Digital Economy Council

The Digital Economy Council is a non-statutory advisory committee of independent members set up to provide advice to the government. Its purpose is to harness the expertise of industry and the wider tech community to develop a world-leading digital economy that works for everyone.

Digital Economy Council membership:

Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP, Secretary of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport – Chair
Paul Scully MP, Minister for Tech and Digital Economy, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Bill Kelleher, IBM
Carolyn Dawson OBE, Founders Forum
Cindy Rose OBE, Microsoft
Dan Korski CBE, Public
David Dunn, Sunderland Software City
Debbie Forster MBE, Tech Talent Charter
Deborah Okenla, Your Startup, Your Story
Dom Hallas, Coadec
Eileen Burbidge MBE, Passion Capital
Gerard Grech, Tech Nation
Jeremy Silver, Digital Catapult
John Boumphrey, Amazon
Juergen Maier, Made Smarter, Industrial Strategy Council
Julian David, Tech UK
Matthew Scullion, Matillion
Olly Benzecry CBE, Accenture
Phil Smith CBE, Digital Skills Partnership
Poppy Gustafsson OBE, Darktrace
Priya Lakhani OBE, Century Tech
Professor Helen Margetts OBE, Oxford Internet Institute
Reshma Sohoni MBE, Seedcamp
Ron Kalifa OBE, Network International
Ronan Harris, Snap
Sabby Gill, Thomas International
Saul Klein OBE, Local Globe
Tabitha Goldstaub, CogX and AI Council Chair
Tera Allas CBE, McKinsey
Tom Foster-Carter, Lollipop
Wendy Tan-White, X, Alphabet’s Moonshot Company