Fiona Deans

Biography

Fiona Deans became interim Director General of the Government Digital Service (GDS) in October 2020. Fiona initially joined GDS as Chief Operating Officer in 2018.

Fiona has worked in digital for over 20 years and joined GDS from Barbour Logic, an organisation that provided local government with automated software solutions, where she was Managing Director. Prior to that, she was COO at Arts Alliance Media, one of the companies that spearheaded digital transformation in cinema.

She has also held business development and strategy positions at BBC Online, Atom Shockwave, Bertelsmann and Mercer Management Consulting, in London and New York.