Andy Nelson

Biography

Andy Nelson has been a Non-Executive Director of the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Board since January 2017.

Andy is an experienced Technology and Business Transformation executive with a successful 30-year track record in Central Government, Management Consulting, Retail and Finance sectors. Key positions held include being the group executive with global responsibility for Strategy, IT and turnaround programmes at RSA Insurance and several large-scale CIO roles in the private and public sectors including HM Government CIO. He is now working in a non-executive, advisory, teaching and voluntary capacity for a wide range of organisations. He is a Non-Executive for Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust and for The Law Society, a guest lecturer at Lancaster University Management School and is a volunteer with the Princes Trust.

Andy currently chairs the Finance and Performance Committee and is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Quality and Standards Committee.

Previous roles in government

  • Non-Executive Director and DBS Board Member