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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top London based Director operating in the Information Technology space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Charlotte Holloway
Government Relations Director, UK and Ireland of Zoom
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About Zoom: Zoom is a software company that offers a communications platform that connects people through video, voice, chat, and content sharing.
Florian Tournier
Senior Director, IoT and Security of Oracle
Florian Tournier heads a product team developing the next generation of Java technology for IoT edge security. Florian joined Oracle in 2010 as part of the Sun Microsystems acquisition, where he was heading Java ME and Java Card product management. He has been working with connected device vendors and IoT technology solution providers for about 15 years.
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About Oracle: Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.
David Ebert
Director of Higher Education – EMEA of Oracle
David has worked with education institutions for 17 years. Currently working for Oracle’s Education and Research – Industry Solutions Group, David is Director for the Education and Research Industry for the EMEA region David is responsible for providing industry expertise and supporting the growth of Oracle in education and research. David covers all solutions – applications and technology – but is the group’s global lead for institutional excellence solutions which includes ERP and EPM. Prior to his current role, David worked at one of the world’s leading, research intensive universities – Imperial College London – for nearly 10 years. David worked in the central IT department delivering many programmes and projects related to student and research information management systems and processes. Before Imperial, David spent the first part of his career working for Oracle as a functional implementation consultant; mostly implementing student management systems across many higher education institutions.
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About Oracle: Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.
Nik Adhia
Senior Director – Global Operations and Strategy (Oracle for Startups) of Oracle
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About Oracle: Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.
Tom Bird
Senior Director of Sales Development & Strategy CX EMEA of Oracle
Tom Bird is a Senior Director of Sales Development & Strategy CX EMEA at Orcale.
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About Oracle: Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.
Nick Fleetwood
Director of Strategy and Analytics of Oracle
Nick Fleetwood is the Director of Strategy and Analytics at Oracle.
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About Oracle: Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.
Ian Malone
Experience Director of Oracle
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About Oracle: Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.
Amr Elrawi
Director of Marketing Strategy of Oracle
Amr Elrawi is a Director of Marketing Strategy at Oracle.
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About Oracle: Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.
Lee Bernasconi
Director of Growth of Founders Factory
Leading the Founders Factory Growth team, Lee’s expertise in strategy, marketing, product and analytics help portfolio companies drive growth from launch through to traction and scale. Lee has previously held Senior Marketing positions at VC backed startups and international marketing agencies, also working as a business and marketing consultant for B2B & B2C companies in Mobile, FinTech, MarTech, AdTech, Property and eCommerce. With a background rooted in entrepreneurship, Lee founded a mobile ticketing startup in 2011 and a digital advertising platform for local businesses aged 19. He holds a BA (Hons) In Marketing & Management from Newcastle University.
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About Founders Factory: Founders Factory is a global corporate-backed venture studio and accelerator.
Alastair Moore
Co-Founder & Director of Satalia
Alastair Moore is a UCL PhD computer scientist with 10 years experience in AI/ML, UX design, marketplaces, mobile and early stage tech innovation. He was on the founding team of UCL spin-out Satalia.com and venture backed Wearepopup.com. Alastair Moore activities at UCL include helping create The Mobile Academy and the set up IDEALondon innovation centre at the heart of TechCity with Cisco and DC Thomson. He have been a member of the Special Group for Entrepreneurship for the British Computer Society and have mentored at the Wayra Academy, Springboard Mobile (now Techstars London) & Startupbootcamp IoT.
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About Mishcon de Reya, Royal Academy of Engineering, Satalia, UCL School of Management, We Are Pop Up: Algorithms | Intelligence | Optimization
Thomas Balkizas MSC, MEng, MIoD
Director Healthcare and Life Sciences EMEA of Amazon Web Services
Thomas Balkizas is a Healthcare and Life Sciences tech futurist & evangelist. Currently the EMEA Healthcare and Life Sciences Principal Partner at AWS and as well founder at Alpha Tech Capital. Thomas is an accomplished senior executive with a wealth of experience in leadership and consulting for Global Healthcare, Technology and Private Equity businesses. He has enjoyed considerable success managing the strategic direction of businesses, developing sustainable business strategies and delivering unprecedented results in high profile, international environments. Thomas is on a mission to demystify healthcare tech for us all while highlighting its great value & the huge, life changing opportunities it offers both the public and investors of all kinds (VCs, angel, private equity, family offices or corporate) Besides his HCLS investment expertise, Thomas is an experienced senior Cloud & AI executive, currently the Head of EMEA AWS Healthcare & Life Sciences, previously IBM’s Watson Health Executive Director. His private Investment & Advisory Group, Alpha Tech Capital, has been formed with 3 other senior HCLS tech execs and expert advisors. Their mission is to identify and help the UK’s best HCLS startups to scale globally, accelerating their progress with advice, funding & expertise in cloud, AI & health tech; acting as specialist advisors to a select network of investment partners. Thomas is a creative Key Opinion Leader in Healthcare and Life Sciences, with over 120 keynote speeches at Digital Healthcare, Private Equity and Technology conferences globally.
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About Alpha Tech Capital, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
Rowland Illing
Director & Chief Medical Officer, International Government Health of Amazon Web Services
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About Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
Amir Malik
Managing Director of Accenture
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About Accenture, Accenture Interactive: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Nigel Gilbert
Managing Director of Accenture
Nigel Gilbert is the Vice President of Strategic Development of EMEA at AppNexus. Digital media pioneer, Nigel leads AppNexus’ strategic development across Europe. Prior to joining AppNexus, he served as Head of Orange Ad Market (UK & FR) for France Telecom. Nigel was responsible for all commercial operations at Orange Ad Market, the real-time bidding (RTB) exchange. In 2001 Nigel co-founded Unanimis, the first and largest digital publisher network in the UK. As Commercial Director for Unanimis, Nigel established and managed operations for eBay, BBC, Channel 5, and the London Stock Exchange, among others.
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Sulabh Agarwal
Managing Director, Global Head of Payments of Accenture
Sulabh is a Managing Director in Accenture’s UK/Ireland Finance Services practice. He leads the payments and cards practice for the UK and Ireland banking market. His area of expertise is management consulting and programme delivery in areas of payments and regulatory compliance. In addition he has been advising banking clients on strategy and target operating models. His experience encompasses several payments and regulatory programmes including payments transformation, transaction banking revenue enhancement and ring fencing, FATCA, PSR, BCOB, SEPA, RDR, Sanctions, AML. In addition, he has experience in post-merger integration, payments change delivery, wholesale bank target operating model, retail and corporate bank product strategy, credit card marketing strategy, innovation strategy, governance model options, sourcing strategy and payments operations and technology.
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Peter Lacy
Senior Managing Director -Global Sustainability Practice Lead; Europe Strategy Practice Lead of Accenture
Peter Lacy is managing director for Growth, Strategy and Sustainability within Accenture Strategy and is part of its Leadership Team. He is also a member of Accenture’s Global Leadership Council, and leads Accenture’s relationship with the World Economic Forum and the Digital Transformation of Industries program. His role focuses on strategy development, offering development, innovation centers and mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Mr. Lacy is a world authority on sustainability in areas such as circular economy, stakeholder management and trust issues in sectors such as pharmaceuticals, mining, energy and consumer goods. He works with the CEOs and senior management of a range of Fortune 500 companies, including the United Nations, the European Union and public sector organizations. He specializes in growth and strategy, with a strong focus on environmental, social, governance and ethics issues. Prior to consulting he spent several years working in the dotcom industry.
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About Accenture, Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Olivier Vuichard
Managing Director, Wealth Management of Accenture
Olivier heads their UK business with responsibility for local business development and growth in their delivery capabilities. He has worked closely with top tier clients in the UK on their change programmes. A Swiss national, Olivier has delivered several strategic transformation projects across the UK, Switzerland and Luxembourg. He is an experienced project manager and has supported clients on challenging platform delivery transformations including the integration of remote delivery elements.
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About Accenture, Orbium: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Davinder Gautam
Managing Director of Accenture
Davinder Gautam Managing Director – Products Technology Consulting.
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Anthoula Madden
Managing Director of Accenture
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Marion Duncan
Creative Director (Liquid Studio London) of Accenture
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Tom Graham
Managing Director, Banking of Accenture
Tom Graham is a Managing Director in Accenture’s UK Banking consulting practice, helping clients deliver change and innovate. He also sponsors the successful FinTech Innovation Labs in London, which, partnered with 30+ banks and insurers, takes 20 startups a year through a rapid accelerator for growth and innovation.
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Daniel Hurst
Principle Consultant & Practice Director, Enterprise DevOps Transformation of Contino
Daniel Hurst is a DevOps consultant specialising in defining and driving successful DevOps and Agile adoption within Financial Services organisations. He operates using a data-driven transformational approach: “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence”.
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About Contino: Contino is a professional services consultancy providing a range of services for DevOps, Continuous Delivery, and Pragmatic Agile practices.
Tommy Armstrong
Senior Director of Mobile Products & CTO Office of VMware
Tommy Armstrong is the Senior Director of Mobile Products & CTO Office at VMware.
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About VMware: VMware is a software company providing cloud and virtualization services that powers complex digital infrastructure.
Guy Whittaker
Non-Exec Director of Digime
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About Digime: Digi.me allows consumers to gather their personal data and share it with businesses in a mutually beneficial value exchange.
Robin Minto
Head of Technical Architecture and Director of Bybox
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About Bybox: ByBox was founded with a simple mission: to solve the problem of having to wait in for parcels.
Tracy Figliola
Director of Global Mobility and Global HR Shared Services of Equinix
Tracy Figliola Responsible for the strategy, policy and execution of all Global Mobility services for the Equinix Group. Building a first class Global Mobility program to facilitate and enable a growth business agenda and nurture talent. In addition global responsibility for HR Shared Services, building the function to deliver core HR services to Equinix. At Equinix, Tracy is part of a dynamic and fast growing team working to deliver significant customer value to organisations who are increasingly viewing their data center strategy as a source of competitive advantage.
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About Equinix: Equinix is an internet company that provides data center services for companies, businesses, and organizations.
Michael Winterson
Managing Director of Equinix
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About Equinix, SixFortyEight: Equinix is an internet company that provides data center services for companies, businesses, and organizations.
Burim Bivolaku
Senior Director, Information Security of IntercontinentalExchange
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About IntercontinentalExchange: Intercontinental Exchange is an operator of regulated exchanges and clearing houses serving the risk management needs of global markets.
Paul Swann
President and Managing Director of IntercontinentalExchange
Paul Swann is the President & Managing Director, ICE Clear Europe, the wholly-owned European clearing house of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE). Swann was named to his post at ICE in July 2007 and was instrumental in the launch of ICE Clear Europe in November 2008. In his role, Swann oversees all technology, operations and financial functions at the London-based clearing house. Swann has over 20 years experience in European derivatives and equities clearing, and prior to joining ICE, he was most recently Managing Director, Group Risk and Managing Director, Change for LCH.Clearnet Ltd. During his tenure at LCH.Clearnet Ltd., Swann held various leadership positions in technology, operations, and risk management. In those roles, Swann worked closely with ICE on its energy futures and over-the-counter (OTC) clearing business.
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About IntercontinentalExchange: Intercontinental Exchange is an operator of regulated exchanges and clearing houses serving the risk management needs of global markets.
Paul Morris
Non Executive Director of Willis Towers Watson
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About : Willis Towers Watson is a global advisory and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth.
Serena Chaudhry
Associate Director of Dataminr
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About Dataminr, Dataminr, Observer Research Foundation, One Young World: Dataminr develops an artificial intelligence platform designed for real-time event and risk detection.
Helen Alexander
Non-executive Director of Rolls-Royce
Dame Helen Alexander joined the Board as Deputy Chairman in December 2011. Dame Helen chairs the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Nomination Committee. Dame Helen is chairman of UBM plc, the Port of London Authority and Incisive Media, and a non-executive director and chair of the remuneration committee at Rolls-Royce Group plc. Dame Helen is a senior adviser to Bain Capital and Chancellor of the University of Southampton. Dame Helen served as president of the CBI until June 2011. Dame Helen Alexander joined The Economist as Marketing Manager in 1985 after studying at INSEAD for an MBA and completing various roles with Faber and Faber and with Gerald Duckworth & Co. She became Managing Director of the Economist Intelligence Unit in 1993 and in 1997 became Chief Executive of the Economist Group, a position she held until 2008, having joined the company in 1985. Dame Helen was President of the CBI from 2009 to 2011. Dame Helen is also currently involved with not-for-profit organisations in media, the internet, the arts and education, through the trustees at Thomson-Reuters, the WorldWide Web Foundation, the Grand Palais in Paris, the Said Business School in Oxford and St Paul’s Girls’ School. Dame Helen was awarded a CBE for services to publishing in 2004 and in June 2011 was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for her services to business. She has an MBA from INSEAD.
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About BT, Centrica, Esure, Northern Foods, Rolls-Royce, UBM Plc: Rolls-Royce is an industrial technology company that provides integrated power and propulsion solutions.
Bil Bungay
Founder, Creative Director of Velocity Capital Advisors
Bil co-founded Beattie McGuiness Bungay (BMB), an advertising agency that went on to become one of the fastest growing agencies and considered one of the most creative advertising and marketing agencies of the decade. BMB went on to create nationally famous, highly effective campaigns for brands such as: McCain, Tui, Carling, and Virgin Money. Within three years of their establishment BMB had won Marketing Agency of the Year. Bil has a lifelong passion for innovation and creativity. His entrepreneurial spirit, combined with almost 30 years of creative and marketing experience, has helped him bring many ideas to fruition, for example Purple Bricks, and mentoring numerous early stage businesses. As deputy chairman of BMB, Bil maintains a strong connection with the agency he co- founded. Bil is a member of the Investment Committee.
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About Velocity Capital Advisors: Velocity seeks to combine a deep consumer understanding with brilliant, innovative, useful business ideas.
John F. Ferraro
Board Of Director of ManpowerGroup
Mr. Ferraro became a member of the Advance Auto Parts Board of Directors in February 2015 and was appointed Lead Independent Director in November 2015. Mr. Ferraro served as Global Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Ernst & Young (EY), a leading professional services firm from 2007 to December 2014. In addition, Mr. Ferraro served as a member of EY’s Global Executive board for more than 10 years. Prior to his COO role, Mr. Ferraro served in several senior leadership positions at EY, including Global Vice Chair Audit. He joined EY in 1976 and has served a variety of global companies. Mr. Ferraro is a CPA and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He currently serves as the chair of the Board of Trustees of Marquette University.
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About : ManpowerGroup is a multinational human resource consulting firm, providing recruitment and assessment, training and development, and more.
Marc Waters
Managing Director UK&I of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Marc is the UK & Ireland Managing Director for Hewlett Packard Enterprise. He joined HP Company in November 1999 and was appointed Managing Director in July 2016. As UK&I Managing Director, Marc is responsible for all people and business operations. He oversees a technology portfolio that includes Hybrid Cloud, Edge solutions and comprehensive set of services capabilities. Previously Marc has held key positions including Vice President Enterprise Group, Services Sales Director, Chief of Staff and a number of Sales Management roles. Marc is a passionate supporter of UK business and actively engaged with both Government and the CBI. A practitioner of values based leadership he believes business is a force for good and places personal energy into supporting opportunities for young people. Marc holds a Masters in Business Administration from Henley Business School. He has five children and is interested in football, politics and economics.
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry technology company that enables customers to go further and faster.
Dirk Anderson
Director of Hybrid Cloud of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Dirk Anderson runs the UK&I Cloud business at HPE. Prior to joining HPE, Dirk was the Managing Director at RedPixie, a leading Azure consultancy that was acquired by HPE in 2017. As leader of the UKI Cloud business, Dirk heads-up a team of high end consultants and engineers who design, build and manage Cloud platforms and solutions for a variety of enterprise customers across various sectors.
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry technology company that enables customers to go further and faster.
Lola Fernandez-Redondo
Senior Associate Director of Jacobs
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About Jacobs: Jacobs leads the global professional services sector delivering solutions for a more connected, sustainable world.
Marc Thomas
Managing Director – UK & Emerging EMEA Markets of Taboola
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About Taboola: Taboola is an AI-powered content discovery platform that connects people with content on the web that suits their interests.
Alexandre Fannius
EMEA Director of Publisher Account Management of Taboola
Alexandre Fannius is EMEA Director of Publisher Account Management at [Taboola](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/taboola), the content discovery platform that connects people with content they may like but never knew existed. Fannius holds a master’s degree in business and management from Audencia Business School.
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About Taboola: Taboola is an AI-powered content discovery platform that connects people with content on the web that suits their interests.
Tatjana Biallas
Director Media Sales DACH of Taboola
Tatjana Biallas is heading up the growth of the German market at Taboola, by helping brands distribute their marketing content and reach new audiences through native advertising campaigns. Over the past 10 years, she has built up her considerable expertise in the German media industry at CNBC International, RTL Group and IP Deutschland.
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About Taboola: Taboola is an AI-powered content discovery platform that connects people with content on the web that suits their interests.
Jacques Lopes
Director, Media Sales – France of Taboola
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About Taboola: Taboola is an AI-powered content discovery platform that connects people with content on the web that suits their interests.
Alexandra Margolis
Co-Founder/Creative Director of Carwow
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About Carwow: Carwow is a company that helps efficiently connect car buyers to car dealers.
John Miele
Sales Director of Carwow
John’s has an MSc in Astrophysics, which proves handy on a daily basis. Besides managing all of our dealers, you’ll often find him down the pub (or on TV!) winning the pub quiz, collecting an obscene number of Pool trophies, or strumming his guitar for a captive audience. He and his wife have a new mini-Miele who keeps them up all hours of the night.
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About Carwow: Carwow is a company that helps efficiently connect car buyers to car dealers.
Jenny White
Director of Sales and Marketing, Registrar Channel of Donuts
Jenny White has over 12 years of domain industry experience and has been involved in the development of the new gTLD program at the registry level since its infancy. Prior to joining Donuts, Jenny gained extensive registry operations experience at registry service provider CentralNic. Jenny played an integral part in the company’s growth, managing key registry-registrar partner relationships and developing operational procedures to successfully bring new domain extensions to market. Previously, Jenny implemented effective processes to support a dramatically increasing customer base at an internet service provider.
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About Donuts: Donuts is a domain name registry offering new domain names in multiple languages and character sets.
John C. Drake
Director & Co-Founder of iLOOKABOUT
John C. Drake is the President and co-founder of Drake Goodwin Corporation, a London, Ontario investment firm with diverse interests in financial services, real estate development and manufacturing. Mr. Drake is the Chair of the Board of Critical Outcome Technologies Inc., a TSXV company whose business is focused on the identification, profiling and optimization of targeted small molecules potentially effective in the treatment of human diseases through a proprietary computational platform technology. Mr. Drake is also the Vice Chairman of Children’s Choice Learning Centers, a leading provider of corporate childcare in the United States. Mr. Drake was the Chairman of DGM Bank and Trust Inc., a privately-owned offshore bank located in Barbados, from 2002 to 2008, and a director of Discovery Air Inc., an aviation services company whose shares are listed on the TSX, from 2006 until 2008. Mr. Drake is the co-owner of Redtail Golf Course, an exclusive private golf course located outside of Port Stanley, Ontario. Mr. Drake was appointed an Honorary Colonel of the 1st Hussars of the Royal Canadian Armored Corps. in 1999. Mr. Drake obtained his B.A. and LL.B degrees from the University of Western Ontario and was a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada from 1973 to 2012.
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About iLOOKABOUT: iLOOKABOUT is a data analytics and visual intelligence company that produces and delivers geo-coded images to businesses and governments.
Maria Lam
Non-Executive Director of QPQ
Maria Lam is a Director at QPQ.
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About QPQ: QPQ is a network infrastructure to enable a digital universe.
Coline McConville
Non Executive Director of 3i Group
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About 3i Group: 3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.
Andrew Cox
Director of 3i Group
Andrew joined 3i in November 2006 having spent three years with Ambac Assurance in London leading an initiative to expand their franchise into the Continental European infrastructure market and latterly heading up their European Utilities team. Previously, he worked for six years in the Schroder Salomon Smith Barney Infrastructure Advisory Group, where he worked on transactions both domestically and internationally, on the buy-side and the sell-side, covering the roads, airports, power, water and waste sectors. Andrew has an MA in History from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
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About 3i Group: 3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.
Rowena Gracey
Director, Private Equity Team of 3i Group
Rowena joined 3i in 2007 and is an Associate Director in the Private Equity team. Rowena focuses on origination and execution of investments in the UK and leads 3i’s activity in the UK Healthcare sector. Deals she has worked on include 3i’s minority investment in Phibro, the sale of Unirea to Advent International, and further investments in Hobbs and MDY Healthcare. Previously, she has undertaken internships in Healthcare venture capital at Scottish Equity Partners and for boutique funds management group Quest Asset Partners, Sydney. Rowena has a B. Advanced Science/Commerce degree from the University of Sydney, Australia and spent one year of her degree on exchange studying Economics at Royal Holloway, London University.
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About 3i Group: 3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.
Aaron Church
Director of 3i Group
Aaron joined 3i in 2013 as a Director in the Infrastructure team in the London office, with a primary focus on investment origination and execution in the midstream energy and transportation sectors. Prior to 3i, Aaron worked for HRL Morrison & Co, a major Australasian-based infrastructure fund manager, where he also focused on investments in the midstream energy and transportation sectors. Prior to this, Aaron was a Project Leader for the Boston Consulting Group where he primarily worked for clients in the industrial goods sector in Australasia and North America. Aaron holds a B.Com from the University of Canterbury and a M.B.A. (Distinction) from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, where he was a Fulbright Scholar.
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About 3i Group, Attero B.V., Joulz, Oiltanking: 3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.
Joanna Thomson
Active Partnership Practice Director of 3i Group
Jo Thomson is the Active Partnership Practice Director. Prior to joining 3i, Jo spent over 14 years with Ernst & Young, initially in their Transaction Advisory Services group and most recently as Operations Director for their Global Private Equity team. Jo is responsible for the core parts of Active Partnership which are not led by the deal teams: e.g. the delivery of key events such as the CEO and CFO Forums, organising Active Partnership related training and creating visibility of advisor performance on Active Partnership initiatives. She is also responsible for the marketing and internal communications for the Private Equity business.
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About 3i Group: 3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.
Joy McCormack
Director, Board Development of 3i Group
Joy heads up 3i’s Business Leaders Network, working as part of our international investment team to help connect with Chairmen, CEOs, advisors and other senior board level management for both our existing portfolio companies and in pre-deal situations. Prior to joining 3i, Joy was at Skillcapital, working exclusively with private equity funds across Europe to recruit buy-in management teams for LBOs and board level management for PE portfolio companies. Joy began her career in finance with Goldman Sachs and spent five years working in the Private Wealth Management division, with a focus on asset allocation strategies. She holds a first class honours Masters degree in Quantitative Finance from University College Dublin.
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About 3i Group: 3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.
Rupert Howard
Director of 3i Group
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About 3i Group, MPM: 3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.
George Archer
Senior Director – Banking of 3i Group
George joined 3i’s Banking Team as a Director in July 2011. The Banking Team is responsible for the firm’s relationship with its financing institutions and provides specialist in-house debt financing advice and support to the private equity activities of 3i and its portfolio companies. George has worked on financing transactions for many of 3i’s portfolio companies, including Action, Basic Fit, Element, Eltel, ESG, Lekolar and OneMed. He has 19 years of banking experience, having started his career with Barclays Bank in 1994. George subsequently worked for Barclays Capital (1997-2000), Bank of America (2000-2003) and The Royal Bank of Scotland (2003-2011). Over the bulk of this period, he specialised in the origination, structuring and execution of European leveraged debt transactions in a lead capacity. George has also held positions in leveraged loan syndications and in corporate restructuring. George holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Biochemistry from Imperial College (University of London), a BSc (Hons) degree in Financial Services from UMIST and a MSc degree in Operational Research from Strathclyde University.
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About 3i Group: 3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.
Alastair Richardson
Director, Head of Legal of 3i Group
Alastair is Director, Head of Legal for 3i’s Private Equity team, with responsibility for legal risk management and the provision of legal support for new investments, portfolio matters, exits and fundraising activities to 3i’s international private equity business. Alastair works closely with 3i’s international deal teams on transactions across 3i’s private equity business. Alastair joined 3i in 1998 from the law firm, Nabarro LLP, where he worked as an associate specialising in international corporate M&A and private equity. He holds a BA joint honours degree in Economics & Law from Durham University and is qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales.
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About 3i Group, Nabarro LLP: 3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.
David Stephens
Director of 3i Group
David focuses on originating, executing and representing 3i on the boards of Private Equity investments across Europe. He predominantly focuses on 3i’s activities in the Industrial sector in the UK, but has also spent significant time on deal execution in the US. Recent deals David has worked on include 3i’s investments in Aspen Pumps, the global market leader in condensate removal pumps, in the UK; Ohio-based Q Holding, manufacturer of precision moulded rubber and silicone components for the auto and medical industries; Wisconsin-headquartered Dynatect, manufacturer of critical components designed to protect and elongate equipment lifetime and promote worker safety; and the sale of London-based Civica, the international provider of specialist IT systems and business process services. David is currently a Director on the board of ESG and an Observer on the board of Agent Provocateur. Prior to joining 3i, David worked in investment banking at DC Advisory Partners, advising clients on European mid-market M&A.
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About 3i Group: 3i is an international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity, Infrastructure & Debt Management.
Andrew England
Director and Head – Strategy, Intellect Global Transaction Banking of Intellect Design Arena
Andrew currently serves as Director of Intellect’s subsidiary Intellect Design Arena Limited, UK and Head of Strategy iGTB. He joins us from McKinsey, where he was the External Senior Advisor of Transaction Banking. Andrew brings a host of experience running transaction banking in leading global banks. He has held the positions of Managing Director and Head of Transaction Banking at Lloyds Banking Group, Head of CEE Global Transaction Banking at Unicredit Group and Head of Cash & Trade Product at Deutsche Bank, where he was also an Executive Committee member for Global Transaction Banking. These roles followed on from a successful career of various leadership positions at Citi and Lloyds.
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About Intellect Design Arena: Intellect Design Arena Ltd, is a global leader in Financial Technology for Banking, Insurance and other Financial Services.
Amarpreet Dhiman
Director of Sales & Marketing of Excelra
Dr. Amarpreet Dhiman holds a Ph.D. in Dental Materials from the Queen Mary University of London, a Diploma in Biomedical Engineering from Unicamp, Brazil, an MSc & Diploma in Biomedical Engineering from Imperial College, London, and a BSc in Biomedical Science from Kingston University, London. A researcher scholar and business leader, Dr. Dhiman carries more than a decade of sales experience brokering value up to the Executive Management Level for a range of products aligned for R&D, Medical and Commercial clients. Having worked directly with the top Pharma and Life Science companies, Dr. Dhiman also has an expertise in Market Research and Competitive Intelligence. Before Excelra, Dr. Dhiman was a Strategic Key Account Director for both Global Data and at Data monitor/Informa Plc for 11 years winning new business and having a consistent record to secure high dollar value agreements through strategic consulting. In his spare time, Dr. Dhiman is an avid traveler who loves to socialize and learn about various cultures directly. He also likes to spend his leisure time reading and painting.
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About Excelra: Excelra is a leading Informatics company providing Intelligent data and analytics solutions to clients globally.
Alessandro Benedetti
Director of Versatile Systems
Alessandro Benedetti joined Equus Total Return as Director in 2010.
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About Equus Total Return,Inc., Versatile Systems: Versatile Systems is a organization that specializes in the field of Data Management.
Vikas Tripathi
Managing Director of Heliocor
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About Heliocor: Heliocor is a regulatory technology company.We are building a global anti fraud ecosystem based on our Robolitics and Dokstor SaaS products.
Simon Bearne
Senior Director, Sales & Marketing of Vantage Data Centers
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About Vantage Data Centers: Vantage Data Centers is a company that provides data center solutions.
Roy Clements
STATS Sales Director Media & Gambling EMEA/APAC of STATS
Roy joined STATS in 2005. Roy was instrumental in the positioning and expansion of the European business, leading growth initiatives in gaming and media in Europe. Roy is currently responsible for the relationships with clients across the UK and Europe, including UEFA, William Hill, and bet365 and supporting STATS regional sales teams.
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About STATS, STATS: 800+ global organizations trust STATS to power their sports data and technology platforms due to our unrivaled speed, accuracy and depth.
Fredrik Cornell
Director Commercial Operations of Healthily by Your.MD
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About Healthily by Your.MD: Healthily is the world’s first medically approved self-care app designed around you.
Paul Lewis
Senior Director Cloud Security (BISO) of Elsevier
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About Elsevier, Imperial College London: Elsevier is a world-leading provider of information solutions that enhance the performance of science, health, and technology.
Sharmila Paranjpe
Program Director; Strategy & Transformation of Wipro Technologies
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About Wipro Technologies: Wipro is a global information technology, consulting and business process services company.
Adenike Cosgrove
Director, International Product Marketing of Proofpoint
Adenike Cosgrove is a Cybersecurity Strategist at Proofpoint, where she drives International product marketing strategy. She provides expertise on key regional cybersecurity strategies such as people-centric security, risk management and data privacy. Prior to joining Proofpoint, Ms. Cosgrove was global product marketing lead for Email Fraud Protection at Return Path, a division acquired by Proofpoint in the summer of 2016. Earlier in her career, Ms. Cosgrove worked as a lead EMEA advisor to security and risk professionals for Forrester Research, where she developed a deep understanding of CISO challenges, and helped clients with their cybersecurity strategies.
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About Proofpoint: Proofpoint provides cloud-based email security, e-discovery, and compliance solutions for companies to protect sensitive business data.
Sorush Lajevardi
Director, Data Science of Bain & Company
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About Bain & Company: Bain & Company is a management consulting firm that provides solutions on change in management, strategies, and technology.
Jean-Paul Petranca
Principal, Managing Director & Partner of The Boston Consulting Group
Managing Director and Partner at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) London
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About The Boston Consulting Group: The Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm and an advisor on business strategy.
Antoon Schneider
Senior Partner and Managing Director of The Boston Consulting Group
Antoon is a Managing Director and Senior Partner in the Principal Investor and Private Equity practice at Boston Consulting Group. Antoon has advised most of the 50 largest private-equity firms globally on topics that include deal sourcing, due diligence and firm strategy, as well as working with their portfolio companies on 100-day plans and operational-improvement. He also has extensive experience in corporate M&A. Before joining BCG in 2011, Antoon spent nearly 14 years with McKinsey&Co, where he led the private-equity practice in the UK. Prior to that he worked in M&A at Hambros Bank and as a Chartered Accountant.
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About The Boston Consulting Group: The Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm and an advisor on business strategy.
Rich Khatib
Co-founder and Executive Director of Huma Therapeutics
Drives company strategy, operations and finance. His career in EMEA & US, include CEO of a $1B impact investment foundation of the Oceanic Bank International. Previously he kick-started Mondus, a leading European electronic procurement firm, as vice president and 1st team member. In 2001 Mondus sold to Telecom Italia for a total deal of €400 million, delivering a 10X return on the original investment of VC firm 3i. He studied business in Germany and holds a DPhil majoring in economics from Oxford University.
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About Huma Therapeutics: Huma provides a digital health platform used for predictive care and research.
Bradley Gamage
Senior Director of Publicis Sapient
Bradley is responsible for a number of SapientRazorfish’s professional services business delivering digital services across multiple client organisations, including Barclays, Ashurst, HCA, Fidelity International, Bupa, Schroders Asset Management and Travelers Insurance. Experienced and passionate in helping clients navigate the complexities of digital transformation and deliver meaningful, engaging and relevant experiences for their customers. Bradley currently serves on the Digital & Direct Marketing Steering Committee for the Financial Services Forum, an Independent organisation for marketing effectiveness in UK financial services.
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About Publicis Sapient: Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation platform.
Craig Walmsley
Senior Director – Customer Experience & Innovation Consulting of Publicis Sapient
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About Publicis Sapient: Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation platform.
Ronnie Mitra
Director Of Technology of Publicis Sapient
Ronnie Mitra is an author, consultant and speaker who helps companies around the world improve their organizational designs and system architectures. He combines a focus on UX principles and managing system complexity to tackle the challenges of building effective API programs and establishing practical strategies for transformation. His most recent work is the O’Reilly book Continuous API Management which he co-authored.
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About Publicis Sapient: Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation platform.
James Betteley
Director of Technology of Publicis Sapient
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About Publicis Sapient: Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation platform.
Aman Krishna
Associate Director | Data Strategy & Analytics of Publicis Sapient
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About Publicis Sapient: Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation platform.
Martin Mayer
Director of LNG Technology of CB&I
Fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineers, Member of the Management Committee and Treasurer of Gas Processors Association Europe. 30 years experience in the LNG and gas processing industry (onshore and floating) in feasibility, conceptual, detailed design, commissioning, plant testing and revamps. He has worked on projects worldwide in Peru, Egypt, UK, USA, Canada, Russia, Qatar, Australia and Nigeria. As Director of LNG Technology at McDermott is their focal point of expertise and capability for LNG production and receiving facilities, responsible for assuring the validity and technical integrity of the process design content of all deliverables on projects and proposals
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About CB&I: CB&I provide technology and infrastructure for the energy industry, focusing on safety and quality standards.
Neil Griffiths
Managing Director, UK of TeleTracking
Neil Griffiths is a seasoned healthcare executive, bringing more than 20 years of public and private sector experience to TeleTracking’s UK operations. In his role as Managing Director, he is leading the UK business and is part of the global TeleTracking senior leadership team. With his deep understanding of hospitals and experience of managing change, Mr. Griffiths ensures that TeleTracking’s approach and solutions are deployed in the most effective way to support long term sustainable impact. Prior to joining TeleTracking, Mr. Griffiths was the Deputy CEO and a board member at University College London Hospitals [UCLH] Foundation Trust, one of the leading acute academic hospital providers in the UK. In that capacity, he was responsible for the development of uclh future, the Trust’s ambitious transformation strategy that combines the creation of new operating processes and use of technology with the development of leadership and change management capabilities. Prior to that, Mr. Griffiths was the entrepreneurial leader and a board member for the McKinsey Hospital Institute (MHI) in the UK. Neil holds an MBA from the University of Westminster and a BSc in Politics from the University of Bristol.
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About TeleTracking: TeleTracking Passionate About Optimizing Hospital Operations & PatientFlow.
Pierre Sapin
Managing Director of BORN
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About BORN: BORN is the world’s first private B2B platform that connects a global network of design-led lifestyle brands and retail buyers.
Hillel Zidel
Managing Director, London of Kennet Partners
Hillel works closely with the management teams of European technology companies to exploit growth opportunities such as addressing new market segments and geographies. Hillel joined Kennet as a Director from ETV Capital, where he undertook numerous transactions providing hybrid debt and equity-based capital to technology companies across Europe & the US. Prior to this Hillel worked as a Management Consultant at KPMG, advising clients on strategic, performance management and regulatory issues. Earlier, Hillel worked in Corporate Development at two internet businesses in South Africa. Hillel is a board member of SaaS based bookkeeping automation vendor Receipt Bank, mobile video language learning platform ABA English, SaaS based accounts receivable automation company Rimilia, mobile market research and analytics company RealityMine, advertising technology provider Adikteev (through the acquisition of Trademob), and online mass customisation provider Spreadshirt. Hillel was previously on the board of Rivo Software which was acquired by Sphera Solutions. Hillel is a CFA Charterholder. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Law from the University of South Africa, an Honours Degree in Economics and a Masters Degree in Economics (cum laude) from the University of Johannesburg.
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About Kennet Partners, RealityMine, Spread Group: Kennet Partners is a private equity investment firm that provides growth capital to information technology and business services companies.
Michael Elias
Managing Director, London of Kennet Partners
Michael has been at the forefront of the development of European technology private equity as it grew from a fledgling niche into the multi-billion dollar market it is today. He has been a member of the Executive Committee of the European Venture Capital Association (EVCA) and chaired its Venture Capital Committee from 2002 to 2006. Michael also led Kennet’s investment in Paragon Software (acquired by Openwave), Altitun (acquired by ADC Telecommunications), No Wires Needed (acquired by Intersil), Monis (acquired by Sungard Data Systems), and Ubizen (acquired by Cybertrust). Michael founded Kennet in 1997. Earlier, he was responsible for establishing the international operations of Thompson Clive & Partners in California and Paris. Michael holds a B.A. with highest honours from Harvard University, and received an M.Sc. from Cambridge University where he was a Marshall Scholar. Born in the United States, Michael has lived in several European countries and speaks fluent French.
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About Kennet Partners, Next Performance: Kennet Partners is a private equity investment firm that provides growth capital to information technology and business services companies.
Aarti Samani
Product & Marketing Director of iProov
Aarti is an experienced executive, who drives growth through product innovation, partnerships and operational efficiencies. She has led product and commercial functions in multinational as well as applied AI firms across financial services, fast growth consumer tech and healthcare. Aarti’s work has ranged from managing technology transitions in capital markets, to spearheading product development and launch of text input solutions, revolutionising the way consumers in emerging markets interact with their smartphones. She has most recently worked at SwiftKey (purchased by Microsoft) and Digital Surgery. Aarti holds a degree in Mathematics from University of Durham.
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About iProov: iProov develops face authentication technology for online identity verification by global banks and governments.
Joe Palmer
Technical Director of iProov
Joe is a skilled and experienced developer and project manager with a degree in Computer Science from UCL. His expertise lies in internet technology, and as co-founder and director of SoftForge he successfully delivered large and complex web-based e-commerce and secure information solutions for clients such as the NHS and Shell. Since 2012 he has led the development of iProov’s proprietary technology.
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About iProov: iProov develops face authentication technology for online identity verification by global banks and governments.
Andrew Newell
Research Director of iProov
Andrew joined iProov from University College London where he was a Research Fellow in both the Department of Computer Science and CoMPLEX. His PhD and subsequent published research focused on computer vision and pattern recognition. Since 2014 he has led iProov’s work on image processing.
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About iProov: iProov develops face authentication technology for online identity verification by global banks and governments.
Matthew Pearch
Commercial Director of iProov
Matthew’s career in telecommunications, IT and technology spans more than 25 years in Europe and Asia Pacific where he has been working in sales, marketing and managment roles for companies including Mars, Compuware and mBlox.
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About iProov: iProov develops face authentication technology for online identity verification by global banks and governments.
Hugo Holland-Bosworth
Group Operations Director of Alternative Networks
Hugo has been involved with Alternative since 1995, joining the company permanently in 2000 as a Systems Sales Executive and going on to become a Sales Manager and then Business Systems Director. In 2007 Hugo was involved in the establishment of AN Technical Services (ANTS) and in 2008 following the acquisition and subsequent merging of Echo Communications and ANTS, Hugo was promoted to Operations Director. His remit was extended in 2010 to include Client Services and Networks Project Management and then in 2012 Hugo assumed responsibility for the enlarged Group Operations as part of the Executive Board.
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About Alternative Networks: Alternative is a leading provider of IT solutions to UK businesses from device to datacentre.
Henrietta Marsh
Member of Board of Directors of Alternative Networks
Henrietta Marsh joined the Board as a non-executive Director on 6 June 2014. She has significant public company experience, having served as a non-executive director (and chairing the Remuneration Committee) at Dods (Group) PLC from April 2012 to November 2014, been an independent non-executive director at Acal plc since May 2013 and chairing the Remuneration Committee since October 2014, and since January 2014 been a non-executive Director of Electric World plc where she is appointed by Living Bridge Equity Partners. She is also a Director of Henrietta Marsh Consulting Limited. Previously, Henrietta was a director of 3i plc where she worked as a fund manager and in private equity for 14 years. She was also a fund manager at Living Bridge Equity Partners responsible for all AIM investments. Henrietta was the founder chairman of the AIM VCT Managers Group and is a member of the London Stock Exchange’s AIM Advisory Group.
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About : Alternative is a leading provider of IT solutions to UK businesses from device to datacentre.
Gerry O’Sullivan
Board of Directors of Piksel
An International Media Executive with extensive experience in broadcasting, Pay TV and Media sectors including the executive management of commercial, editorial, creative, marketing, operational and technical teams for leading broadcasters and MSO’s across three continents. Gerry has worked with the most senior people in entertainment, news and sports worldwide and offers a unique perspective on how digital content and new technologies can support and create new revenue streams for the business. After a career starting at the BBC, he launched Australia’s first 24 hour news channel, a Business and Sports channel in New York and then was asked to lead the engineering and operational teams for Fox News, New York. Returning to the UK, Gerry managed the strategy and execution of BSKYB’s TV user proposition, where he was responsible for launching Sky + HD, Sky Broadband, Sky VOD, Sky + EPG, Sky 3D and Sky’s online and mobile innovations. After 10 years at Sky, he was asked to lead Deutsche Telecom’s Global TV and Entertainment businesses where he launched a multichannel offering including IPTV, Satellite, hybrid and a range of video and media OTT and 2nd screen platforms across Europe. As Interim CEO for Digicel’s TV group, he launched a number of next generation cloud based IPTV and quad play services throughout the Caribbean, South America and the Pacific. Gerry was recently invited to join the board of Piksel and is an independent consultant to the pay tv and technology industries.
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About : Piksel designs, builds, develops and manages successful video solutions.
Gerry O’Sullivan
Board of Directors of Piksel
An International Media Executive with extensive experience in broadcasting, Pay TV and Media sectors including the executive management of commercial, editorial, creative, marketing, operational and technical teams for leading broadcasters and MSO’s across three continents. Gerry has worked with the most senior people in entertainment, news and sports worldwide and offers a unique perspective on how digital content and new technologies can support and create new revenue streams for the business. After a career starting at the BBC, he launched Australia’s first 24 hour news channel, a Business and Sports channel in New York and then was asked to lead the engineering and operational teams for Fox News, New York. Returning to the UK, Gerry managed the strategy and execution of BSKYB’s TV user proposition, where he was responsible for launching Sky + HD, Sky Broadband, Sky VOD, Sky + EPG, Sky 3D and Sky’s online and mobile innovations. After 10 years at Sky, he was asked to lead Deutsche Telecom’s Global TV and Entertainment businesses where he launched a multichannel offering including IPTV, Satellite, hybrid and a range of video and media OTT and 2nd screen platforms across Europe. As Interim CEO for Digicel’s TV group, he launched a number of next generation cloud based IPTV and quad play services throughout the Caribbean, South America and the Pacific. Gerry was recently invited to join the board of Piksel and is an independent consultant to the pay tv and technology industries.
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About : Piksel designs, builds, develops and manages successful video solutions.
Phiroz Vandrevala
Managing Director of Diligenta
As the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Diligenta, a subsidiary of TCS focused on the life & pensions industry, Phiroz Vandrevala is responsible for driving the business strategy and operations of the organization and opportunities globally. Phiroz is also a Director on the Board of TCS, the global leader in IT services, consulting and business solutions and part of the senior leadership team. With over 25 years of consulting and leadership experience with TCS, including as an executive director of the company since 2007, Phiroz had been involved with TCS’ foray into the life & pensions industry from the outset. He has overseen the transformation of Diligenta as the company offers new, effective solutions for the life & pensions industry using the TCS BaNCS platform. Prior to taking the leadership role at Diligenta, Phiroz was the Executive Director and Head, Global Corporate Affairs at TCS and played a prominent part in many industry initiatives as a former chairman and executive council member of the National Association of Software Companies (Nasscom), India’s apex IT industry body. In the banking & financial services sector, Phiroz has been part of numerous expert committees constituted by the Reserve Bank of India to guide the central bank in its policy-making efforts as well as IT advisory bodies in India and on the board of several prominent educational institutions. He is also the Director of Punj Lloyd Ltd. and a member of the firm’s audit committee. He is also Director of Jubilant FoodWorks Limited. Phiroz was the Co-Chair of the Indo-British Partnership (IBP) for over five years and is a board member of the Indo-British Partnership Network. Phiroz graduated from Calcutta and is a qualified chartered accountant. He worked with consumer goods firm ITC Ltd. for three years before joining TCS in 1982. In 1989, he set up Tandem Corporation’s operations in India before rejoining TCS in 1992. He has played many roles in all these years at TCS. He was born in Calcutta in December 1953 and currently lives in London with his wife Shashi
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About Diligenta: Diligenta, a UK-based FCA regulated subsidiary of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), is a leading provider of business process services
Pip Witheridge
Founder & Director of Grove
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About Grove: Grove is unlock business success through the power of leading-edge cloud computing, custom software development, cybersecurity & analytics.
Richard Smith
Client Director of Elutions, Inc.
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About Elutions, Inc.: Energy and operational efficiency global market leader with AI solutions.
Jonathan Woolf
Program Director, Intelligent Journey Orchestration of O2
Jonathan Woolf serves as the Program Director, Intelligent Journey Orchestration at O2.
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About O2: O2 provides services such as non-voice services, including text, media messaging, games, music, and video, as well as data connections.
Mark Baker
Centre for Clinical Practice Director of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
Mark is the Director of the Centre for Clinical Practice (CCP) and is responsible for designing and operating methods and systems to produce clinical guidelines for the NHS. CCP is also responsible for the work of the Medicines and Prescribing Centre including summaries of evidence on new medicines and unlicensed and off-label medicines and the management of the contract for the British National Formulary. Before joining NICE, Mark was Lead Cancer Clinician at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals and National Clinical Lead for Cancer Peer Review. He has previously worked in transplantation, academic medicine and public health medicine and was Chief Executive of Bradford Teaching Hospitals for six years and a Director of Research and Development.
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About National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care.
Jane Gizbert
Communications Director of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
Jane Gizbert joined NICE in 2008 and is responsible for the delivery of the institute’s strategic communications programme. Jane graduated from the University of New Brunswick in Canada with an BA Honours degree in Political Science. She subsequently obtained an MA in this field from Carleton University in Ottawa and went on to undertake a graduate journalism programme at the same university. Immediately before joining NICE, Jane was head of corporate communications at the Medical Research Council, the UK’s largest publicly funded medical research organisation. Her remit covered the full spectrum of corporate communications, from strategic development, public involvement and consultation, to media relations and brand management. Jane has worked extensively in the political field in Canada, including as Press secretary for the official opposition and former prime minister of Canada, and as Director of communications, Canadian Federation of Labour. Jane has also held senior positions in charitable organisations including the Scout Association and the International Planned Parenthood Federation.
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About National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care.
Carole Longson
Health Technology Evaluation Centre Director of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
Carole is Director of the Centre for Health Technology Evaluation at NICE. She has a doctorate in Pharmacology and spent 8 years at GlaxoSmithKline Research working on the development of novel pharmaceuticals in various therapeutic areas. Carole has previously been involved in health technology assessment as Director of the Evidence Research Unit. She contributes to a number of international policy forums, including the WHO advisory group on Priority Medical Devices and the Scientific Committee of the Innovative Medicines Initiative. She is Honorary Professor of Health Technology Assessment at the University of Manchester, UK and currently President of Health Technology Assessment International.
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About Health Technology Assessment International, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), University of Manchester: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care.
Alexia Tonnel
Director of Evidence Resources of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
Alexia Tonnel is director of Evidence Resources. She is responsible for the delivery of the NHS Evidence and UK PharmaScan services and leads the information management and technology, user research and information services resources of NICE. Alexia studied business and management in France after which she completed a Master of Science in International Accounting and Finance at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Before joining NICE, Alexia was a Director with Deloitte where she advised a range of clients in the healthcare and life science industries on policy and strategy development as well as programme implementation.
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About National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care.
John Rankin
Commercial Director (Consultant) of Stakester
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About Stakester: Stakester is a mobile first skill-based competition platform that enables competitors to compete with each other for prizes.
Rafael Frankow
Director of Business Development of Igloohome
Frankow Ltd is a channel focused consultancy company providing support for Smart Tech and Startup community. Having worked for vendors and specialist distributors in the PC and Apple arenas, I have a wide and diverse network of contacts & relationships with distributors, retailers and resellers across Europe. I’m a strong believer in business relationships and the principle that people buy from people. I’m very passionate about consumer electronics industry and interested in collaborating with potential vendors and startups.
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About Igloohome: Igloohome manufactures security locks for residential and commercial purposes.
Bridget Deiters
Managing Director of Ontra
Bridget is a Managing Director at InCloudCounsel. Prior to InCloudCounsel, Bridget practiced corporate and capital markets law at Kirkland & Ellis and Cravath. Bridget holds a J.D. from Georgetown and a B.A. from Yale. In her spare time, Bridget enjoys cooking, arts and crafts, and country walks with her dog.
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About Ontra: Ontra is a provider of technology and services for contract automation and intelligence.
Russell Hart
Non-Exec Director of Obsidian
Russell is the Chief Operating Officer and a Founding Partner at Alcova Asset Management LLP, a quantitative hedge fund HQ’ed in London.
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About : Obsidian has developed a new portal framework for investment managers.
David Tibbetts
UK and Nordics Managing Director of Web Financial Group
David Tibbetts has been UK Managing Director of Web Financial Group SA since September 1, 2017. Mr. Tibbetts has been the Head of Proquote and Managing Director at Proquote Limited since 2009. Mr. Tibbetts served as Managing Director of UK – Financial Markets at IRESS Limited until April 1, 2017. He joined IRESS in November 2015 following the Proquote acquisition. He served as Managing Director at Proquote since 2008 and has a wealth of experience in the financial software industry from managing Singularity’s UK business and through other roles at Mercator Software and Braid Systems.
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About Web Financial Group: Web Financial Group continues is data-driven managed service solutions provider.
