Smita Ghosh

Smita Ghosh is a senior digital leader with over 25 years' experience delivering complex business and technology transformation across government, defence and industry. She is currently Digital&Data Head of Software Acceleration and User Centric Design within the Ministry of Defence, where she is passionate about helping teams build better digital services that make a real difference to users. Throughout her career, Smita has led large-scale transformation programmes, bringing together technology, people and delivery expertise to solve complex challenges. She is a strong advocate for modern ways of working and has played a key role in growing Defence's software delivery capability through the Defence Software and Service Delivery Accelerator. What motivates Smita most is developing people and creating environments where they can thrive. She is passionate about nurturing talent, supporting future leaders and building diverse, inclusive teams that bring different perspectives and exp