Francine Bennett

Francine Bennett is a data and data science expert. She was cofounder of tech startup Mastodon C, who are data science specialists helping local and central government to realise the potential of their data. She was also a founding trustee of DataKind UK, which provides pro bono data science support to UK charities, and is a board member of the Ada Lovelace Institute and of Bethnal Green Ventures.

She has been an invited speaker on data topics for organisations including the Royal Society, the Economist, and the UN, and has advised a large number of corporations and government departments on better and more strategic use of data.