Director General, Digital Technologies and Telecoms
Emran Mian
Biography
Emran Mian is the Director General for Digital Technologies and Telecoms at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).
Emran was Director General for Regeneration at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, from September 2021 to July 2023. Prior to this he was the Director of Strategy and then a Director General at the Department for Education.
Before returning to the Civil Service in 2017, Emran ran the Social Market Foundation, an independent public policy think tank that works across a range of economic and social policy issues. Earlier in his career Emran held senior roles at BEIS and Cabinet Office.
Director General, Digital Technologies and Telecoms
The Director General is responsible for the following areas:
- digital and tech policy
- digital infrastructure
- data policy
- international and economic security
- cyber and digital identity
- security and online harms