Tim Kelsey is the UK government’s adviser on Transparency and Open Data. The position, announced in May 2011, to direct national public data policy underlines British Prime Minister David Cameron’s commitment to Transparency as a key driver of accountability, improved public service outcomes, as well as social and economic growth.

Tim is an internationally regarded expert in the development of Transparency strategies to drive consumer engagement and public service improvement. In 2000, Tim was founder CEO of Dr Foster, the organisation which pioneered publication of comparative hospital death rates and other measures of health quality and is now the leading independent information resource for professionals and patients. Greater transparency has led many NHS organisations to show demonstrable improvements in clinical outcomes.

In 2007, he designed and led the launch of the government’s new national health information service - NHS Choices (www.nhs.uk). This is now the most visited health information resource in Europe.

In 2010, Tim joined McKinsey to lead on the development of consumer propositions in public services to transform quality and productivity.

Tim has won many awards for his work with Dr Foster and NHS Choices. He is a member of the NHS National Quality Board, a trustee of the Nuffield Trust, a founder of the Open Public Service Network, a commissioner on the 2020 Public Services Commission, and a member of the advisory board of Warwick University medical school.

Before Dr Foster, Tim was an award-winning national newspaper journalist and a television reporter. He worked for the Independent and the Sunday Times, as well as Channel 4 and the BBC.