Adam leads the industry, government and regulatory engagement on policy issues at Innovate Finance, the industry body for global fintech in the UK. He is a member of the Bank of...

Alberto is the Founder and CEO of alva. For more than twenty-five years, Alberto has worked in business information and analysis firms, developing intelligence solutions for...

Alex Barkaloff leads strategic marketing and innovation at X.LA, a Web3 company that emerged from Xsolla, the world’s leading game payments platform provider. X.LA is a...

Anna is the Vice President of Digital Consumer Engagement at The LEGO Group. She has responsibility for creating LEGO’s digital engagement with children and ensuring that those...

Anna Thomas is the Co-founder and Director of the Institute for the Future of Work, and formerly a barrister from Devereux Chambers, specialising in employment law and appointed...

Ashley Lannquist is a Digital Finance Expert in the Digital Advisory Unit of the International Monetary Fund. She contributes to the IMF's activities and advisory related to...

Azeem Azhar is the writer behind Exponential View which explains how society and the political economy are changing under the force of technology. He brings a unique background...

Barbara Kroll, based in London, supports clients across Europe as a Partner in Egon Zehnder’s Technology and Communications Practice. Her focus is on B2B Software and Services...

Brian is the CEO of Mind Foundry and has been at the forefront of how technology can positively change people’s lives throughout his career. Brian has over a decade of...

Caroline is a Partner of Brunswick Group, a strategic communications advisor counselling clients on major crises, critical issues, IPOs and corporate reputation. She is the...

Caroline Williams is a UK-based science journalist and author, specialising in the links between movement and the mind. She is a consultant for, and regular contributor to, New...

Carolyn is a Researcher in the Responsible Technology Institute, with over twenty years of experience in the private sector and a background in law, information organisation...

Charlie Muirhead is the CEO and Co-Founder of CogX, which brings together Global Leaders, the Technology Industry and the Public at scale to help discuss and address the biggest...

Conor McGovern leads the Analytics & AI practice for Capgemini Invent UK and Enterprise Data & Analytics globally. Conor and his team use data, analytics, and AI to tackle the...

Dame Wendy Hall, DBE, FRS, FREng is a Regius Professor of Computer Science, Associate Vice President (International Engagement) and is an Executive Director of the Web Science...

Dario Farina received Ph.D. degrees in automatic control and computer science and in electronics and communications engineering from the Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Nantes, France...

David van Weel is NATO’s Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges. He is the Secretary General’s primary advisor on emerging security challenges and their...

Dora is Head of Programmes at the Institute for the Future of Work where she focuses on delivering strategic and impactful programmes and external affairs. Prior to this role...

Dorothy leads Public Affairs at DeepMind, an artificial intelligence company. She has spent her career building social justice, ethics, & accountability structures at technology...

Dr Rasha Saïd, Founder Becoming Me & Deputy chair of the Saïd Foundation
Dr Rasha Saïd is Founder of the social enterprise Becoming Me and Deputy Chair of the Saïd Foundation.

Márcia is the founding global head of ESG and corporate responsibility at RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics, decision tools and events with 33,000+...

Ed Daniels was appointed Strategy, Sustainability, and Corporate Relations Director on 14th February 2022. Prior to this role, he was Executive Vice President of Strategy...

Emma Cherniavsky is the founding CEO of UK for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency’s national charity partner for the United Kingdom. In this role, she leads all UK private sector...

Fred is Director of Trust & Safety Technology at UK Communications Regulator Ofcom joining in November 2020 and is a highly experienced technology leader. His work predominantly...

Founder of Icebreaker One, Gavin Starks has founded, funded and run over a dozen organisations including as CEO of the Open Data Institute, Co-Chair of the Open Banking Standard...

Harmeen Mehta joined BT on 01 March 2021, in a newly created role as Chief Digital & Innovation Officer. She leads the Digital unit in BT, accountable for digital innovation and...

Ida Margarita Hyllested is the acting chief of UNICEF’s Child Rights and Business Team. She led the development of UNICEF’s global strategy to address adverse child rights...

Award-winning Journalist, Isabell Kumar, moderated the first-ever European Union Presidential Debate. Isabelle is a journalist with more than 20 years of experience and has...

Jacomo is a partner of the London office as well as a co-founder and chief scientist of QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey. He helps major organizations adopt artificial intelligence...

James is a global economist at HSBC. He joined the Economics team in 2013 having previously worked within the Asset Allocation research team. His global work focuses on longer...

As a Partner, Jane helps AlbionVC invest in the best founders by assessing their leadership potential and advises the leadership teams to support and...

Janet Scotcher joined Cambridge in May 2018 and was appointed Group Director of Human Resources and Transformation in April 2019. She is an experienced Director of Human...

Jeffrey Rayport teaches Entrepreneurial Management at Harvard Business School. Prior to HBS, Rayport was the founder of Marketspace LLC, a digital advisory firm, and co-founder...

Joey is a proud Sri Lankan Australian with 18 years of experience, working alongside organisations to transform their businesses and using the power of innovative technology to...

John Godfrey has worked for US, Japanese and European financial institutions in the City of London for over thirty-five years. He joined Legal & General in 2006, and over the...

Jordan joined the CBI In 2014, following a role with the MoJ. In his seven years with the CBI, Jordan has held both commercial and policy roles, including Deputy London Director...

Karen is a leading global expert in practical governance strategies for AI and other frontier technologies. As the CEO and Founder of The Cantellus Group, she advises Fortune 50...

Kieron Boyle is a leader in new models of impact and commercial approaches to social change. Since 2016, he has been the Chief Executive of Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation, one...

Lila Tretikov is a Corporate Vice President & Deputy Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft Corporation, and a leading expert on Artificial Intelligence and business...

Marc Warner is the co-founder and CEO of Faculty. He founded Faculty in the belief that the benefits of AI should extend to everyone. He has shaped the company so that it can...

Marcus Weston is an international speaker on the spiritual rules of leadership, linking business success to self-mastery...

Markus is a dedicated quantum physicist, senior financial executive and deep tech entrepreneur. Since he was 14 years old, Markus has been a quantum physics enthusiast. He built...

Matt Warman was appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 26 July 2019. He was an Assistant Government Whip...

Mayank is the Group Chief Operating Officer for Tilney Smith & Williamson, the UK’s largest integrated wealth management and professional services group, serves on the Board of...

Megan Elliott is the endowed founding director of the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts – a $57M investment at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln that supports...

Nayur is a partner with the firm’s London office and also part of the QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey team. He is predominantly focused on helping organizations build capabilities...

Niamh Bushnell is the Chief Marketing Officer at SoapBox Labs. She is a board member of Women In Voice, an international non-profit that supports and celebrates women and...

Nick Forrest leads PwC's Economics Consulting practice in the UK. During Brexit, Covid and now the Russia-Ukraine war he has provided regular economic impact...

Octavius Black is a highly successful British entrepreneur, philanthropist and author. He founded the world’s first and leading behavioural science business, MindGym, which was...

A medic, global public health specialist and social entrepreneur, Dr Peter Drobac is the Director of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship in the Said Business School...

Philipp is a senior innovation expert at McKinsey, focusing on tech-enabled innovation in the industrial sector. He is co-leading McKinsey’s Innovation Practice in Europe and...

One of Forbes’ 30 under 30, British entrepreneur, Author and TV presenter Poppy Jamie is the founder of the mental wellbeing app Happy Not Perfect, co-founder of the accessories...

Rachel is a Columnist at The Times and chair of The Times Education Commission.

Ralph Simon has enjoyed a spectacular 30+ year career in a variety of prominent fields: media & entertainment, mobile smartphone technology & content, Exponential Medicine &...

Robin Nuttall is an Expert Partner in the London office of McKinsey & Company. Robin is a global leader in McKinsey’s ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) and Regulatory...

As a member of the executive leadership team at Rev.com, Ryan Sweeney serves as VP of Business Development. He plays a key role in overseeing Rev’s verticalized go-to-market...

Sara Zannone is Head of Research at Holistic AI, focusing on AI Ethics. Previously, she worked as a Research Scientist at DeepMind, and as a research intern for the ML for...

Sarah is the People in Deals Lead partner for PwC UK and a member of PwC's Deals Line of Service Leadership team. She has over 20 years of people consulting experience and...

Steen Jakobsen joined Saxo Bank in 2000 and serves as Chief Investment Officer. As CIO he focuses on delivering asset allocation strategies and analysis of the overall...

Stephen is an experienced technologist and engineer with a passion for setting strategy, introducing technology innovation and building high-performing teams for ambitious...

Stuart is CEO of ARC, Co-Founder of CoreLife Investors, adviser to Brookfield’s Real Estate Group and has more than 25 years of real estate experience. Stuart began his career...

Sue leads techUK's Technology and Innovation work. This includes work programmes on the cloud, data protection, data analytics, AI, digital ethics, Digital Identity and Internet...

Suzanne Brink, Ph.D., works as IO Psychology Consultant at HireVue where she works directly with customers to implement HireVue’s artificial intelligence (AI-)driven assessment...

A German-Brazilian living in London, Sven Petersen advises on leadership talent and development across sectors but spends most of his time in the technology and communications...

Sveto Muhammad Ishoq is an Afghan women’s rights activist, public speaker and Afghanistan’s first Schwarzman Scholar. Sveto authored her first publications on women’s rights in...

TS Anil is the Global CEO of Monzo, the UK’s largest digital bank with more than 5m customers. He’s a highly respected financial services and payments leader, with over 25 years...

Tania Bryer is a British born broadcaster and philanthropist. She is the Host and Executive Producer of a number of hugely popular series across CNBC’s international network...

Ted Chiang's first collection Stories of Your Life and Others has been translated into twenty-one languages, and the title story was the basis for the Oscar-nominated film...

Tina is a social entrepreneur who brings diverse stakeholders together to address the system changes needed to improve health for all. She is the Founder and CEO of Collider...

Tom is the Principal of Hertford College, Oxford University. Tom served as the foreign policy advisor to Prime Ministers Blair, Brown and Cameron, before becoming British...

Torsten Reil is Co-founder and CEO of Helsing, a new type of security and defence company focused on AI and software capabilities. Originally a biologist, Torsten previously founded NaturalMotion, an Oxford University spin-off and one of the UK’s most...

Has almost 20 years of experience in the music & tech industry, having worked for Sony and Sony Ericsson in various content-oriented positions. Victor has a BA in International...

In July 2015, Warren East became Chief Executive of Rolls-Royce succeeding John Rishton. He was appointed a Non-Executive Director in 2014 and served as Chairman of the Science...

Will is Head of Future Technology and focuses on looking at how the next generation of technology and the generation after that will change financial services. He spends much...

William and his team at Carnegie UK have led work on developing a regulatory framework for social media to reduce online harms. They devised the 'statutory duty of care...

Yossi Vardi is one of Israel’s most prominent tech entrepreneurs. Yossi was the founder and CEO of Tekem, one of Israel’s first software houses; his involvement in the advent...