Speakers

Ellen Wilson is an accomplished public sector technology leader with extensive experience helping governments across EMEA harness AI, cloud, and data to transform public services responsibly and at scale. As Head of Government Business Development for AWS EMEA, she leads business development across EMEA. Ellen specialises in AI adoption in government, cloud migration and digital transformation, and data sovereignty and security — balancing innovation with ethics, trust, and regulatory compliance. Before joining AWS, Ellen spent over a decade at Microsoft and Siemens, where she led smart city, sustainability, and digital skills initiatives across UK local and national government. She has designed and delivered market strategies that accelerated adoption of emerging technologies, built public–private partnerships, and influenced policy innovation across multiple jurisdictions.