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Director General for Strategy, Sport and Events

Emma Ward

Biography

Emma Ward is Director General for Strategy, Sport and Events at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). She is responsible for:

  • Analysis
  • Communications
  • Corporate Strategy
  • Chief Scientific Adviser’s Office
  • Legal
  • Major Sporting Projects Delivery
  • Project Delivery and Major Events
  • Sport and Gambling

Emma has extensive experience working with businesses, local leaders and stakeholders, as well as on place-based approaches to growth and devolution.

Emma was previously the Director General for the Road Transport Group at the Department for Transport (DfT) and the Director General responsible for domestic planning and implementation at the Department for Exiting the European Union. She was also the founder Director of the cities and local growth team, a Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government cities and local growth joint team.

Director General for Strategy, Sport and Events

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Previous roles in government

  • Director General Road Transport Group