Head of Public Service Transformation Delivery

Philip leads the Public Service Transformation Delivery Unit at the Department of Public Expenditure NDP Delivery and Reform. The unit is responsible for driving and delivering the Government’s programme of public service transformation and innovation, and civil service renewal. This includes implementing the Government’s current reform framework Better Public Services, implementing the Government’s Public Service Innovation Strategy, Making Innovation Real, coordinating Ireland’s Open Government Partnership National Action Plan, outsourcing and emerging technology policy, and a number of other related policy areas concerned with the modernisation of the Irish Public and Civil Service.

Before taking on his current role, Philip was the Department’s Public Service Innovation Policy Lead. Prior to joining DPER in 2014, Philip worked in the Department of Justice in the areas of asylum law and money laundering/terrorist financing regulation.

Philip holds separate degrees in law and business (HR), an international diploma in regulation and a Master’s degree in innovation and leadership.