Matt Edgar
Director Of Transformation Digital Urgent And Emergency Care
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMatt Edgar is a seasoned digital transformation and service design leader with over two decades of experience across media, telecoms and public services, currently serving as Director of Transformation for Digital Urgent and Emergency Care at NHS England. He is the Senior Responsible Owner for a £16m programme modernising the use of digital, data and technology in urgent and emergency care, bringing a rare blend of hands-on design leadership and executive delivery. His background spans product, UX and service design roles at Orange and as a consultant to government, and he has held multiple senior design and delivery posts within NHS Digital. Based in Leeds, he also contributes governance expertise as a non-executive board member at 54North Homes, signaling a commitment to public-sector impact beyond program delivery. Notably, he moved from journalism into tech early in his career, giving him a practiced ability to translate complex policy and clinical needs into clear, user-centred digital services.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Cranfield School of Management
Github Skills (20)
docker10
service-design10
social-media10
pixelfed9
activitypub9
mastodon9
svg9
federation8
webfinger8
microblogging8
wordpress-plugin5
wordpress4
android-client4
kotlin4
android4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
stickpeopleHQ/stickpeoplehq.github.io
Jun 2015 - Nov 2021
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 5 months
mattedgar/mattedgar-dot-com
Nov 2021 - Mar 2026
Contributions:36 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
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