Key information
Salary: £129,667
Biography
Appointed in 2017 as London's first Chief Digital Officer, Theo leads on London-wide digital transformation, data and smart city initiatives at City Hall.
His role involves:
- strategic leadership on the digital transformation agenda for London's public services, across the GLA group and the wider public sector
- convening on behalf of the Mayor, across London local government to support the take-up of innovative, technology, and data-led approaches to service delivery and public engagement
- developing and promoting partnership between the public, private and community sectors to enable and support the development of new public service-oriented technology and innovation.
About London’s new public digital infrastructure
London’s new public digital infrastructure is a term describing core smart city work by the Mayor of London and partners to prepare for future innovation at a scale that can truly benefit Londoners.
As Chief Digital Officer for London, Theo’s approach builds strategic capability through better digital connectivity, collaboration and joined-up city data to address the challenges faced by the city, such as achieving Net Zero, as well as prepare for advances in AI and other emerging technologies.
Read more about the programmes and find out more about them on Theo's blogs.