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Liam Maxwell

Liam Maxwell (born June 1968) is a British technology executive and public servant. He was the Director of Government Transformation for Amazon Web Services until March 2026. First serving as a Conservative councillor for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in 2007, Maxwell was the UK's first National Technology Adviser from April 2016 to August 2018. He was then the UK's first Chief Technology Officer (CTO) as part of the Government Digital Service from December 2012 until April 2016.

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Article summary

Liam Maxwell (born June 1968) is a British technology executive and public servant. He was the Director of Government Transformation for Amazon Web Services until March 2026. First serving as a Conservative councillor for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in 2007, Maxwell was the UK's first National Technology Adviser from April 2016 to August 2018. He was then the UK's first Chief Technology Officer (CTO) as part of the Government Digital Service from December 2012 until April 2016.

Key claims

  1. date of birth: 1968 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of birth is "1968". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378261731

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.