Neil McIvor
Head of Data for Public Services; former Chief Data Officer, DfE
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Northern Ireland
Joined May 2026
Summary
Experienced public-sector data leader with a long civil service career building statistical infrastructure and data capabilities. co+2
Strong focus on data strategy, governance, information protection and quality — accountable for enterprise-wide data policy and lifecycle management while at DfE. co+1
Practitioner of safe data linking and large-scale administrative data analysis, having built and operated high‑value pseudonymised longitudinal data sets used for social policy research. co+1
Public-facing communicator and recognised sector figure: gives keynote talks, provides oral evidence to Parliament, and has been ranked among influential UK data leaders. co+2