All posts tagged "interview"

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  Expanding the comfort zone: GDS chief Kevin Cunnington on promoting innovation

  The UK’s Government Digital Service, long a tech pioneer, has turned its attention to promoting innovation. Director general Kevin Cunnington tells Matt Ross how he intends to help civil servants

  • Posted December 20, 2018
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  Encouraging innovation to improve service delivery: Pierre Schoonraad connects the dots

  Pierre Schoonraad is a man on a mission: bringing people together to understand every side of a problem, he works to champion innovation across the public sector. He tells Matt

  • Posted December 9, 2018
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  Heiki Loot, Secretary of State, Estonian Government: Exclusive Interview

  Estonia’s Secretary of State, Heiki Loot, is leaving government after 15 years at the top of the civil service. As he prepares to return to his legal roots, Matt Ross

  • Posted November 21, 2018
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  Sunil Shahaney, former Director of the Debt Programme, Cabinet Office, UK: Exclusive Interview

  In 2011, the UK mounted a cross-government drive to shrink its $26bn pile of outstanding debts. Programme head Sunil Shahaney explains to Matt Ross how he got ministers and departments

  • Posted November 1, 2018
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  William Priest, Chief Executive, Geospatial Commission, UK: Exclusive Interview

  Geospatial data could strengthen public service delivery and business growth – but whilst most governments hold vast datasets, few are realising their potential. Matt Ross meets William Priest, charged with

  • Posted October 15, 2018
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  Sir Philip Lowe, former Director-General of Competition and of Energy, European Commission: Exclusive Interview

  During a four-decade career at the European Commission, Sir Philip Lowe played a key role in developing competition policy and energy markets; and now he’s watching as his own country

  • Posted October 9, 2018
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  Maria Robertson, Deputy Chief Executive, New Zealand’s Department of Internal Affairs: Exclusive Interview

  Many governments talk the talk about focusing on the customer – but New Zealand is actually walking that road. Matt Mercer asks Maria Robertson, the DIA’s service delivery chief, to

  • Posted September 18, 2018
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  Stefan Schweinfest, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division: Exclusive Interview

  In an era of fake news and populist politicians Stefan Schweinfest, the head of the UN’s statistics operation, is well aware of the threat to evidence-based policy making. But this

  • Posted September 11, 2018
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  Torsten Arnswald, Head of the Fiscal Policy Division, Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany: Exclusive Interview

  Germany’s economic success makes the country envied, admired and resented in pretty much equal measure – particularly whilst so many nations are struggling with low growth and high debts. Its

  • Posted June 26, 2017
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  Christine Loh, Under Secretary for the Environment, Hong Kong: Exclusive Interview

  You might not expect to find a former environmental and democracy activist working as a senior adviser at the heart of the Hong Kong government – but Christine Loh has

  • Posted April 27, 2017
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