All posts by Andy Smith

About Andy Smith

Andy has spent his career working either in, or with, government organisations in the UK, Europe and globally. He has extensive experience of operating successfully in both the public and private sector. He worked for 18 years as a civil servant in UK central government – mainly in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), with spells on secondment to the European Commission and the Cabinet Office. He held a range of senior policy, operational and IT management roles including in welfare reform implementation; benefits agency computerisation; corporate services; and as a deputy commercial director. Since leaving the civil service, Andy has worked internationally for global IT companies Oracle and SAS dealing extensively with government organisations including the European Commission and governments across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Recently, Andy has trained UK civil servants on a range of issues including advising and briefing ministers, policy development, negotiations, and the workings of the EU, and he has also trained senior Caribbean civil servants as part of a major capacity building programme.