Eddie Copeland is a specialist in how governments and public sector organisations can use innovation, data and technology to improve their operations, services and decision-making. Over the past decade, he has worked with or advised hundreds of senior officials in the United Nations, European Commission as well as national and local governments around the world to support their digital, data and innovation strategies.

He is the founding Director of the London Office of Technology and Innovation (LOTI), the UK capital’s local government innovation team. He has been a Board Member of the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI), a UK government unit dedicated to enabling the trustworthy use of data. Previously he was Director of Government Innovation at Nesta, the innovation foundation.

He is the author of seven think tank reports on government use of technology and data, and has twice been listed on Apolitical’s list of the world’s most influential people in Digital Government.