Membership Programme Manager
Since 2008 Richard has been at the heart of Transparency and open data initiatives in the UK. Within Government Richard helped shape the current Transparency agenda, created data.gov.uk and the world’s first online competition for government data www.showusabetterway.com.

Richard is passionate about the ability for technology to change society and the possibilities it opens up for new businesses models. He provided the first seed funding for the Open Knowledge Foundation’s Where Does My Money Go? in 2008 which has gone on to become Open Spending and worked with the Ordnance Survey on OpenSpace and their business approach to Open Data in 2009. In 2010 he made sure all of the commitments in the Prime Minister’s letter on Transparency were met and the UK was able to cement its position as a world leader in open data.

Originally a lawyer, before his work on Transparency Richard has had a number of roles in HM Treasury working on corporate tax and financial services.

Cartoon Artist
Born in December 8th, 1973
Birthplace: Hokkaido.
President of Sato cartoon creation, Ltd.
Major works: "The Sea Monkeys (The Japan Coast Guard)", "Give My Regards to Black Jack" etc.
Current serial works: “The Island of suicide attack”

Membership Programme Manager
Since 2008 Richard has been at the heart of Transparency and open data initiatives in the UK. Within Government Richard helped shape the current Transparency agenda, created data.gov.uk and the world’s first online competition for government data www.showusabetterway.com.

Richard is passionate about the ability for technology to change society and the possibilities it opens up for new businesses models. He provided the first seed funding for the Open Knowledge Foundation’s Where Does My Money Go? in 2008 which has gone on to become Open Spending and worked with the Ordnance Survey on OpenSpace and their business approach to Open Data in 2009. In 2010 he made sure all of the commitments in the Prime Minister’s letter on Transparency were met and the UK was able to cement its position as a world leader in open data.

Originally a lawyer, before his work on Transparency Richard has had a number of roles in HM Treasury working on corporate tax and financial services.

International University in Japan (GLOCOM) Professor/Senior Researcher
Born in 1976
Birthplace: Tokyo
Master's degree of General policy graduate course at Chuo University Graduate School Mr. Shouji’s main interest is Study of social information, e-government and Open Government, Regional Information, Net community and Social Innovation. Etc.

From 2010 to 2012, he served as a member of "Task Force on e-government" in IT Strategy Headquarters.
In 2012, he was inaugurated as Representative to launch the Japanese initiative of the United Kingdom Open Knowledge Foundation to advance the open data.
He has served also Director at the Association of general corporate judicial person Internet users (MIAU).

International University in Japan (GLOCOM) Senior Chief Researcher/ Associate Professor/ Study promotion director Mr. Watanabe has studied in the field in the United States in particular the information society theory and broadcast policy.
He gets interested in the possibility of opening up since he participates in Japanese Wikipedia. Therefore he participates in the launch of the Creative Commons Japan.

In 2007, inaugurated as Secretariat Staff Since 2009, inaugurated as Lindsey Since 2011, inaugurated as Executive Director In 2012, he founded “The Open Knowledge Foundation Japan” along with Masahiko Shoji, Koichi Kawashima.

He is a constituent member of E-government Open Data Officials conference.
Substitute chief examiners of popularization Working Group.
Ph.D., Indiana University Faculty of Telecommunications.