Director General, Emerging Technology and AI
Ollie Ilott
Biography
Ollie Ilott is the Director General for the Prime Minister’s AI Taskforce. He was appointed in July 2026.
Oliver was previously the Director General for Emerging Technology and Artificial Intelligence at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).
Ollie is a founding Director of the AI Security Institute and previously was Deputy Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, leading the domestic affairs team in No10 Private Office.
He led on the Cabinet Office COVID Taskforce’s strategy team and worked on Brexit in the Civil Service from 2017 to 2020. Before this he was a researcher at the Institute for Government.
Director General, Emerging Technology and AI
The Director General is responsible for the following areas:
- AI Adoption in the Economy
- AI and Society
- AI Growth Zones
- Data Infrastructure and State Threats to Data
- Engineering Biology
- International AI Policy
- Labour Markets and AI
- Quantum
- Robotics and Advanced Materials
- Security and Online Harms
- Semiconductors
- The AI Economics Institute (AIEI)
- The AI Research Resource (AIRR)
- The AI Security Institute (AISI)
- The National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF)
- The Sovereign AI Fund (SovAI)
- Transformative AI Preparedness
Previous roles in government
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Interim Director General, Emerging Technology and AI
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Interim Director General, Artificial Intelligence