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Dev Aditya is an expert in AI from London, UK. He led the team at Otermans Institute that built the first Digital Human AI teacher (OIAI) with the mission to upskill 750 million learners globally by 2030. His AI teachers have taught in 17 countries from teaching for universities to schools, corporates to direct marginalised learners. Dev Aditya has also developed a specialist teaching and learning LLM OIMISA-7B. Dev Aditya was awarded by the UK Prime Minister for his work and has been a Young Global Innovator and Under 30 Social Entrepreneur (Mint). For research work in AI, he was recognised by Innovate UK and secured national level funding from them. He has conducted AI and HCI research with The Alan Turing Institute and Brunel University of London, regularly publishes in this space, and his work is currently operating globally across 4 continents. His latest achievement is converting all his AI products to run completely offline on EDGE AI to expedite towards upskilling 750 million learners. For this, he was named the Young Innovator of the Year Europe by AIconics at the AI Summit London 2025. His AI system is currently running Africa’s largest and fastest AI literacy programme which was presented as Africa’s case study at the UN General Assembly in 2025.
Greg Freeman | Founder & CEO | Data Literacy Academy
With a background crossing commercial and data technology roles, Greg Freeman has seen the challenges driven by a lack of data & AI literacy firsthand. In 2022, he founded Data Literacy Academy to enable enterprise business teams to drive innovation, technology adoption and ROI. Customers like Bentley Motors, Ministry of Defence, Grant Thornton and Aston University have now rolled out best-in-class data & AI literacy programmes to achieve these goals. Greg is also an author, EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2025 Midlands winner and regular keynote speaker at leading industry events and podcasts.
Kateryna Ogar | Product Manager | Cisco Systems
Kateryna is a Product Manager at Cisco Systems, specialising in enterprise observability and fintech systems, with experience delivering and scaling platforms across 4,600+ locations globally within complex, regulated environments. Her work focuses on improving system reliability, operational resilience, and scalability in large-scale distributed systems, working at the intersection of technology, delivery, and business. Beyond her core role, Kateryna actively contributes to the technology community through mentoring initiatives including Women in Tech and Women Who Code, speaking at industry events such as the Product-Led Summit and Product People, and publishing articles on product leadership, operational resilience, and technology delivery. She also serves as a judge for international technology awards and engineering competitions, including the Globee Awards and Tech Impact Awards Africa.
Georgios is a technologist and Board Advisor with over 17 years of experience and a strong blend of technical expertise and business acumen. Trusted by senior stakeholders to guide strategic decisions and drive impactful change across organisations. Brings well-rounded experience in artificial intelligence, data and their infrastructure foundations, gained through roles at global consulting firms, software houses, and startups across the UK and EU. Advises on and builds technical capabilities, articulates their business value, and influences strategic direction. Passionate about shaping and realising an innovative business vision through collaboration and emerging technology. while maintaining clarity through extensive execution experience and a focus on results. His career has been shaped by a combination of transformation delivery, strategy and advisory engagements across most industry sectors. Georgios holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from Imperial College London.
Amrit Sami | VC Investor | mercia.co.uk
I am an Investor at Mercia Ventures, focused on backing companies driving reindustrialisation, rebuilding the sectors that underpin economic sovereignty: energy, manufacturing, supply chains and frontier technologies. We are moving into a more disordered world. Supply chains fragment. Energy systems are reshaped. Geopolitics matters again. In that environment, I look for convexity, backing businesses where downside is understood but upside expands with volatility, constraint and change. My view is simple. The next decade will not be defined by incremental SaaS, but by those who can design, build and scale real world systems. Software matters, but only when it touches the physical world. Value will increasingly accrue to those who control production, not just abstraction. That requires a different kind of investor, one comfortable with technical depth, operational complexity and longer feedback loops. Before venture, I was an engineer across healthcare, energy and FMCG, environments where constraints are real and failure has consequences. I moved into venture through Ada Ventures and accelerator roles alongside experience in Supply and Trading. Portfolio companies: ActiveXchange, Shield Space, Corrosion Radar, Electron and Loopr Insights.
John Rowley | Head of Digital Merchandising, Experience & Ecommerce | Greene King
John is a senior digital leader with over 20 years' cross-functional experience in CPG, retail, energy and hospitality sectors. He believes digital should create profitable customer journey strategies by blending digital marketing, trading, operations, and eCommerce. At Ferrero, he scaled DTC eCommerce across domestic and international markets, and now leads merchandising and ecommerce experiences at Greene King.
Lalita Taylor | Founder & CEO | We Job Box
Rejoice Ojiaku | Content Specialist | Wise
Rejoice Ojiaku is an SEO Specialist & Content Strategist, as well as the Co-Founder of B-DigitalUK – a platform for showcasing and empowering black talent in the UK digital marketing scene. Her expertise lies in SEO, Diversity and inclusion, all bolstered by strong personal branding both online and offline.
Apurva Shrivastava | Sr Product Manager - Tech, Amazon Business (Prime) | Amazon
A seasoned Technical Product Lead with over a decade of experience spanning SaaS, eCommerce, and Payments industries, Apurva Shrivastava currently serves as a Senior Product Manager for Amazon Business Prime. With a proven track record at industry leaders including Visa and Amazon, Apurva has spearheaded critical initiatives from compliance technology that protects marketplaces from bad actors to innovative payment solutions that streamline chargeback processes. Beyond his corporate achievements, Apurva contributes to the product management community as a mentor through adplist.org, has published research on using GenAI in Product Management, and shares his expertise as a speaker at multiple product conferences and university programs. His technical versatility encompasses API integrations, multiple programming languages, and analytics platforms, positioning him as a well-rounded product leader who combines technical depth with strategic vision
Ara Yeromian | Managing Director | Teachers' Venture Growth, OTPP
Ara is a Managing Director at Teachers’ Venture Growth (TVG), the C$15bn venture growth capital arm of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan C$267bn AUM). He is responsible for executing TVG's strategy for direct investments in Europe where he leads fintech and Enterprise Software sector investments, working closely with companies including Alan, ComplyAdvantage, Lendable and Quantexa. He partners with founders with bold missions, looking to expand their product offering, scale geographically, and become the leaders in their markets. Ara previously worked at Temasek, Ares Management and Credit Suisse.
Anna Raafat | Co-Founder & COO | inncivio
Anna is the co-founder & COO of inncivio, a technology increasing revenue per user for fintech platforms, thanks to a personalized guidance layer. She is convinced that education is the answer to most of our challenges, especially when the solution is scalable. Helping like-minded value creators (such as business owners or anyone aiming to make a change) inspires her day and night. She previously held positions as COO of a fintech startup, as a consultant at Deloitte, and in research at the Swiss National Bank. Through her previous experiences, she has gained invaluable knowledge in leadership, the fintech and life science industries, analytics, stakeholder management, international macroeconomics, and econometrics. She has also worked with international teams around the world (Europe, the US, Tunisia, India).
Lenna Lou | Founder & CEO | The L Factor Ltd | LinkedIn |
Lenna Lou is the Founder and CEO of The L Factor Ltd, a leadership advisory and investment relations firm that works with senior executives, founders, and boards to strengthen performance, alignment, and long-term growth. With more than 25 years of experience across corporate leadership, entrepreneurship, and strategic partnerships, she has advised global brands, investors, and institutions on building resilient, high-performing, and future-ready teams. Lenna holds a diverse board and advisory portfolio spanning leadership development, innovation, and governance. Her expertise lies in connecting commercial strategy with human capital, enabling organisations to navigate transformation and growth with clarity and confidence. Recognised for her contribution to modern leadership, Lenna is a regular speaker at international forums on board diversity, leadership alignment, and the future of work.
Victor Onyekere | Founder | Builderscabal |
The Strategist, Victor Onyekere is an experienced Venture builder & Startup Operator with close to a decade of experience working with startups across diverse sectors in Africa. He has worked directly to launch 10 startups with a combined revenue of $1B+. Victor has supported 10,000+ tech entrepreneurs and trained 15,000+ talents across Africa. He’s the Founding Curator at BuildersCabal - an impact driven community focused on connecting and supporting Africa’s tech builders – founders, operators, advisors and investors to build and scale high growth technology companies out of Africa. He is a recognized Global Talent Technology Leader by the UK Technation.
Chris Rhodes | CEO | The Tech Dept
Chris is CEO of The Tech Dept, a digital product development business. With 16 years’ experience in tech Chris has worked both agency side and in house from technical project management, product management, and solution design. He has worked on B2B and B2C projects from large corporates like Cinven and BAE Systems, and national charities like BBC Children in Need through to innovative start-ups. Chris also works with start-up accelerators such as Barclays Eagle Labs and FinTech Wales mentoring non-technical founders.
Daniel Saunders | Head of Performance Marketing | Evergreen Finance London Ltd
I've worked in Digital for 18 years. Within Digital marketing I work closely with the directors and heads of service to identify new business opportunities and Strategies. Having an in-depth understanding of different markets and competitors in the area to maintain a competitive advantage which is used to work alongside key stakeholders in managing the translation of the business strategy into clear plans. Proactively researching markets, competitors within different regions and establishing ways to develop a competitive advantage within our strategies. Within Stanley Black and Decker, I am a catalyst for change, I plan and execute UK market E-commerce and digital marketing activities to increase sales, grow online channels, and grow new and existing online customers managing substantial 6 figures budgets over many different groups. As an international keynote speaker in the Digital sphere, I inspire and lead a large team of specialists, drive the delivery of brilliant digital products and services, mentoring at levels from executives to C suite. I utilize analytics and insight tools to evaluate end-to-end customer experience across multiple customer touch points. Working with trade marketing teams to analyse product categories and make appropriate product mix recommendations and effectively contributes to SEO, PPC, UX and CRO. I have built, nurtured and lead a diverse, multidisciplinary team to deliver digital transformation across the Stanley Black and Decker group. Defining the required digital capabilities across our people, their processes, and the technology we use. With Stanley Black and Decker being a multinational corporation, I make myself a visible leader by holding regular lectures and Q and A sessions with entry executives all the way up to C suite teams.
Helen Mason | MelloAi | Founder
Helen Mason is a former British Army soldier turned tech entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of MelloAi. She is at the forefront of rethinking how modern organisations sustain performance, championing cognitive health and intelligent systems as foundational to the future of work.
Dave Brown | Investor/Mentor/Advisor/Consultant
Jaime Hill | Ecommerce Director | ex Oak Furnitureland, Hurtigruten & Monsoon Accessorize
Jaime has over two decades of experience as a Marketing & Ecommerce professional with a successful track record leading teams and developing strategy to transform organisations’ digital capability and channels to market. She has had success in roles at brands including Avis, Barclays, Dairy Crest and Oak Furnitureland, and across a wide range of B2B and B2C vertical markets. Most recently, Jaime was Interim Head of Ecommerce & Trading at Monsoon. A graduate of the Institute of Digital Marketing and qualified Executive Business Coach, Jaime's professional passion is for making life easier for the customer at every touch point.
Hanim Dogan-Jain | Venture Capitalist | Strategic Advisor | Global Business Leader | Connectd
Hanim Dogan – Jain is an accomplished venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and strategic advisor with over 30 years of experience spanning multiple industries, including Tech, AI, Health & Wellness, Consumer Goods, and EduTech. With a strong background in financial management, investment strategies, and global market expansion, she has consistently delivered exceptional results in driving business growth, optimizing operations, and fostering innovation.
Natalie Murray | Campaign & Lifecycle Marketing Lead | NRM Digital
Lani Sodunke is a Digital Marketing Specialist and Founder of BaxAnalytics, a SaaS platform helping businesses understand real-time user behaviour and optimize website conversion through data-driven insights. With years of experience in SEO, PPC, Content Strategy, Web Design and Analytics, she currently serves as Digital Communications Officer at Liverpool City Council, leading and delivering digital strategies to support the council's objectives. An international speaker and mentor, Lani has spoken at Women in Tech SEO (WTSFest) Berlin, Google Developer Future Flip, Smarketers Hub among others.
Mick Gosset | Founder and CEO | Jointflows
Mick Gosset is the Founder and CEO of Jointflows, an Agentic Operating System for B2B revenue teams. Jointflows follows a simple idea: capture the context, plan the work, execute the plan. It pulls in signals from calls, emails and CRM, builds the next best action plan automatically, and helps teams move deals forward without missing steps or relying on gut feel. Before starting Jointflows, Mick led revenue teams at Yieldify, Tinyclues, RichRelevance and Outreach in EMEA, through to acquisition outcomes. He's also a former elite French gymnast, World Games Finalist and ten-time national champion, now focused on bringing structure and discipline to modern revenue execution.
Jessica Chadwick | Director | Rock Salt Consulting
Caroline Fleming | Director & Innovation Lead | University of Surrey & Surrey Research Park
Caroline is a mechanical engineer by background with more than 20 years’ experience working with early‑stage technology companies to accelerate innovation and bring new products to market. She has a strong and proven track record in developing enterprise support programmes and incubators and creating successful innovation ecosystems. At the University of Surrey, Caroline is Director of the Surrey Innovation District and Innovation Lead at Surrey Research Park. She supports businesses in Surrey and the wider region to innovate and grow by connecting them with students, research expertise and university facilities. Her portfolio includes Surrey Research Park, Sector Programmes, the SETsquared Surrey incubator and the S100 investment club. Caroline is also a Board Director of the UK Science Park Association (UKSPA) and a member of innovation advisory boards for Space South Central, the UK’s largest regional space sector cluster; the SETsquared Partnership, driving commercialisation of tech across the South of Britain; and the Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research (CESAER), with over 50 leading universities of science and technology from Europe and beyond.
Aditya Patil | Data Scientist | Apple
Katherine Orell | Investor | JamJar Investments
Katherine is an investor at JamJar, a consumer VC fun run by the founders of Innocent Smoothies. JamJar backs category-defining consumer brands such as Runna, Wild, Tony’s Chocolonely and Deliveroo. Katherine focuses on consumer apps and consumer healthtech, with a particular interest in emerging apps, wearables and marketplaces. Prior to joining JamJar, she worked in Alternative Financing at J.P. Morgan.
Dr Pauldy Otermans | Principal and Head of AI Research | Otermans Institute
Dr. Pauldy Otermans is a female tech leader in the UK. She is a neuroscientist and psychologist by academic background and a female leader of AI technology. She was awarded as the inspirational womxn in the Tech Industry by Hustle Awards, was named one of the ‘22 most influential women in the UK of 2022’ by Start-Up Magazine UK, and has also been awarded by the UK Prime Minister in the UK in 2021, and globally for her work. Pauldy helped build the first digital human teachers powered by AI in 2021 called OIAI. The language model developed for OIAI is now also used to power Teddy AI which provides a conversational AI study buddy for all children aged 3-7 years. She is the winner of the Women in Tech Excellence award 2023. She is Topic Editor for Frontiers in AI and publishes regularly in peer-reviewed journals on AI in Education.
Anubhav Pradhan | Co Founder & CPO | shiftmate.ai
Anubhav Pradhan is Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at ShiftMate.ai, an AI-native growth platform for community banks and credit unions. He builds enterprise products for regulated financial institutions, bringing a systems-first lens across data integrity, resilient integrations, governed workflows, and adoption at scale. Previously, he led product at BUSINESSNEXT, a global banking CRM often cited as one of the largest in financial services and recognized in Forrester Wave evaluations, helping scale unified customer data, marketing automation, and frontline servicing workflows integrated with core and digital systems.
Alice Iles | Head of Tech Acceleration | Future Worlds
Dan Barker | eCommerce, Digital Marketing and Analytics Consultant
Dan has worked in ecommerce for around 20 years. He has worked within companies in ecommerce functions, up to CMO level, has worked on projects for more than 100 ecommerce businesses as a consultant, and has co-owned a couple of ecommerce businesses with millions of visitors and hundreds of millions of turnover between them over the years. He enjoys the opportunity that ecommerce has brought and can bring to people all over the world.
Phil Hobden | Head of New Customer Advocacy | Sage
Phil Hobden is Head of New Customer Advocacy at Sage and one of the UK accounting technology sector’s best-known industry voices. With more than 20 years’ experience across finance, fintech and accounting technology, he has worked with brands including NatWest Group, Wolters Kluwer, Visma and Sage. Phil works closely with accountancy firms, vendors and industry leaders on technology adoption, AI, customer advocacy and go-to-market strategy. He is a regular speaker at events including Accountex London and The Digital Accountancy Show, and frequently is a guest on podcasts, webinars and panels. His recent recognition includes Top 20 Sales Influencer 2025, winner of Top Voice in Finance at the National Sales Conference 2025, inclusion in the Top 40 Accounting Influencers to Follow in 2026, and finalist for Business Leader of the Year at the Neurodiverse Business Awards."
Alex Natthaphon Kanjarnavoranun | Consultant in SEO, Digital marketing, and Digital transformation | Foundmatic UK
Alex Natthaphon is a highly experienced SEO expert, digital marketing specialist, and management role in marketing. TechNation UK has endorsed him as the highest-tier Exceptional Leader of UK Global Talent Visa in the Digital Technology category. He has achieved multiple successful career paths in different industries, including Finance, E-commerce, Travel, Education, Automotive, and more. Alex was VP of Digital Campaign Planning & Execution Manager at SCB bank, focusing on digital banking automation and transformation. He is a founder of ABACTODAY, an ed-tech and e-learning platform for students. He was head of SEO and digital marketing at multiple Unicorn startups in Southeast Asia. He has led and provided digital marketing consultants internationally; for instance in Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, US, and UK. Not only online marketing, but he was also AVP Head of Omni-channel Marketing which focused on digital transformation at one of the biggest department stores in Thailand and UK.
Kristal Ireland | Senior Director | Torque Partnership
Previously voted as one of the UK's Top 30 Women in Digital Under 30, Kristal Ireland is a specialist in digital transformation and digital brand strategy. An award winning, strategic and experienced digital marketing expert, Kristal is the Snr Director at Torque Partnership working across enterprise digital acceleration programs for international brands. A regular digital conference speaker and industry commentator Kristal has worked in digital for over a twenty years developing digital solutions for some of the UK’s biggest brands.
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