Martine Clark, is Head of Government Sector for Methods Analytics, and Chair of the Essex data Ethics Committee. An experienced data policy and strategy leader Martine brings to the role her vast experience as an economic advisor within the civil service, senior data leadership roles which cut across technical delivery, policy-making, and high-level strategy, combined with a real passion for enabling operational business leads, technical decision-makers and policy specialists to work together to deliver better outcomes for the public.
When I first started as a Data Policy Lead, it was rare for a conversation that started about data ethics to end up there. We would start earnestly talking about the ethics of a data related project, but soon realise …