Socitm appoints Martin Ferguson Head of Policy

In this role, Martin will lead the development and promotion of Socitm responses to major issues such as the collection and management of personal data; approaches to sharing data across different agencies; the scope for resource saving through shared services, partnerships, outsourcing, self service and flexible working; and the pan-government security vision. Members will remember Martin's spell as Assistant Director, e-government, at the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) in 2003 - 05 and also as a former Socitm President.