Chief Digital and Information Officer | Sport England
Alexandra Butler is a digital and data leader with 20 years’ senior experience across UK government, higher education, the charity sector and broadcasting. She has played a pivotal role in digital government, leading Directgov, the world’s first consolidated online public services platform, and launching data.gov.uk with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, helping to build a thriving open data community.
Since then, Alex has held Chief Digital and Information Officer and Executive Director roles at the University of Bath, Citizens Advice and Sport England, delivering large-scale, complex transformation programmes led by people, not technology.
In 2024, Alex was named in the UK CIO100 and received an Industry Recognition Award for her work on Responsible AI, reflecting a career centred on ethics and human impact. She is a fractional consultant, Non-Executive Director of the Royal Agricultural University and Trustee of Royal Museums Greenwich.
Alex brings resilience, influence and an appetite for challenge to every organisation she works with.
Moderator:
Ms. Sindhu V Kashyap, Editor, Global Enterprise Connect
Panelists:
Ms. Yessie Dianty Yosetya, Director & Chief Information Technology Officer, PT XLSMART Telecom Sejahtera Tbk
Ms. Firihan Ahmed Al Balushi, Head of AI Transformation, Sohar International Bank
Ms. Alexandra Butler, Director, Digital Data and Technology, Sport England
Prof. Mona Nasr, Information Systems (Head of Department), Faculty of Computers and Artificial Intelligence Capital University (formerly Helwan University)
Ms. Juliana Chua, Group Sr. Director & Head, EssilorLuxottica
