{"id":1677,"date":"2026-07-17T08:26:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T08:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/mcr\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=1677"},"modified":"2026-07-17T08:26:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T08:26:53","slug":"steve-mills","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/datadecoded.com\/mcr\/speakers\/steve-mills\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Mills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Mills is a <b>Partner and Chief Data Officer (CDO)<\/b> at <b>PwC UK<\/b>, based in Manchester. He is part of the <b>Risk \u2013 Commercial &amp; Government (C&amp;G), Change &amp; Data (C&amp;D) \u2013 Data<\/b> business and leads PwC&#8217;s data agenda across the firm. In his role as CDO, Steve works closely with senior technology, data and business leaders to drive data strategy, governance, trusted data initiatives and transformation programmes. 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