Mike Bracken is senior fellow for digital government at the Lisbon Council. He served as executive director of digital in the United Kingdom government in 2011 and was its chief data officer in 2014. In this capacity, he was responsible for overseeing and improving the government’s digital delivery of public services. Mr Bracken is an experienced entrepreneur who has grown several technology companies and occupied most c-suite roles in his executive career in a variety of sectors in more than a dozen countries. Currently, he is partner at Public Digital.