Oliver is Head of Inbound Data Flows for the UK Government, at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. He leads the team responsible for delivering agreements which remove barriers to cross-border data flows to the UK, including the work to deliver EU data adequacy decisions. Oliver is also the Policy Lead for the UK Government’s new International Data Transfers Expert Council. Previously, Oliver worked as an academic and policy researcher at University College London, where he focused on European digital policy, including AI and data protection.