Sarah Connolly
Biography
Sarah Connolly is the Interim Director General for Digital, Technology and Infrastructure at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). She was appointed in August 2025.
Sarah was previously Director for Digital Infrastructure at DSIT from January 2024 to August 2025. Before this she was Director for Security and Online Harms.
She has led internet and international policy at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), including work on the UK’s exit from the EU and has held various roles in the Home Office, including in the Office for Security and Counterterrorism (OSCT).
Before this she worked as an advisor in the US State Department, during a posting to Washington, and as an analyst at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), focusing on security and counter-terrorism policies.
Interim Director General, Digital, Technology and Infrastructure
The Interim Director General is responsible for the following areas:
- international and economic security
- security and online harms
- digital and data policy
- cyber security and digital identity
- digital infrastructure, including Building Digital UK