Conrad Bailey is the Director General, Rail Services and Strategy at the Department for Transport (DfT).

In 2020 he led the department’s response to COVID-19. Before that, he was the Director of Rail Strategy, Reform and Analysis and Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) for the Williams Rail Review.

Before joining DfT in 2018 he was the Director for the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) and Defence Director in the National Security Secretariat.

Earlier in his career, he was the head of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) conflict department and worked in the Ministry of Defence in a range of operational, business-facing and private office roles, including Director of Industrial Policy.

Conrad is also the co-champion of DfT’s Fair Treatment Ambassadors and Neurodiversity Network.

Conrad has an Executive Masters in Public Policy and a B.Sc.(Econ.) in history from LSE.