Rachel is an influential technology leader specialising in digital transformation, leadership, health tech, skills and inclusion. Her executive career spans the private, public and not-for-profit sectors in the UK and internationally, including for the EU and as a senior civil servant in the UK, where she was the first Chief Digital Officer for the Department of Health. She was subsequently the CEO of a digital skills organisation and a research institute. She is now a non-executive director and committee Chair, a business advisor and an ACC-accredited leadership coach, and runs her own consultancy providing strategic advice to executives and Boards. Rachel is a Partner at Strengths Unleashed Ltd, a member of the Holos Change Faculty, a member of the Faculty of the Public School of Technology, and a High-Risk Assurance Reviewer for the Cabinet Office’s Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA). 

Rachel has an extensive non-executive portfolio including as a Governor and as Chair of the Digital Committee of Birkbeck, University of London, a Non-Executive Director and member of the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Committee of TPXImpact Plc, and sits on the Boards of the Campaign for Social Science and DigitalHealth.London. She was a member of the Board of Digital Leaders for 10 years and chaired it for three. 

Rachel is a frequent speaker at UK and international conferences, has appeared regularly before parliamentary Select Committees, is a frequent judge of digital awards, a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF), and a Fellow of the RSA.  

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-neaman/  
Twitter: @RCNeaman