Meet your new Central Government Council Members starting January 2025
The primary role of techUK’s Central Government Council is to represent technology suppliers who supply to Government, lead the debate on new technologies, optimise the use of existing capabilities and engage with departments and the centre. The council works to set the strategic direction of techUK's Central Government Programme, reflecting techUK member priorities and providing a means for the public sector to engage with industry.
We would like to thank all the nominees who put themselves forward for a place on the council, it was a tight competition! We would also like to thank all the members who took the time to vote.
Please see below a list of our new council members, and please click here to view their biographies.
- Kimberley Schiller, Central Government and Public Infrastructure Lead - Strategy & Consulting, Accenture UKIA
- Chris Farthing, CEO, Advice Cloud
- Jonathan Murphy, Principle and Lead: Strategic Account Manager, BAE Systems
- Eve Upton, Director & Co-owner, Bid Craft
- David Moss, Director, Central Government, CACI
- Sonya Anderson, Director, Central Government, CGI
- Chris Oldham, Head of Central Government, Cisco
- Richard Clarke, Director, Fivium
- Luke Morgan, CTO, Forensic Analytics
- Rob Anderson, Chief Analyst and Service Director, Global Data
- Giles Hartwright, Associate Partner, Public Sector Consulting, IBM
- Andy Kemp, Head of Public Sector, Kainos
- Emma Logan, Partner, KPMG
- Jason Kay, Chief Strategy Officer, Mercator
- Sue Holloway, Business Development Director, NEC Software Solutions
- Pat Pruchnickyj, Head of Marketing, Nexor
- Henry Rex, Director, Government Relations, Opencast
- Graham Williamson, Public Sector CTO and Director of Enterprise Architecture, UK & Ireland, ServiceNow
- Julian Jackson, Head of Sales & Marketing, Shaping Cloud
- Abigail Wyndham, Account Director, Stellarmann
- Shani Latif, Sales Director, Telent
- Anna Inman, Head of Growth Operations, TPXimpact
- Edward Duval, Central Government Relationship Manager, Triad
- Aaron Prior, Head of Bid and Government Affairs, Trustmarque
Many congratulations again to our new council members, we look forward to working with you all for the next two years.
Heather Cover-Kus
Heather Cover-Kus
Heather is Head of Central Government Programme at techUK, working to represent the supplier community of tech products and services to Central Government.
Prior to joining techUK in April 2022, Heather worked in the Economic Policy and Small States Section at the Commonwealth Secretariat. She led the organisation’s FinTech programme and worked to create an enabling environment for developing countries to take advantage of the socio-economic benefits of FinTech.
Before moving to the UK, Heather worked at the Office of the Prime Minister of The Bahamas and the Central Bank of The Bahamas.
Heather holds a Graduate Diploma in Law from BPP, a Masters in Public Administration (MPA) from LSE, and a BA in Economics and Sociology from Macalester College.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-cover-kus-ba636538
Ellie Huckle
Ellie Huckle
Ellie joined techUK in March 2018 as a Programme Assistant to the Public Sector team and now works as a Programme Manager for the Central Government Programme.
The programme represents the supplier community of technology products and services in Central Government – in summary working to make Government a more informed buyer, increasing supplier visibility in order to improve their chances of supplying to Government Departments, and fostering better engagement between the public sector and industry. To find out more about what we do, how we do this and how you can get involved – make sure to get in touch!
Prior to joining techUK, Ellie completed Sixth Form in June 2015 and went on to work in Waitrose, moved on swiftly to walking dogs and finally, got an office job working for a small local business in North London, where she lives with her family and their two Bengal cats Kai and Nova.
When she isn’t working Ellie likes to spend time with her family and friends, her cats, and enjoys volunteering for diabetes charities. She has a keen interest in writing, escaping with a good book and expanding her knowledge watching far too many quiz shows!
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 020 7331 2015
- Twitter:
- @techUK,@techUK
- Website:
- www.techuk.org,www.techuk.org
- LinkedIn:
- https://bit.ly/3mtQ7Jx,https://bit.ly/3mtQ7Jx
Austin Earl
Austin Earl
Austin joined techUK’s Central Government team in March 2024 to launch a workstream within Education and EdTech.
With a career spanning technology, policy, media, events and comms, Austin has worked with technology communities, as well as policy leaders and practitioners in Education, Central and Local Government and the NHS.
Cutting his teeth working for Skills Matter, London’s developer community hub, Austin then moved to GovNet Communications where he launched Blockchain Live and the Cyber Security and Data Protection Summit. For the last 3 years he has worked with leaders in Education across the state and independent schools sectors, from primary up to higher education, with a strong research interest in technology and education management.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 07891 743 932
- Website:
- www.techuk.org,www.techuk.org
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-spencer-earl/,https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-spencer-earl/
Ella Gago-Brookes
Ella Gago-Brookes
Ella joined techUK in November 2023 as a Markets Team Assistant, supporting the Justice and Emergency Services, Central Government and Financial Services Programmes.
Before joining the team, she was working at the Magistrates' Courts in legal administration and graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2022. Ella attained an undergraduate degree in History and Politics, and a master's degree in International Relations and Security Studies, with a particular interest in studying asylum rights and gendered violence.
In her spare time she enjoys going to the gym, watching true crime documentaries, travelling, and making her best attempts to become a better cook.
- Email:
- [email protected]