Senior Private Secretary (AI) to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, and to the Minister for AI

Oli Tao is Senior Private Secretary to the Secretary of State and also the Minister for AI, covering the AI portfolio. He sits across both the Cabinet Office and newly created Department for Business, Science, Innovation and Trade.

He was previously policy lead for AI and copyright policy at the Department for Science Innovation and Technology. He has also worked on the set up of the National Data Library and prior to joining the civil service he worked at a venture builder supporting UK digital start-ups and scaleups to use and embed AI.