Annemarie Naylor Director of Policy and Strategy

Annemarie has a background in public policy working with local, regional and central government in the UK. In a previous role, she established the Asset Transfer Unit, overseeing national programs to transfer publicly owned land and buildings to communities. Annemarie was awarded an MBE for services to community asset ownership in 2015. On secondment to the Cabinet Office, Annemarie joined the ICT Futures Team, supporting IT procurement by Government departments. More recently, she ran her own consultancy business and pursued a range of innovative projects, including a community-managed Wi-Fi pilot scheme in South Wales and the Common Libraries initiative – which received an international OuiShare Award. She is the author of numerous publications in the health and care space with an emphasis upon data-driven innovation and the deployment of new technologies.