Biography: Liz supports governments and teams to use data and transparency to achieve their objectives, both for the Open Data Institute (ODI) where she is an associate, and as an independent advisor. In this capacity she has advised leaders from over 30 countries, including through setting up the Open Data Leaders Network, and led the ODI's work that supported the first ever publication of real time election results in Burkina Faso. Previous roles have included developing learning programmes for politicians and civil servants at the Institute for Government and the Africa Governance Initiative. Her latest publication, the "Topic Guide on Open Data, Transparency and Accountability" will be published by the GSDRC and DFID is available at www.gsdrc.org/topic-guides/.