New faces bring fresh expertise to Data Orchard’s Board

 

L-R: Noreen Blanluet, Amanda Smith and Manish Lad

 
 

We are delighted to welcome three new faces to Data Orchard’s board this month, bringing a wealth of knowledge, expertise and enthusiasm to support our work.

  • Noreen Blanluet is co-founder of the Co-production Network for Wales, and also delivers consultancy, facilitation and training projects in statutory and third sector organisations. More about Noreen

  • Manish Lad is a technical lead with a background in data communications, networking and software development. He has helped build experimental software prototypes for newsrooms and worked closely with academic and industrial partners on projects to demonstrate the potential of emerging technologies. More about Manish

  • Amanda Smith is a Director at Public Digital. She previously led the User Centred Policy Design team at the UK’s Ministry of Justice, and worked as a senior consultant at the Open Data Institute. She is a data strategy and digital transformation specialist with a career spanning public, private and nonprofit sectors. More about Amanda

Strong support

Our new member appointments are the result of a thorough and careful open recruitment process, helping us to strengthen our board in terms of its skills, influence and diversity.

The new members join our existing board in contributing their skills and time to our mission and values:

  • Nancy James, Chair, specialist in company management and leadership good practice.

  • Suraj Vagdama, Vice chair, expert in developing digital products for non-profit sectors.

  • Mark Sellors, specialist in data engineering, infrastructure, cloud, strategy, and community.

  • Charlotte Worthy, expert statistician and demographer leading local government research and intelligence.

 
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