Barbara Ubaldi is the Acting Head of the Division on Open and Innovative Governments and Head of the Digital Government and Data Unit, within the OECD Public Governance Directorate. Barbara leads the work on digital technologies and data to enhance openness, efficiency and innovation in governments, and is responsible for country reviews, for monitoring the implementation of the OECD Recommendation on Digital Government Strategies and for the OECD OURdata Index and Digital Government Index. Barbara served for eight years as Programme Officer within the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. She gathered extensive experience working on digital government, ICT and knowledge management for development. A Fulbright Scholar, Barbara holds a M.S. on Public Administration from Northeastern University in Boston. Apolitical listed Barbara among the 2018 and 2019 TOP 20 most influential figures on Digital Government worldwide.