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This list showcases the top London based President operating in the Information Technology space. If you think a President 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.
James Stanbridge
Vice President of Oracle
James Stanbridge, a 13-year Microsoft veteran, is a leadership practitioner based in United Kingdom, having spent the past 10 years living in Asia, moving to Shanghai, China in 2005 and to Singapore in 2009. During his corporate career, James successfully attracted, hired and developed diverse teams of technologists in China, Singapore, India, Japan as well as Europe for Oracle, Microsoft, Alta Vista and Yamaha Motor in a multinational, corporate leadership career spanning more than 20 years. James is a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF), has been an Executive coach in the ‘Excelerrate’ program at Fudan University and is a formal mentor to young leaders inside and outside Microsoft and a former Board member of the not-for- profit organization Lifeline Shanghai. He is currently the CTO of a Singapore based NGO fighting human trafficking and travels to Cambodia to support Sala Bai, a school for young women who are at risk of trafficking.
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About Oracle: Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.
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Ling Hai
Co-President, Asia Pacific of Mastercard
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About Mastercard: Mastercard provides payment processing products and solutions, and related consulting services.
Ajay Bhalla
President, Cyber and Intelligence Solutions of Mastercard
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About Mastercard: Mastercard provides payment processing products and solutions, and related consulting services.
Paul Stoddart
President New Payment Platforms of Mastercard
Paul Stoddart is the Founder & Chairman of VocaLink & he attended Bangor University in 1994.
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About Mastercard, VocaLink: Mastercard provides payment processing products and solutions, and related consulting services.
Neil Taylor
Vice President Data Strategy of Mastercard
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About Mastercard: Mastercard provides payment processing products and solutions, and related consulting services.
Mark Barnett
President UK & Ireland of Mastercard
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About Mastercard: Mastercard provides payment processing products and solutions, and related consulting services.
Liz Oakes
Executive Vice President of Mastercard
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About Mastercard: Mastercard provides payment processing products and solutions, and related consulting services.
Carlos Menendez
President, Enterprise Partnerships of Mastercard
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About Mastercard: Mastercard provides payment processing products and solutions, and related consulting services.
Len Padilla
Vice President Product Strategy of NTT Communications
Len is a highly knowledgeable IT professional with considerable experience in a variety of areas from scientific super-computing to shared and dedicated hosting to selective outsourcing. Len has worked in all technical aspects and management levels of IT: supercomputing and financial systems programing, administration of large server and content delivery networks, PCI-DSS certification, management of international operations teams, product engineering and strategy.
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About NTT Communications: NTT Communications is a provider of network management and security services.
George Rigby
Vice President of Sales – Managed Cloud & Infrastructure Services (EU) of NTT Communications
George deals primarily with end user IT clients, advising on strategy and consultancy for digital transformation across financial and manufacturing industries. Over the last ten years he has helped companies achieve major gains for their businesses and describes how their aims translate into actions for the industry, focusing on value as part of ROI rather than pure cost calculations.
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About NTT Communications: NTT Communications is a provider of network management and security services.
Dayne Turbitt
Senior Vice President of Dell EMC
Dayne holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cape Town.
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About Dell EMC: Dell EMC enables digital transformation with trusted solutions for the modern data center.
Jean-Philippe Barleaza
EMEA Vice-President Mid-Market, Channel & Cloud Providers of VMware
Jean-Philippe Barleaza is a EMEA Senior Director OEM, SI SO & Service Providers at VMware.
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About VMware: VMware is a software company providing cloud and virtualization services that powers complex digital infrastructure.
Finbarr Hutcheson
President of IntercontinentalExchange
Finbarr Hutcheson is the President of ICE Benchmark Administration Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE). Previously, Hutcheson served as the Chief Executive of NYSE Liffe, the international derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, and was responsible for the Group’s European Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities (FICC) businesses. Finbarr joined NYSE Euronext in 2011. Prior to joining NYSE Euronext, Hutcheson spent 15 years working for Goldman Sachs in a variety of roles in derivatives. Most recently he was Global Head of Futures Services Business Development within the Securities Division. In that role he was responsible for defining and delivering strategic enhancements for that business, responding to evolving client needs and industry developments.
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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.
Lisa Clark
Vice President – Contact Centre PM of 8×8
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About 8×8: 8×8 offers secure and reliable cloud-based, enterprise-class business phone systems, unified communications, and contact center solutions.
Dominic Casserley
President of Willis Towers Watson
Dominic Casserley became CEO of Willis Group in January 2013 following a nearly 30 year career at McKinsey & Company, the leading global management consulting firm. During his three decades at McKinsey, he was based in the United States, Asia and, most recently, in London where he served as Managing Partner, responsible for the firm’s offices in London and Dublin.
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About Willis Towers Watson: Willis Towers Watson is a global advisory and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth.
Michele Drummond
Vice President of Marketing of Mercator
Michele is an accomplished B2B marketing strategy expert with over 15 years of experience in driving demand, and building successful, profitable organizations. As Vice President of Marketing, she is focused on supporting Mercator’s growth and business generating efforts globally through effective and results-oriented marketing campaigns and brand cultivation. Prior to joining Mercator, Michele held marketing leadership roles at SunGard and was instrumental in leading the company’s transformation after a merger to help form a disparate business. Michele brings cross-cultural experience and a global outlook, having worked in the US, Europe and the Middle East. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought and a Master of Business Administration.
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About Mercator: Mercator is a leading provider of software and tech-enabled outsourcing solutions to the global aviation industry.
Allison Searle
Senior Vice President Of Global Sales of Mercator
Allison joins Mercator after a successful career spanning over two decades working with global software companies in both North America and Europe. Prior to that, Allison held the role of Vice President at Infor, responsible for the sales strategy of the CRM and BPM divisions. Allison led the sales team to transform new business opportunities by implementing innovative and creative sales strategies within a one year period. Allison has held several successful General Manager roles with industry leading companies to include Adobe and Aptean Software, and was involved in the due diligence for their acquisition of Supportsoft which proved transformational for business in Europe. She enjoys working closely with her team and motivating people with energy, drive, and determination along the way.
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About Mercator: Mercator is a leading provider of software and tech-enabled outsourcing solutions to the global aviation industry.
Peter Cefai
President & Head – Strategic Alliances & Consulting of IBS Software Services
Peter Cefai is the President and Head of Strategic Alliances and Consulting at IBS Software Services and also serves as the Executive Member of the Board of Directors. Peter has over 30 years of experience in the IT industry with a strong background in sales and marketing, strategic planning and general management, people development and customer engagement. Peter currently manages the Global Strategic Alliances with the aim of enhancing IBS’ solution and channel capability and the Consulting Division aimed at enhancing the value IBS adds to the customers. Peter is also the custodian of IBS’ annual Customer Satisfaction survey. Peter served as the Vice President Global Marketing Honeywell / Avient Technologies when IBS acquired Avient Technologies from Honeywell in September 2003. Prior to that Peter worked at International Computers Ltd. (ICL) for 19 years in a variety of roles culminating in him being the Managing Director ICL Travel and Transport division, a business he doubled in size before its acquisition by Honeywell. Peter holds an Economics degree from Manchester University and a Management degree from Ashridge Business School.
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About IBS Software Services: IBS Software is a global provider of new generation IT solutions to the global Travel, Transportation, and Logistics industry.
Mukhtar Ahmed
President, Science Group of Clarivate Analytics
Mukhtar Ahmed is the President & Science Group at Clarivate Analytics.
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About Clarivate Analytics: Clarivate Analytics accelerates the pace of innovation by providing trusted insights and analytics.
Matthew Locsin
Vice President of Publicis Sapient
Matt Locsin is a Vice President at Publicis Sapient, where he leads the firm’s practice for innovation and drives Digital business transformation. He works with leaders and their teams to conceive, develop, and launch ‘what’s next’ and helps organisations to build their innovation competencies.
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About Publicis Sapient: Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation platform.
David Hawkings
Vice President EMEA & Global Planning & Optimisation Practice of OLR
David Hawkings is the SVP EMEA at Antuit.
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About Antuit, OLR: OLR is retail industry experience to safely take our clients into an empowered commerce world.
Yuval Ben Haim
President of Goji Food Solutions
Yuval Ben-Haim is President of Goji Food Solutions. He joined Goji in 2010 and oversaw the development of new business verticals. Mr. Ben-Haim subsequently joined the managerial team at Impulse Dynamics, a medical device company, where he established a new sales channel increasing sales by 15%. In 2015, Mr. Ben-Haim was appointed Business Development Manager at Hobart Group, a private equity firm primarily focused on developing medical technologies, where he oversaw international M&A and investment transactions worth over $100M. Mr. Ben-Haim received a BSc in Physics and Medical Physics from University College London and an MBA with distinction from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. He is a member of the Young Presidents Organization.
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About Goji Food Solutions: Goji’s pioneering RF solid-state cooking technology enables faster, simpler and better food preparation.
Bonno van Der putten
Senior Vice President of Alphabet
Bonno Van Der Putten is Investment Partner at Alphabet/Google Ventures. GV provides venture capital funding to bold new companies. GV is the venture capital arm of Alphabet, Inc. We’ve invested in more than 300 companies that push the edge of what’s possible. In the fields of life science, healthcare, artificial intelligence, robotics, transportation, cyber security, and agriculture, our companies aim to improve lives and change industries.
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About Alphabet, Carrefour: Alphabet is a holding company that provides projects with resources, freedom, and focus to make their ideas happen.
Andy Hardy
Vice President EMEA & APJ of Nasuni
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About Nasuni: Nasuni enables organizations to store, protect, synchronize, and collaborate on files across all locations at scale.
Andy Hardy
Vice President EMEA & APJ of Nasuni
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About Nasuni: Nasuni enables organizations to store, protect, synchronize, and collaborate on files across all locations at scale.
Sudhir Chaturvedi
President & Executive Board Member of L&T Infotech
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About L&T Infotech: LTI is a global technology consulting and digital solutions company helping more than 250 clients succeed in a converging world.
Danvers Baillieu
President of InfoSum
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About InfoSum, VerifyMyAge: InfoSum provides a decentralized platform designed to remove the trust barriers between progress and privacy.
Yigal Elstein
Vice President UK&I of Tricentis
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About Tricentis: Tricentis offers enterprise software testing solutions that enable enterprises to achieve high automation rates while minimizing risks.
Fotis Karonis
Executive Vice President, Group Leader 5G and Edge of Capgemini
Fotis is the chief technology officer for EE, responsible for the IT and network development strategy and implementation. Fotis has overseen IT since EE was formed in 2010 with the merger of Orange and T-Mobile. Prior to his role at EE, he held the role of chief information officer for Romtelecom. Prior to that, he worked at Athens International Airport, as director of information technology and the telecommunications business unit. In this role, Fotis planned, implemented and ensured round-the-clock integrated IT services and infrastructure to the airport that serves over 16 million passengers and five million visitors every year. Prior to this, he worked with Cap Gemini and Alcatel in France.
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About Capgemini: Capgemini provides consulting, technology, and digital transformation services.
George Evers
Senior Vice President, Product, Realtime Payments of VocaLink
George has spent the last 15 years driving technology innovations, leading product and strategy development across emerging technologies and enabling digital banking channel transformation. He is a huge advocate of providing more businesses and consumers with access to immediate payments.George joined VocaLink in November 2014 as Immediate Payments Services Director. He oversees the international development of VocaLink’s real-time payments proposition and associated mobile payments solutions. Since joining, George has pioneered the development of international strategies for VocaLink in the US, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. Before joining VocaLink, George was Head of Channels within the Corporate Banking Division at RBS. It was there that he developed a Corporate Banking self-service channel strategy and managed existing core digital channel propositions. George also held the position of Head of Product Management & Development for RBS Global Transaction Services where he managed the growth development of the UK Domestic Cash product set. Building on VocaLink’s 2014 success of implementing Immediate Payments in Singapore, George’s most recent career highlight has been part of the team involved in the signing of a contract with The Clearing House- a partnership that will bring real-time payments to the United States.
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About VocaLink, VocaLink: VocaLink develops and operates payments infrastructure solutions in the United Kingdom.
Oli Marlow-Thomas
Founder & President of Ad-Lib.io
Founder & President of Ad-Lib.
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About Ad-Lib.io: Powering Creative Effectiveness
Kristian Keep
Vice President Of Engineering of Decibel
Kristian Keep is the vice president of engineering at Decibel.
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About Decibel: Decibel is a real-time intelligence platform that enables businesses to measure and improve online customer experiences.
Harsha Subasinghe
President and CEO of Codegen
Harsha Subasinghe is President and CEO at Codegen.
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About Codegen: CodeGen is a private limited company and has offices in London, United Kingdom and Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Mark Harries
Executive Vice President, MillenniumIT and General Manager, Technology Services, LSEG of MillenniumIT
Mark joined the London Stock Exchange in 1997 and has been involved in a number of the major projects and strategic initiatives since then. Following the acquisition of MillenniumIT in October 2009, he is currently responsible for the LSE Group – MillenniumIT interface and splits his time between London and Colombo. Mark is a graduate engineer and prior to joining the LSE worked as a consultant project manager in the engineering, construction and financial services sectors.
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About MillenniumIT: MillenniumIT is a leading innovative trading technology business.
Sergio Mottola
Founder & President of Public Pressure
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About Public Pressure: Public Pressure operates an online NFT marketplace for the music industry.
Michael Charalambous
Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President Of Commercial Operations of FuelPlus
Michael joined FuelPlus in 2016 and is responsible for global marketing and communications, based in their UK office. Michael has been helping scale-up great technology companies for nearly 20 years. Prior to joining FuelPlus, he was the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Director of Marketing for Diligent Corporation, a $100m Delloite top 50 growth company. Michael started his career at British Airways and has held senior marketing roles at Siebel Systems, Oracle, Carbon Trust and Opower. Michael has a degree in aeronautical engineering and a masters in strategic marketing.
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About FuelPlus: The FuelPlus Group is the leading provider of fuel administration and management software to the aviation industry.
Edward Sweigart
Vice President Global Partners & Ecosystem of Finastra
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About Finastra: Finastra provides the broadest portfolio of financial services software.
Clare Cooper
Founder and Vice President of Storm3
Clare Cooper is the Founder and Vice President at Storm3.
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About Storm3: Storm3 are a global HealthTech talent marketplace, connecting organizations with the talent to drive their mission.
Matthew Barker
President / Co-founder of Jetstack
Matthew Barker is a Co-Founder.
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About Jetstack, OpenUK: Jetstack builds modern, cloud-native infrastructure using Kubernetes.
Giovanni Dolci
Vice President, Theatre Development and Managing Director, Europe and Africa of IMAX
Giovanni Dolci joined IMAX Corporation in October 2012 as Vice President, Theatre Development. In January 2017 he was also appointed Managing Director Europe and Africa, where he is responsible for growing and expanding the IMAX theatre network across the two continents. He previously served as Director of Business Development and Commercial Operations at Arts Alliance, where he was in charge of negotiations with cinema exhibitors and film distributors throughout EMEA to support the market’s transition to digital projection technology and where he helped establish a worldwide digital distribution platform. Prior to Arts Alliance, Giovanni Dolci worked in film financing and oversaw a number of projects based in New Zealand, Italy and the UK. He has a degree in Economics and Management from Bocconi University in Milan and an MSc in Management from Cass Business School in London. He is a Junior Fellow of the Aspen Institute Italy.
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About IMAX: IMAX Corporation is one of the world’s leading entertainment technology companies, specializing in immersive motion picture technologies.
Nick Patience
Co-Founder and Research Vice President of 451 Research
Nick Patience has over 20 years experience in the technology industry in the US and Europe, and manages 451 Research’s software analyst team. Probably best known as being a co-founder of The 451 Group, Nick helped grow that company into a significant force in the technology industry analyst market in the US and Europe, as well as developing into a thought leader in the information management sector of the software industry. A highly experienced and adaptable marketing professional, Nick moved to the vendor side with Recommind, running product marketing and strategy, and then influencer relations and competitive intelligence, all the while remaining one of the company’s principal global evangelists. Nick now manages 451 Research’s software analyst team, spanning software development, DevOps & IT Ops, through data platforms and analytics to business applications. Nick will join a multi-angle panel discussion in which the conversation will focus on how digital transformation has impacted the world of IT research and Analyst Relations, and perhaps more importantly, how this will continue to do so in the future.
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About 451 Research: 451 Research is an information technology research and advisory company providing essential insight for the pioneers of the digital economy.
Barry Dahan
Executive Vice President, Global Sales of DragonWave
Barry Dahan is the Executive Vice President of Global Sales at DragonWave. Barry has 30 years’ experience in the International Telecom industry in various roles. Prior to joining DragonWave in 2011, Barry was tasked with building the business and infrastructure for Starent Networks. Barry was employed with ALU and Nortel in various Executive / Leadership roles. Since 2010 Barry is investing in private growth companies. Barry holds a Business Degree in Finance as well as a Bachelor in Engineering from Polytechnique in Canada.
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About DragonWave: DragonWave Inc. (DragonWave) is a provider of high-capacity Ethernet microwave solutions for Internet protocol (IP) networks. Its
Giordano Albertazzi
President – Europe, Middle East and Africa of Vertiv
Giordano Albertazzi is the President of Vertiv in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Giordano began his career at Emerson Network Power, now Vertiv, as Materials Planning Manager for Liebert Europe in 1998 and held positions with increasing responsibility, including Plant Manager, EMEA Marketing and Product Management Director, and Managing Director for the Italian market unit. In 2006, he was promoted to Vice President Services for the Liebert Europe business. In 2011, Giordano was appointed Vice President Services for the broader Europe, Middle East and Africa region, and in 2014 became Vice President Sales. Since 2016 he serves as President of Vertiv in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Giordano holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Milan as well as a master’s degree in Management from Stanford University.
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About Vertiv: Vertiv designs, builds and services critical infrastructure that enables vital applications for data centers, communication networks.
Dr. Laurent Gautier
President and Co-founder of ilex international
Doctor in electronics from the Lille University, and Graduate from the prestigious “Centrale” Engineering School, Laurent Gautier has always been passionate about IT technologies. He solders his first computer (NASCOM 1- 1978) while still a student. After his studies he teaches a “How to build computers” course at the University of Tunis for 18 months before joining, in 1985, Cap Sogeti, a large French Integrator. At the same time, Laurent starts writing and selling financial shareware as a hobby. In 1989, he joins the “Terminals & PCs” department of the IT division at BNP where he leads the company through the implementation and deployment of its first Unisys based agency system. Convinced of the potential of the IT market and driven by his passion, Laurent founds Ilex in 1989 with René Lagrèze, and starts providing services and software solutions to some of the largest organisations in the world including major airports, international airlines, leading banks, the Nasdaq, Morgan Stanley, the US coast guards… After 25 years at the head of Ilex, Laurent continues to lead our R&D team and to support the International development of the company.
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About ILEX, ilex international: Ilex International is a European software vendor which specialises in Identity & Access Management solutions (IAM).
Ed Lloyd
Executive Vice President, Global Head of Sales of encompass
Over the past decade, Ed has led sales and served as a member of the Executive Management Teams at a number of organisations in the Know Your Customer and Governance Risk & Compliance space. Ed managed the New Business Sales and Account Management teams covering EMEA and Asia Pacific for these firms, delivering new business sales growth and increasing the brands’ footprints in new logos and new geographies, that helped take two of them to successful sale, one to a FTSE 100 company, the other to Private Equity.
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About encompass: encompass robotically automates information and news discovery for KYC requirements for onboarding, event-driven refresh and remediation.
Rajen Sheth
President of Pirum Systems
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About Pirum Systems: Pirum Systems providing advanced, centralised and secure reconciliation services for financial market participants.
Maria Marenco
President of Government Blockchain Association
Marenco is Blockchain Strategist, Healthcare Informatics expert, and Mental Health professional. With her multidisciplinary and international background, Maria brings extensive experience and knowledge having worked with a global not-for-profit Health IT organization in the capacity of an in-house SME on Blockchain and AI technologies, and respective Public Affairs and Communications. Mrs Marenco has spent most of her professional career in the broad overlapping fields of health and informatics. She is inspired by a holistic vision of human wellbeing, that encompasses physical and mental health. Guided by this vision, and after several years of accumulated and valuable experience also in the pharma industry (i.e. large corporations), Maria launched her own company – MentFort Ltd. In addition to her entrepreneurial background, Maria is involved in The Swedish Blockchain Association, as a vertical lead for the eHealth/Health sector and the Sweden/NordicChapter Lead for the Government Blockchain Association.
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About Government Blockchain Association: Government Blockchain Association helps government, public sector, and organizations understand, implement and benefit from blockchain.
Christian Bower
Senior Vice President -Digital Services of Celent
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About Celent: Celent is a research and consulting firm.
Olly Cooper
Vice President of Platforms of Stratagem Technologies Ltd
Vice President of Platforms at Stratagem Technologies Ltd.
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About Stratagem Technologies Ltd: Trading Sports Prediction Markets as an alternative asset class
Chris Wakely
Executive Vice President, Global Enterprise of Benify
Chris Wakely has been working in global benefits technology for the last 15 years. He has seen the changes taking place both in insurance provision and the increasing importance of the employee experience. He is based out of the Benify London office.
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About Benify: Benefits Management and Total Rewards platform – SaaS
Ian Campbell
Founder, President & CEO of iCONECT Development
Ian Campbell is President & Chief Executive Officer of iCONECT Development LLC, a global market leader in producing cutting-edge, innovative eDiscovery software products and services for the legal industry. He is responsible for sales operations and business development, product lifecycle development, legal service provider (LSP) and partner relations. A key priority is cross-marketing the company’s products and services to the legal, medical, government, corporate, and insurance industries.
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About Campbell Valuation Partners Limited (CVPL), iCONECT Development: iCONECT Development is an industry leader in developing innovative legal review software and services.
Carl Franklin
Executive Vice President of App vNext
Carl Franklin is Executive Vice President of App vNext, a software development firm focused on modern methodologies and technologies. Carl is a 20+ year veteran of the software industry, co-host and founder of .NET Rocks!, the first and most widely listened to podcast for .NET developers, a Microsoft MVP for Kinect for Windows, a MicrosoftRegional Director, and Senior Executive of Pwop Studios, a full-service audio and video production/post production studio located in Southeastern Connecticut.
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About App vNext, Microsoft, Pwop Productions: Our clients trust us because we commit to their business issues with enormous intensity, bringing to bear not only world-class development.
Paul Lefrere
Vice President Innovation Strategy of Strategic Bridge
Through partnerships & as a senior executive, delivering globally & at scale, in these areas: – Building capacity for competitiveness (horizon scanning & risk management; analytics; new thinking, competencies, processes, networks & supply chains; open innovation), working with ministries, public & private institutions & corporates – Helping organizations & individual learners (regardless of sex and age) to transform knowledge, find value in it, share it (see website for free downloadable book), commercialize it if they want HOW By building ad hoc teams & partnerships (some are pro bono), which deploy cross-disciplinary approaches, evidence-based analysis & appropriate enabling technologies (eg agents, asynchronous & mobile communications, educational technologies, HR portfolios, recommender systems, re-usable objects) DRILLING DOWN: COMMERCIAL SECTOR – Codifying & exploiting knowledge & expertise (outcomes include: increasing net revenue from existing products & services; reducing the time & other resources needed to develop & market new products & services) – Identifying research findings available for exploitation or requiring action (in B2B, B2C markets) DRILLING DOWN: PUBLIC SECTOR – Leading transformative change & unlocking talent – Building personal & organizational capability in innovative & powerful ways – Sustainable business models using viable mixes of cost-recovery & openness
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About Strategic Bridge: Team of international professionals and a network of over 40 consulting partners across the globe.
