Simon Madden is Director of Policy & Strategy at NHSX. He is a career civil servant with experience in front line operations, policy development, project delivery, strategy, planning and performance. His previous posts have included Programme Director for Places for Growth in the Cabinet Office, leading a cross-government programme delivering a government commitment to move public bodies and civil service roles out of London into the regions and nations of the United Kingdom and Deputy Director in the Prime Minister’s Implementation Unit where he led on government planning and performance strategy.