Professor Tom Crick MBE is Chair of the School of Coding & AI. He is Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport, where he provides independent scientific and technical advice to ministers and senior officials, with a particular focus on research and evidence infrastructure, digital technologies, data policy, responsible AI adoption, and technology governance. He is also Professor of Digital Society and Policy at the University of Bristol.

Tom’s interdisciplinary work sits at the research-policy-practice interface, spanning computer science, digital education, AI governance, public policy, skills, innovation and the role of technology in society. He has played a leading role in computing and digital skills reform across the UK, including major computing, digital, STEM curriculum and qualifications reform in Wales, and has advised governments, regulators, professional bodies and learned societies on digital technology, education and public value. He has also held senior professional leadership roles, including as Vice-President of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.

Alongside his academic and government roles, Tom has extensive non-executive and trustee experience across education, utilities, health and social care, infrastructure, media and telecommunications, including in complex, regulated and multi-billion-pound organisations. His board work has included governance, strategy, risk, assurance, workforce, technology, procurement and organisational transformation.

Tom was appointed MBE in the 2017 Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to computer science and the promotion of computer science education. He is a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales and the Academy of Social Sciences, a Chartered Fellow of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, and the Institution of Engineering and Technology, and recipient of the BCS Lovelace Medal and the IET Achievement Medal for contributions to computer science, digital and STEM education, and public policy.

Professor Crick serves as Chair in a personal capacity.