between the Department for International Trade's (DIT) then second most senior civil servant Antonia Romeo and Palantir's Louis Mosley, executive vice president and head of
U.K. operations. During the meeting, Romeo told Mosley about NHSX — a new "joint organisation for digital, data and technology" that uses new technologies and data to deliver British health care — set up that month. The meeting is described in briefing notes prepared by DIT and was obtained by POLITICO through a
freedom of information request. After their April 2019 meeting, Romeo connected Mosely with David Prior, chair of NHS England who later ensured that Matthew
Gould, the CEO of NHSX, was looped into
By July 2, 2019, Prior was drinking watermelon cocktails with Mosley at a dinner the Palantir boss hosted on the eve of the launch of NHSX, according to the Bureau of Investigative
Journalism. The same day, Palantir had been added as a supplier to the government's approved list of cloud technology contractors, a spokesperson for the U.K.'s government contract tendering body, the Crown Commercial Service (CCS),
said. A series of engagements with Prior, Gould and
DIT followed in the months after the dinner. Prior then visited Palantir's headquarters in San Francisco on January 14, 2020, where he saw a demonstration of the company's health
care software Palantir Foundry. Mosley met Romeo again a week later on
January 22 at Palantir's pavilion at the 2020
saw a demonstration of the company's health
care software Palantir Foundry. Mosley met Romeo again a week later on January 22 at Palantir's pavilion at the 2020 annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Romeo's briefing notes said she should court him by promoting the U.K. as a leader in tech and "a great location for Palantir to expand their software business" and connect him with the technology director at
the Crown Commercial Service. The company sees the U.K. as "a gateway to the rest of the world," according to briefing notes
prepared for the meeting in Davos. Immediately after the January meeting, Romeo's private secretary emailed Mosely to introduce him to DIT health care officials, including DIT's Life Sciences leadership team
and director for investment.
The Antonia Romeo who did more than most to saddle us with Palantir? That Antonia Romeo?
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