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Martin Ferguson is Socitm's first Head of Policy. In this role, he leads the development and promotion of Socitm responses to major issues around public sector ICT, including data management and sharing; partnerships and outsourcing; self service; flexible working; and the pan-government security vision. He also drives associated stakeholder engagement with central and local government and the third and private sectors. Martin brings a wealth of experience to the role. Between 2003 and 2005 he was Assistant Director, e-government, at the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA), leading strategic support to councils' plans and implementations of local e-government. Prior to that he was Chief Information Officer at St. Albans District Council and was elected a president of Socitm. For over 10 years, he has held the post of Associate Senior Lecturer in Information Management and e-Governance at the Institute of Local Government Studies, The University of Birmingham, teaching Public Service MBA students from local government, the voluntary sector, housing associations, the police and the Hong Kong government.

Email: martin.ferguson@socitm.net