Maeve Walsh is an experienced policymaker and government relations consultant who has worked in the UK Government and not-for-profit sector. She is currently the Director of the Online Safety Act Network, which keeps advocates, researchers and campaigners informed and connected during the OSA’s implementation, and was a Carnegie UK Trust Associate for five years, working on their online harm reduction project and the development of the “duty of care” approach which influenced the development of the Online Safety Act 2023.

During a 17-year career in Whitehall, Maeve held senior roles in central Departments including Cabinet Office, No10, the Department of Health and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, where she led the team responsible for delivering the UK Digital Strategy. Since then, she has worked as a consultant with a variety of organisations on digital and data policy. She is a Trustee at the Connection at St-Martins-in-the-Field, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and has served as a parent governor at her children’s primary school.