Rehman (Rem) Noormohamed
Independently ranked by UK legal directories as a ‘leading individual’ and expert in his field for AI/ML, IT, telecoms, privacy & cybersecurity, IP and UK/EU competition law; and for complex business change and digital transformation projects. An Industrial Professor at University of Bristol Law School. Research area: Legal, regulatory and engineering design challenges in fully […]
Helen Barge
I have had the honour of helping hundreds of organisations thrive through uncertainty. After working in the IT industry for more than two decades, I saw first-hand how complex and inaccessible compliance and risk management could be. So, in 2015, I launched Risk Evolves to ensure businesses, regardless of their size or sector, could access […]
Professor Ardavan Amini
Professor Ardavan Amini is an expert in digital innovation and complex adaptive systems. In May 2020, he launched EsseSystems; a company of implementation specialists offering software solutions, training and consultancy to SMEs throughout the United Kingdom, with specialism in complex adaptive systems. During his career, Ardavan has led and contributed on various smart cities projects with […]
Hollie Whittles
Hollie Whittles is a passionate advocate for digital skills and apprenticeships. She is an award winning TEDx speaker, author and Director of two West Midlands based digital companies – Purple Frog Systems and FraggleWorks. She is also the National Policy Skills Champion for the Federation of Businesses (FSB). Hollie is excited to join the Digital Leadership […]
Sarah Windrum
Sarah Windrum is a technology business founder and investor leading the development of MIRA Tech Park’s future mobility cluster at the heart of the Midlands. MIRA Tech Park is a thousand-acre site on the Leicestershire and Warwickshire border home to over 40 global tenants specialising in vehicle research & development including zero-emission and cyber resilience […]
Professor Karen Elliott
Professor Karen Elliott is Chair (Full Professor) of Practice in Finance and FinTech at the University of Birmingham Business School/Co-Director of the FinTech MSc Degree Programme. She has been named as ‘Standout #35 Women in FinTech Powerlist by Innovate Finance’ for Policy and Governance 2019, 2020, and 2021, judging the powerlist for 2023/4 and featured in […]
Ian O’Donnell MBE
Ian O’Donnell MBE is a business owner and non-executive director who’s excited by and loves sharing ways that creative design and new technology can help businesses succeed. Business owner of Real Point, (since school days) a design & marketing agency, he now also serves as a non-exec for other SMEs as well as working with the […]
Rich Bishop
Rich started writing software from the age of nine. He turned it into a business at 16, and has now been working with SMEs and larger businesses in the UK and overseas for the last 17 years. He also sits on the Council of BCS (the Chartered institute for IT) and is the Chair of […]