Lewis is CEO at Connected Places Catapult

Erika Lewis will take over from Nicola Yates as CEO of Connected Places Catapult on 1 March 2024. This follows a formal recruitment process led by the Catapult’s Board and its Chair, Prof Greg Clark CBE.

Lewis will join the Catapult from her role at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) where she is currently Director, Cyber Security and Digital Identity.

In July 2023 she was appointed the CEO of the AI Safety Summit. 

Previously, Lewis was a part of the set-up team for the London Development Agency (LDA) from April 2000. At the LDA she delivered regeneration programmes across London and was subsequently the Director of Strategy. In 2012, she became a Project Director at the Competition and Markets Authority.