IBM Center for The Business of Government

Tom Brandt has served as the IRS’s Chief Risk Officer since 2014, leading the enterprise risk management program and enabling the identification, prioritization, evaluation and mitigation of key risks to achieving the IRS mission. Previously, Tom was the Director of Planning and Research in the IRS’s Large Business and International Division, with responsibility for the Division’s workload selection and risk identification processes, and development of the annual compliance plan.

Steve Evans is Director of Research in Industrial Sustainability at the University of Cambridge. He leads a research team trying to improve the environmental impact of the world’s industrial system. Steve started working in his first factory in 1976, before becoming Engineering Systems Manager at Martin-Baker Engineering, where he helped design and make the world’s best ejection seats. Helping save 2 lives per week and working on a product that has 2 seconds to succeed, often travelling at up to 1000kph, was too much fun and forced a change in career into teaching and research.

Paulo Savaget is an Assistant Professor at the University of Durham and a Researcher at the University of Oxford. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge, funded by the Gates Cambridge Trust. Paulo has over 10 years of professional experience, working as a lecturer, consultant, entrepreneur, and researcher committed to finding innovative solutions towards a more socially inclusive and environmentally resilient world.