Governments
Ollie Ilott
Director General for Artificial Intelligence
Cabinet Office · United Kingdom
Role in AI policy
Senior civil servant leading the UK government's AI work in the Cabinet Office, where GOV.UK lists him as Director General for Artificial Intelligence and head of the Prime Minister's AI Taskforce, appointed in July 2026. He was previously Director General for Emerging Technology and Artificial Intelligence at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and GOV.UK describes him as a founding Director of the AI Security Institute.