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Building Digital UK crowns permanent CEO after recent rejig

2026-08-28T16:37:00

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Government agency names Ben Whitestone as the permanent successor of Dean Creamer, taking on responsibility for advancing Project Gigabit and Shared Rural Network programmes.

This article includes:

  • Organisations: Audit and Risk Assurance Committee; Broadband Delivery UK; Building Digital UK (BDUK); Commission on Public Service Governance & Delivery; Department for Business, Innovation, Science & Trade; Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport; Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT); Department for Transport; National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA); Office for National Statistics (ONS); Office for the Prime Minister; Welsh government.
  • Geographies: Europe; United Kingdom (UK); Wales.
  • People: Andy Burnham; Dean Creamer; Ben Whitestone.
  • Themes: 4G; AI; Amber confidence rating; business planning; corporate planning; digital connectivity; digital government; digital infrastructure; fibre; FTTP; gigabit-capable broadband; Green confidence rating; mobile coverage; mobile network operators; Project Gigabit; public service governance; resilience; risk & compliance; Shared Rural Network; stakeholder engagement; subsidy programmes; supply chain risks; telecoms infrastructure

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