Join us on 17 June at 11am for a techUK webinar hosted in partnership with Alteryx.
This webinar will explore how public sector organisations are using analytics, automation, and AI to improve efficiency, reduce duplication, strengthen financial and compliance controls, and enable more trusted insight-sharing across departments.
Government organisations are under increasing pressure to deliver better outcomes with limited resources, while improving transparency, governance, and confidence in data. At the same time, many teams still rely on manual, spreadsheet-driven processes that slow decision-making and create operational silos.
Designed for government leaders, analysts, and transformation teams, the session will focus on practical approaches to modernising operations and building a stronger foundation for responsible AI adoption.
Confirmed speakers
Alastair McPherson
Central Government Strategic Accounts Leader, Alteryx
Associate Director, Central Government and Education, techUK
Heather Cover-Kus
Associate Director, Central Government and Education, techUK
Heather is Associate Director, Central Government and Education at techUK, working to represent the tech supplier community to Central Government.
She started as Head of Central Government at techUK in April 2022 and was promoted to Associate Director in August 2025 supporting both the Central Government and Education programmes.
Prior to joining techUK in April 2022, Heather worked in the Economic Policy and Small States Section at the Commonwealth Secretariat. She led the organisation’s FinTech programme and worked to create an enabling environment for developing countries to take advantage of the socio-economic benefits of FinTech.
Before moving to the UK, Heather worked at the Office of the Prime Minister of The Bahamas and the Central Bank of The Bahamas.
Heather holds a Graduate Diploma in Law from BPP, a Masters in Public Administration (MPA) from LSE, and a BA in Economics and Sociology from Macalester College.
Patricia joined techUK in February 2026 as a Junior Events Manager, where she supports the delivery of our flagship events.
Prior to joining techUK, she worked at the International Tennis Federation as a Senior Development Coordinator (Performance & Events). Patricia supported the delivery of major international junior events - including Junior Grand Slams and the 14&U European Tour - and helped expand opportunities for players from developing countries to compete internationally. She has also gained experience working in an MP's Parliamentary and Constituency Office.
Patricia holds a BA (Hons) in Politics and Hispanic Studies from Queen Mary University of London and has a strong interest in international development, politics and current affairs.
Outside of work, she enjoys travelling, socialising with friends, and staying active at the gym.
Central Government Strategic Accounts Leader, Alteryx
20 years experience working with public sector, focusing on process improvement, master data management, data cleansing and tax compliance. Experienced in driving analytics transformation and aligning business strategy with data-driven outcomes.
Business-driven technology leader helping organizations turn data and AI into decisive advantage. Brings 20+ years of experience across analytics, data management, and enterprise software. Leads the Global Partner Engineering team at Alteryx, empowering partners and customers to automate intelligence at scale. Focused on helping enterprises move from AI-ready to AI-empowered by operationalizing AI and embedding intelligence into every decision, process, and workflow.
30 years of technical software sales, specialising in Big Data, Cloud and AI. Senior leadership experience with large Public Sector and Central Government contracts with Alteryx, Databricks, AWS and Fabric.
Brings 5+ years of Data & AI consulting experience, designing scalable and automated workflows in health and government sectors with a focus on policing and forensic data storage solutions.
Previously: HP Enterprise, boutique consultancies
Head of Financial Planning & Analysis, UK Space Agency
Sophie is leading strategic financial planning, business planning and performance insight across the UK’s civil space portfolio. Promoting utilisation of analytical tools such as Alteryx and Microsoft Power Platform to automate, improve data flows and provide data-driven advice to support Ministerial decision-making and the UK space industry.