smith | 2025-07-21 | Cybernetica | To engage Cybernetica on lessons from implementing and evolving X-Road, discuss AI integration in their services, and share updates on the UK’s govuk app development |
| David Smith | 2025-07-21 | Information Systems Agency | To understand Estonia’s approach to cybersecurity and information system interoperability, and explore lessons the UK can learn from their strategies and incident response |
| David Smith | 2025-07-22 | Digital Nation | For informal introductions |
| David Smith | 2025-07-22 | DefsecIntel | To explore DefSecIntel’s AI-powered surveillance technologies, deployment challenges, energy solutions, and collaboration strategies to identify lessons for UK defence innovation |
| David Smith | 2025-07-22 | Marduk | To explore Marduk Technologies’ AI-powered counter-drone solutions and discuss their technology, deployment challenges, and collaboration strategies |
| David Smith | 2025-07-22 | SensusQ and Vegvisir | To understand SensusQ’s AI-powered decision support capabilities for defence and explore challenges, technologies, and partnerships in enhancing situational awareness |
| David Smith | 2025-07-23 | Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions | To explore how NIIS’s X-Road interoperability solutions and strategies could inform UK efforts to improve data sharing, cross-border collaboration, and digital government innovation |
| David Smith | 2025-07-23 | KrattWorks | To understand KrattWorks’ AI-powered drone technologies, their deployment challenges, and collaboration strategies to inform potential UK defence and emergency applications |
| David Smith | 2025-07-29 | Institution of Engineering and Technology | To brief Chief Scientific Advisers on the 2025 Procurement Act and the Commercial Innovation Hub, and to encourage their support in identifying projects that could benefit from innovative procurement approaches |
| David Smith | 2025-07-30 | L3Harris | The purpose of this meeting was to review Ian’s paper on regional innovation in Wales and discuss whether to advance this workstream now or defer it for a more opportune time |
| David Smith | 2025-08-11 | future.now | To review progress from Sprint 2, align on upcoming reports and sector leadership, and discuss strategic next steps for government engagement and digital skills impact |
| David Smith | 2025-08-12 | BIND Research | To check in with Bind on organisational and scientific progress, review milestones, and discuss next steps including board chair recruitment and lab readiness |
| David Smith | 2025-08-12 | Royal Academy of Engineering | To provide updates on strategic priorities, including Taiwan, US-UK tech partnership, Agentic AI, and tech adoption progress |
| David Smith | 2025-08-13 | Semiconductor Advisory Panel members | To gather advice from the Semiconductor Advisory Panel on engagement ahead of SEMICON Taiwan |
| David Smith | 2025-08-13 | Deep Science Venture | To explore potential input on DSIT’s Discovery Phase for upskilling 75M workers in AI by 2030 |
| David Smith | 2025-08-19 | Whittle Labs | To discuss proposal to use the New Whittle Lab to launch 20–30 bold missions over the next decade aimed at capturing future industries for the UK |
| David Smith | 2025-08-19 | Institute for Manufacturing | To review and discuss the IfM summary report strawman, address contract updates, and explore ARI-related questions arising from the work |
| David Smith | 2025-08-19 | SCI Semiconductor | To gather insights from industry experts and government teams on effective messaging strategies for CHERI to improve international understanding and positioning, particularly ahead of SEMICON Taiwan |
| David Smith | 2025-08-21 | Nokia, Samsung, Airbus, BT, Ericsson, Vodafone | To understand likely trajectories for 6G and explore opportunities, challenges, and collaboration strategies to make 6G successful in the UK and globally |
| David Smith | 2025-09-02 | Foxconn | To discuss Foxconn's ambitions and capabilities |
| David Smith | 2025-09-03 | City of London Corporation | Dinner event to showcase the UK as a global tech leader and engage key stakeholders to drive investment, innovation, and collaboration across AI, fintech, and technology sectors |
| David Smith | 2025-09-08 | Oxford Instruments | Discuss capabilities of LEO satellites |
| David Smith | 2025-09-09 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | To strengthen UK–TSMC ties by showcasing UK semiconductor strengths and exploring opportunities for strategic collaboration |
| David Smith | 2025-09-09 | Arm Taiwan | To strengthen ties with ARM Taiwan and understand its AI R&D and talent development efforts locally |
| David Smith | 2025-09-10 | SEMICON | To promote UK semiconductor capabilities, thank Taiwanese stakeholders for their support, and strengthen UK–Taiwan tech collaboration through networking at SEMICON Taiwan |
| David Smith | 2025-09-10 | Beebolt | Introductory meeting to understand capability |
| David Smith | 2025-09-11 | Taiwan Industrial Technology Research Institute | To witness the signing of an R&D collaboration MOU between the UK’s NPL and Taiwan’s ITRI, supporting deeper UK–Taiwan cooperation on technology standards and innovation |
| David Smith | 2025-09-11 | Taiwan Industrial Technology Research Institute | To deepen strategic collaboration with ITRI, discuss their UK office’s role in supporting bilateral R&D and industry ties, and explore opportunities for future cooperation |
| David Smith | 2025-09-11 | Winbond Electronics/ Nuvoton | To strengthen ties with Winbond and Nuvoton and discuss the UK's role as a partner |
| Emran Mian | 2025-07-03 | Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) | Meeting to discuss tech advantages to help shape policy/ resilience |
| Emran Mian | 2025-07-11 | Aerospace Technology Institute | Discussions on the work of the institute |
| Emran Mian | 2025-07-15 | TechUK | Discussion on how they can help DSIT deliver good strategies across tech |
| Emran Mian | 2025-07-21 | Government and industry AI skills partnership | |
| Emran Mian | 2025-07-24 | Meeting to discuss AI opportunities, AI copyright and regulatory frameworks | |
| Emran Mian | 2025-07-28 | Aerospace Technology Institute | Discussions on the work of the institute |
| Emran Mian | 2025-08-13 | Royal Academy of Engineering | Introductory meeting with CEO of RAEng following appointment as DSIT Permanent Secretary |
| Emran Mian | 2025-08-14 | Aerospace Technology Institute | Discussions on the work of the institute |
| Emran Mian | 2025-08-15 | Full Fact | Meeting to discuss mis and disinformation |
| Emran Mian | 2025-08-15 | ARUP | AI uses in the built environment |
| Emran Mian | 2025-08-20 | Microsoft | Meeting to discuss AI opportunities, regulation and cross-government issues |
| Emran Mian | 2025-08-20 | University of Cambridge | Meeting to discuss academic feedback on cross government digital strategy |
| Emran Mian | 2025-08-22 | Vodafone | This meeting centred round Vodafone updating us on their work in the UK and Europe |
| Emran Mian | 2025-09-02 | Aerospace Technology Institute | Discussions on the work of the institute |
| Emran Mian | 2025-09-09 | Departmental Trade Unions | Introductory meeting with DTUS and to set out his priorities as permsec |
| Emran Mian | 2025-09-11 | Wellcome | This was a meeting with senior representatives from Wellcome, NHS and DHSC to discuss progress on the Health Data Research Service |
| Emran Mian | 2025-09-16 | Ditchley Foundation visit | This was an invitation to attend the Ditchley HQ in London for a discussion related to the expanded HMG engagement on the Ditchley programme and suggestions on how to focus it for maximum impact |
| Emran Mian | 2025-09-17 | Nscale | Meeting to discuss AI and the challenges and opportunities for the tech sector in the UK |
| Emran Mian | 2025-09-17 | ARM | Meeting to discuss AI and the challenges and opportunities for the tech sector in the UK |
| Emran Mian | 2025-09-17 | Meta | Meeting to discuss AI and the challenges and opportunities for the tech sector in the UK |
| Emran Mian | 2025-09-19 | Ionq | Meeting with the CEO of Ionq and CEO, Oxford Ionics (recently acquired by IonQ) to discuss the government's approach to supporting Quantum companies |
| Emran Mian | 2025-09-19 | Craft Ventures | Engagement post State visit |
| Emran Mian | 2025-09-19 | British Founders Roundtable - David Sacks (Craft Ventures); Synthesia; Graphcore-AI; Cohere; Faculty; ElevenLabs; Nscale | Roundtable - to discuss the UK and US's Tech Partnership |
| Emran Mian | 2025-09-25 | UK Finance | Discussion related to announcement of Digital ID |
| Emran Mian | 2025-09-30 | National Wealth Fund | Introductory meeting with the National Wealth Fund The meeting covered an outline on the role on NWF and the British Business Bank |
| Freya Guinness | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Helen Mills | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Nicolas McGrath | Nil Return | Nil Return | Nil Return |
| Oliver Ilott | 2025-08-11 | Hakluyt | Stakeholder Engagement |
| Oliver Ilott | 2025-08-12 | Susskind | Stakeholder Engagement |
| Oliver Ilott | 2025-08-20 | Stakeholder Engagement | |
| Oliver Ilott | 2025-09-10 | Morpho | Stakeholder Engagement |
| Oliver Ilott | 2025-09-10 | Cisco | Stakeholder Engagement |
| Oliver Ilott | 2025-09-17 | Sequoia Capital | Stakeholder Engagement |
| Oliver Ilott | 2025-09-17 | Graphcore | Stakeholder Engagement |
| Sarah Connolly | 2025-07-04 | TikTok | Stakeholder engagement |
| Sarah Connolly | 2025-07-08 | Lloyds Bank Foundation | Meeting to discuss digital infrastructure |
| Sarah Connolly | 2025-07-28 | NSPCC | Meeting to discuss online safety |
| Sarah Connolly | 2025-07-29 | Colt Data Centre Services | Meeting to discuss data centres |
| Sarah Connolly | 2025-07-29 | Kennedy Wilson | Meeting to discuss data centres |
| Sarah Connolly | 2025-08-01 | Openreach | Meeting to discuss network infrastructure |
| Sarah Connolly | 2025-08-20 | Stakeholder engagement | |
| Sarah Connolly | 2025-08-20 | Amazon | Stakeholder engagement |
| Sarah Connolly | 2025-08-22 | Vodafone | Meeting to discuss telecoms infrastructure |
| Sarah Connolly | 2025-08-26 | Virgin Media / O2 | Meeting to discuss telecoms infrastructure |
| Sarah Connolly | 2025-08-29 | Apple | Stakeholder engagement |
| Sarah Connolly | 2025-09-01 | BT / EE | Meeting to discuss telecoms infrastructure |
| Sarah Connolly | 2025-09-03 | Meta | Stakeholder engagement |
| Sarah Connolly | 2025-09-03 | Whitehall & Industry Group | Stakeholder engagement |
| Sarah Connolly | 2025-09-03 | Connectivity UK | Meeting to discuss network infrastructure |
| Sarah Connolly | 2025-09-11 | Openreach | Meeting to discuss network infrastructure |
| Sarah Connolly | 2025-09-15 | Molly Rose Foundation | Meeting to discuss online safety |
| Sarah Connolly | 2025-09-16 | Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge | Stakeholder engagement |
| Sarah Connolly | 2025-09-16 | Saudi Telecom Company | Meeting to discuss digital infrastructure |
| Sarah Connolly | 2025-09-17 | Meta | Stakeholder engagement |
| Sarah Connolly | 2025-09-17 | Amazon | Stakeholder engagement |
| Sarah Connolly | 2025-09-22 | Microsoft | Stakeholder engagement |
| Sarah Connolly | 2025-09-25 | Nokia | Meeting to discuss telecoms |
| Sarah Munby | Nil return | Nil return | Nil return |