Senior Director for Public Service, Oracle Corporation

Simon Godfrey is Senior Director for Public Service at Oracle Corporation. His responsibilities include the direction of the firm’s public services strategy, its relations with government, thought leadership for central and local government and the response to current challenges such as transparency, openness and collaborative government.

Simon is a pragmatic technologist and has held various key positions in industry as well as having been a member of the CBI’s Public Service strategy board and the trade body IntellectR! 17;s Public Sector Council. He also spent a number of years seconded to Her Majesties Government where he led and advised on a number of important initiatives.

Simon is also a keen guitarist who writes music for pleasure and the occasional performance when time allows. He has a grown up family and outside of work supports his wife photography career.