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George Williamson
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Chief Executive Officer at Alan Turing Institute
Williamson leads the UK's national institute for AI and data science as it expands work on sovereign capability and national resilience. At HMGCC he opened a traditionally closed national-security technology organisation to greater collaboration with industry and academia, following more than two decades in the diplomatic service.
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Background
Current role
Chief Executive Officer May 2026-present
Alan Turing Institute
Alan Turing InstitutePreviously
Nov 2021-May 2026Chief Executive Officer, HMGCC
2001-2021Director General, Technology; senior diplomatic roles, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
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University of Oxford
Harvard University