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Richard Sargeant joined Boston Consulting Group in November 2021. Working in the public sector, energy, and other industries, he supports clients in the UK and around the world as they renew their organizations to take full advantage of artificial intelligence. He is passionate about the integrated transformation of technology, human systems, and culture necessary to achieve a step change in organizational performance and social impact.

Richard also serves on the board of the UK government’s Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation. From 2016-21, Richard was COO of Faculty, an AI technology firm. Before that, he was a founding Director of the UK Government Digital Service, Director of Digital and Data Transformation at the Home Office, and led the Electricity Market Reform program at the Department of Energy & Climate Change. He was also Head of Public Policy at Google.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • Policy Fellow, University of Cambridge
  • MA, University of Cambridge

Publications and Videos

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Which Economies Are Ready for AI?: The AI Maturity Matrix

BCG’s new AI Maturity Matrix combines an economy’s exposure to AI with its readiness to handle AI disruption. Explore our assessment of 73 economies.

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Moving Millions: A Recipe to Make Urban Mobility Work

Congestion, accidents, emissions, and other challenges require cities to develop holistic mobility alternatives that will shift travel from private transport to public and active modalities.
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Generative AI for the Public Sector: The Journey to Scale

We highlight six key enablers that can help the public sector unlock the transformative benefits of Generative AI for their organizations and communities.
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Generative AI for the Public Sector: From Opportunities to Value

Generative AI will have significant positive impacts on the public sector. National, state, provincial, and local governments must begin taking actions to unlock these opportunities.

Westminster Abbey Institute - Westminster Dialogue: Have the machines taken over?

Richard Sargeant discusses with Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science at Berkeley, the social and political implications of AI.