Laurence Millar is FutureGov’s Editor-at-Large, overseeing the direction of the editorial team and contributing to the print and online editions of FutureGov. Prior to joining FutureGov, Laurence was the Government Chief Information Officer of New Zealand, and Deputy Commissioner of the country’s State Services Commission.

In these latter two roles he was responsible developing New Zealand’s e-government strategy, and for undertaking IT-enabled projects at a number of key departments including The Treasury, Department of Internal Affairs, National Archives, Ministry of Justice and New Zealand Customs. Before joining the public sector Laurence held a number of IT consultancy roles in New Zealand, Asia, and the United Kingdom. He is a graduate of the University of Cambridge.