Chief Operating Officer
Tara Smith
Biography
Tara Smith was appointed Chief Operating Officer at the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) in May 2023.
Prior to joining DBT, Tara was Director of People and Resources at the Food Standards Agency. Tara has also previously held the post of Strategic Finance Director at the Department for Work and Pensions.
She is a Chartered Accountant and started her career with PwC, working in Ireland, Canada and the UK for more than 10 years before joining the civil service in 2006.
Chief Operating Officer
The Chief Operating Officer has overall responsibility for a range of the Department for Business and Trade’s (DBT) corporate functions and support services, including:
- digital, data and technology
- human resources
- commercial
- project delivery and change
- finance
- security and business services
- communications and marketing