Full Name
Luisa Cardani
Job Title
Head of Data Centres Programme
Company
techUK
Speaker Biography
As Head of Data Centres at techUK, Luisa leads national engagement with government, regulators, and global technology firms to influence digital infrastructure, energy, and regulatory reform. techUK aims to provide a collective voice for UK operators and working with government to improve business environment for the data centres sector. As part of this work, Luisa negotiated Climate Change Agreement target period (2026 to 2030) securing significant financial benefits via Climate Change Levy discounts. She's also named in Data Centre Magazine Top 100 Women 2025 and is a regular sector awards judge for DataCloud, DCD, and Data Centre World.

Prior to joining techUK, Luisa worked in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as the Head of International Data Protection, where she led on the development of elements of the UK's data protection and privacy policy. In her role, she was also the UK official representative for the EOCD Privacy Guidelines Informal Advisory Group.
She has held a number of position in government, including leading on cross-cutting data provisions in the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, and in high priority cross-departmental projects when working in the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (now DBT).
Luisa Cardani