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 United Kingdom based Director operating in the Consulting 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.
Lionel Assant
Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Lionel Assant is Senior Managing Director and European Head of Private Equity for Blackstone, based in London. Since joining Blackstone in 2003, Lionel Assant has been involved in various European investments and investment opportunities. Before joining Blackstone, Lionel Assant worked for seven years at Goldman Sachs in the Mergers & Acquisitions, Asset Management and Private Equity divisions. Lionel Assant graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique with a Master’s degree in Economics. He serves as a Director of Tangerine, Intertrust and Alliance Automotive Group. Lionel Assant served on the boards of Gerresheimer, Mivisa and United Biscuits. He is also a Trustee of Impetus-PEF, a charitable foundation which provides resources to improve the lives of children and young people living in poverty.
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About Blackstone Group: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
Kenneth Caplan
Sr. Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of Blackstone Group
Kenneth A. Caplan is a Senior Managing Director and Global Chief Investment Officer of the Real Estate Group. Since joining Blackstone in 1997, Kenneth Caplan has been involved in over $100 billion of real estate acquisitions and initiatives in the United States, Europe and Asia. These include major acquisitions such as Equity Office Properties, Hilton Hotels, Trizec Properties and La Quinta. Prior to his current role, Kenneth Caplan was Head of Real Estate Europe. Before joining Blackstone, he was at Lazard Frères & Co. in the real estate investment banking group. Kenneth Caplan received an A.B. in Economics from Harvard College, where he graduated magna cum laude, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was a John Harvard Scholar. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Prep for Prep.
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About Blackstone Group: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
Caroline Hill
Managing Director, Real Estate ESG of Blackstone Group
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About Blackstone Group: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
Nick Tansley
Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Nick Tansley is the Managing Director at PJT Partners.
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About Blackstone Group, PJT Partners: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
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.
Mark Moody-Stuart
Director of Accenture
Mark Moody-Stuart, a member of Accenture’s board of directors since October 2001, was chairman of Anglo American plc, a global mining and natural resources company, from 2002-2009. From 1998-2001 Sir Moody-Stuart was chairman of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of companies. He was also chairman of The “Shell” Transport and Trading Company from 1997 to 2001, after having served six years as both managing director of Shell Transport and managing director of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies. He is Chairman of Hermes Equity Ownership Services since 2009 and a director of Saudi Aramco since 2007. He was also previously a Director of HSBC Holdings plc (2001-2010), President of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (1997-2008), and chairman of the Global Business Coalition for HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria (2002-2011). He was co-Chair of the G8 Task Force on Renewable Energy in 2000 and 2001. He is vice chairman of the UN Global Compact, and chairman of the Global Compact Foundation and the Innovative Vector Control Consortium. Following a doctorate in geology from Cambridge University, much of Mark Moody-Stuart’s working life has been with Shell, largely working in countries outside of Europe. Early practical experience gained in Spain, Oman, Brunei and Australia was in 1976 focused on to the major challenge of leading Shell’s teams in exploring the U.K. North Sea—at a time when the fields in the northern North Sea were coming on stream and new exploration plays were developing. Thereafter, he left exploration for more general management, working in Africa, Europe and Asia. As Shell’s most senior representative in Turkey and Malaysia, he was involved in developing Shell’s businesses in those countries, working with national governments to initiate a number of major projects. In 1990 Mark Moody-Stuart returned to Europe, to The Hague, to take up the position of co-ordinator of Shell’s exploration and production operations outside North America. Mark Moody-Stuart was born in Antigua, West Indies. He and his wife Judy have been married for 47 years. They have three sons and a daughter. All family members are keen sailors. Sir Mark Moody-Stuart became a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St George in June 2000. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society, the Royal Geographical Society and the Institute of Petroleum, which also awarded him the Cadman Medal in 2001. He is an Honorary Fellow of St John’s College Cambridge, an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Chemical Engineers and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, an Honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Aberdeen and an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Royal Holloway University of London.
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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.
Suchitra Nair
Director of Deloitte
Suchitra is a Director in the EMEA Centre for Regulatory Strategy, leading the work on Technological Innovation and Regulation. Her work focuses on assessing the strategic impact of technological innovation on regulation and the broader financial services ecosystem. Suchitra is a qualified Chartered Accountant and previously worked in Deloitte’s Audit, Corporate Finance and Regulatory Advisory teams.
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
David Harris
Creative Director of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Ian Burrows
Director, Brand and Engagement of Deloitte
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Mark Williment
Director of Deloitte
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About Deloitte, Keytree: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Will Powell
Director Of Innovation of Deloitte
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About Deloitte, Keytree: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Shilpa Shah
Director of Deloitte
Shilpa Shah is a Director in the Deloitte Consulting practice with over 22 years of technology and data driven transformation experience and expertise. Shilpa is an innovator and disruptor who challenges the status quo. While leading data driven transformation for our clients, she has built different businesses within Deloitte. These include the Delivery Models capability and a business wide sales support function. She has also been leading Deloitte Pixel to establish a crowdsourcing capability and business within the firm. Passionate about improving equality and broadening participation in the technology industry, she also leads the Deloitte Women in Technology Network driving long term sustainable cultural change. She builds relationships and has created many partnerships with organisations outside of Deloitte to help them make an impact that matters, on the diversity in STEM agenda. Shilpa is also an Industry Advisory board member of the government and industry funded Institute of Coding which is focused on addressing the shortfall in digital skills for the UK.
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Felix Lepetit
Director of Deloitte
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Martin Bowman
Director, Aviation Digital Asset of Deloitte
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Johannes Bauer
Data Analytics Executive Director of IHS Markit
Johannes is Data Analytics Associate Director at IHS Markit, a global information and intelligence provider. He technically manages multiple data science projects across various business lines including finance, the automotive industry and the energy sector. He has a keen interest in the full data science spectrum including mathematical statistics, machine learning, databases, distributed computing, and dynamic visualizations. He holds a PhD in theoretical condensed matter physics from Imperial College and has been active in quantitative research for more than 10 years including research positions at Harvard University and the Max-Planck Institute in Germany. He has disseminated his research in more than 30 peer reviewed publications and over 50 talks.
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About IHS Markit: IHS provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in regards to various industries.
Sam Wilkinson
Director – Clean Energy Technology of IHS Markit
Sam Wilkinson is the Director – Clean Energy Technology at IHS Markit.
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About IHS Markit: IHS provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in regards to various industries.
Jack Kent
Research Director, TMT of IHS Markit
Jack Kent is a director in the IHS mobile team covering all forms of mobile content with a focus on mobile applications, games, music and social networks. Jack joined the company in 2008 and launched its coverage of the mobile applications business in 2009. Jack has written a number of industry reports investigating how smartphone applications and social networks are changing the mobile media landscape and is the author of IHS Screen Digest’s quarterly Mobile Games and Applications Stores Tracker reports. Jack has contributed to a number of consultancy projects on subjects ranging from the market for children’s mobile entertainment to the potential of the applications business for media companies in the Middle East. Jack’s research and analysis includes studies of media companies’ mobile strategies, how content providers can best monetise mobile media and an investigation of mobile network operators’ response to the booming smartphone and tablet apps business. Jack has a background in media intelligence and market research, having previously worked for Brad Insight, the marketing and media intelligence division of Emap where he led its research for a number of publications covering the UK advertising market. A regular speaker at industry conferences, Jack is widely quoted in coverage of mobile media by trade publications and leading news organisations including the BBC, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Guardian, Reuters, The Independent and USA Today. Jack holds a degree in English Language and Literature from King’s College London and has previously worked for GfK NOP market research group.
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About IHS Markit: IHS provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in regards to various industries.
Ailsa Williams
Managing Director of Teneo
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About Teneo: A New York-based corporate advisory firm
Duncan Anderson
Managing Director of Willis Towers Watson
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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.
Paul Morris
Non Executive Director of Willis Towers Watson
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Roger Kennedy
Managing Director of Cantor Fitzgerald
Roger Kennedy is the Managing Director at Cantor Fitzgerald.
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About Cantor Fitzgerald: Cantor Fitzgerald is a global financial services firm that specializes in equities, investment banking, and real estate.
Charmaine Eggberry
Managing Director & Partner of McKinsey & Company
Appointed to the Board in January 2014. Charmaine is a Partner at BCG Digital Ventures (an arm of The Boston Consulting Group), a role which involves leading the creation of completely new ventures and businesses for the world’s biggest brands. Charmaine is also a Non-Executive Director of Avanti plc and software robot specialists, Blue Prism plc as well as Chairperson of Buzzmove. She is also the CEO of Plan B Consulting and undertakes advisory work for several early stage startups. Charmaine previously held international senior executive roles with Research in Motion (Managing Director and Chief Marketing Officer from 2002–2008) and Nokia (Global Senior Vice President from 2010–2012). Before joining RIM in 2002 as Marketing Director for Europe she worked for Lucent Technologies where she held several positions including the roles of Global Business Partner Marketing Director and Marketing Director, EMEA. Charmaine led Wayra UK, one of the world’s largest digital business accelerators and was a non-executive director of Wayra UnLtd, a joint venture between the UK Government and Telefónica. Charmaine is also a board member and trustee of The Marketing Academy. Charmaine holds an MBA and attended Wharton Business School to study Global Marketing
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About Blue Prism, McKinsey & Company, Plan B One‑Step: McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm and trusted advisor by businesses, governments, and institutions.
Eric Kump
Managing Director and Partner of The Carlyle Group
Eric J. Kump is a Managing Director and Partner. He is Head of the Carlyle Sub Sahara Africa Fund and an advisor of the Carlyle European Partners investment committee. He is based in London. Eric Kump has more than 20 years of private equity experience spanning four continents and numerous sectors. Prior to joining Carlyle European Partners in 2010 , Mr. Kump was a Managing Director and Head of the European Private Equity team of Dubai International Capital (DIC). Prior to that, he was a Managing Director with Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity (MLGPE) where he was a member of the global investment committee. Mr. Kump is on the Board of Directors of MPS, TiAuto Investments and J&J. Mr. Kump received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and he received a B.A. in finance and accounting from Pace.
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About The Carlyle Group: The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm that caters to early and later stage companies.
Katherine Elmore-Jones
Managing Director of The Carlyle Group
Katherine Elmore-Jones is a Managing Director advising on Investor Relations and Fundraising across Europe. She is based in London. Prior to her current role, Ms. Elmore-Jones was Director of European Communications, in charge of managing Carlyle’s public relations in Europe. Before joining Carlyle, she was with Herald Communications and Seed Capital, a U.K. venture capital firm. Ms. Elmore-Jones received her M.A. in biological sciences from Oxford University. She has been registered with the FSA since 2007 for the CF30 controlled function and holds a full Investment Management Certificate.
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About The Carlyle Group, The Carlyle Group: The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm that caters to early and later stage companies.
Fernando Chueca
Managing Director of The Carlyle Group
Fernando Chueca is a Managing Director with Carlyle Europe Technology Partners focusing on buyouts, growth capital and strategic minority investments throughout Europe in the technology, telecommunications, software and business services sectors. Mr. Chueca is based in London Since joining Carlyle in 2001, Mr. Chueca has been actively involved and he has advised on 11 major investments and ten completed realizations, across Europe. Mr. Chueca is a member of the Board of Directors of Livingstone Technologies, and was formerly on the Board of Directors of Itconic, Expereo, ITRS Group, Arsys Internet, Bigmouthmedia, Nature Delivered (Graze) and FRS Global.
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About The Carlyle Group: The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm that caters to early and later stage companies.
Ted O’Byrne
Managing Director and Co-head of Aviation of The Carlyle Group
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About The Carlyle Group: The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm that caters to early and later stage companies.
Alex Wagenberg
Managing Director and Partner of The Carlyle Group
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About The Carlyle Group: The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm that caters to early and later stage companies.
David FitzGerald
Managing Director of The Carlyle Group
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About The Carlyle Group: The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm that caters to early and later stage companies.
Colin Atkins
Managing Director of The Carlyle Group
Colin Atkins is a Managing Director and Head of the European Structured Credit advisory team based in London. Mr. Atkins joined the firm in 2004 as Head of Credit for the European Leveraged Finance business, a role in which he worked on many notable transactions, before taking on his current position. Mr. Atkins came to Carlyle from Prudential M&G where between 1999 and November 2004, he helped establish Prudential M&G’s Leveraged Finance platform, which became a market leader in the European institutional market. Over the five year period, the business invested over €2.5 billion in leveraged finance assets and Mr. Atkins had responsibility for primary market execution and secondary market loan trading. Mr. Atkins previously worked in Corporate Private Placements at PPM America in Chicago and held positions in Prudential M&G’s Corporate Tax and Treasury departments. Mr. Atkins holds a B.A. (Hons) in accounting & finance from Nottingham Trent University. He is a member of The Association of Chartered Management Accountants (ACMA) and is a CFA charter holder. Mr. Atkins has been registered with the FSA since 2010 for the CF30 and CF4 controlled functions.
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About The Carlyle Group: The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm that caters to early and later stage companies.
Martin Glavin
Managing Director of The Carlyle Group
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About The Carlyle Group: The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm that caters to early and later stage companies.
Andrew Zimmermann
EMEA Controller(Director) of The Carlyle Group
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About The Carlyle Group, The Carlyle Group: The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm that caters to early and later stage companies.
Stuart MacKenzie
Director of The Carlyle Group
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About The Carlyle Group: The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm that caters to early and later stage companies.
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.
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.
Barry Borhani
Associate Director of Ernst & Young
A senior executive with over 30 years’ experience in Oil & gas and engineering; recent roles in Global super majors (BG-Group/Shell), Big 4 Consultancy (EY and PwC) and Management Contracting companies (KBR, Halliburton). Strong project management /Project controls , contract and procurement, analytical expertise obtained whilst working on major global programs ($100MM to $23 Billion) in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
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About CPEC.ai, Ernst & Young, Harvey Milton: Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.
David Pybus
Director of Ernst & Young
David Pybus is a Director in the EY Cybersecurity team and routinely helps clients with improving their cybersecurity programmes. David has twenty years experience in cybersecurity, much of it gleaned from previous roles in industry. He has first hand experience of managing the securing, scanning and patching of systems going from long since out of support operating systems all the way through to considering how to manage the patching levels of modern cloud and mobile environments
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About Ernst & Young: Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.
Thomas Bull
Director of Ernst & Young
Tom Bull is a Director in the FinTech team at EY, based in London. He has led a range of research projects in the sector for the UK Government and the European Commission, including analysis of the FinTech ecosystem, P2P lending and crowdfunding sectors. He also leads major research work by EY including the EY FinTech Adoption Index, which identifies level of traction that FinTech is gaining with consumers. Tom’s background is in corporate finance and has worked on both cross boarder and domestic M&A processes. He has led acquisition and disposal processes for clients across various European countries as well as within Asia.
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About Ernst & Young, Ernst & Young: Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.
Alon Kuperman
Director of GP Bullhound
Alon joined Atomico in August 2012 as a Senior Investment Manager, focusing on sourcing, evaluation, negotiation and due diligence of investment opportunities. Previously, Alon worked at Silver Lake Partners where he focused on sourcing and evaluation of investment opportunities in EMEA. During his tenure at Silver Lake, Alon handled Skype as a portfolio company and was involved in its sale to Microsoft. Prior to Silver Lake, Alon worked in the Investment Banking Division at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he advised on the sale of MIRS Communications to Altice, sale of Zentiva to Sanofi Aventis, acquisition of Integrated Dental Holding by Merrill Lynch Private Equity, Acquisition of Arab Pharmaceutical Manufacturers by Hikma, acquisition of minority stake in Bank Leumi by Azrieli Group and the IPO of Exillon Energy on the London Stock Exchange. Alon graduated from the London School of Economics with a First Class BSc (Hons) in Economics and speaks fluent Hebrew and advanced Russian.
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About GP Bullhound: GP Bullhound is a technology advisory and investment firm that provides transaction advice and capital to entrepreneurs and founders.
Alexis Scorer
Executive Director of GP Bullhound
Alexis is an Executive Director at GP Bullhound. He has broad experience across the technology industry and has led successful M&A transactions in sectors including software, IT services, telecoms, internet and digital media. Prior to joining GP Bullhound, Alexis was Director of corporate development at Experian where he was responsible for deal origination and execution for the EMEA region. He previously spent more than 10 years working in the technology sector and held international Corporate Development roles at HP Enterprise Services and EDS, where he worked on numerous acquisitions and divestments across Europe. Alexis holds a BSc Joint Hons. in International Management and Modern Languages from the University of Bath and an MBA from Imperial College Business School.
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About GP Bullhound: GP Bullhound is a technology advisory and investment firm that provides transaction advice and capital to entrepreneurs and founders.
Alessandro Casartelli
Director of GP Bullhound
Alessandro is a Director at GP Bullhound, focusing on the digital media, internet and software sectors. Prior to joining GP Bullhound, Alessandro was at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, working on a number of M&A and financing transactions in the consumer, retail and technology sectors. He holds a Master’s Degree in Corporate Finance (Hons) from Bocconi University in Milan.
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About GP Bullhound: GP Bullhound is a technology advisory and investment firm that provides transaction advice and capital to entrepreneurs and founders.
Ben Prade
Director of GP Bullhound
Ben is a Director at GP Bullhound. After a long and varied career Ben is now passionate about helping technology entrepreneurs build the companies of the future. Ben also works closely with the many successful technology entrepreneurs in our network that want to re-invest their experience and capital to help the next generation of founders.
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About GP Bullhound: GP Bullhound is a technology advisory and investment firm that provides transaction advice and capital to entrepreneurs and founders.
Nick Horrocks
Director of GP Bullhound
Nick is a Director at GP Bullhound. He has broad experience in general corporate finance across a range of sectors. Prior to joining GP Bullhound, Nick spent 9 years at Clearwater International in Manchester where he undertook numerous M&A and corporate finance projects working in private equity, debt and corporate transactions both in the UK and overseas. He began his career at HSBC Investment Bank and has also spent time as a strategy consultant. Nick holds a BA in Economics from Durham University and an MBA (with Distinction) from Manchester Business School.
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About GP Bullhound: GP Bullhound is a technology advisory and investment firm that provides transaction advice and capital to entrepreneurs and founders.
Andrew Vincent
Co-Founder and Director of BJSS
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About BJSS: BJSS is an award winning delivery-focused IT Consultancy.
Peter F Gallagher
Founder, Managing Director of a2B Advisory Consulting
Peter is a Change Management Global Thought Leader, Expert, International Corporate Conference Speaker, Author and Leadership Alignment Coach. Ranked #1 Global Thought Leaders and Influencer on Change Management (May 2021 & 2020) by Thinkers360. Top 50 Business and Technology Books – Thinkers360: Change Management Adoption – Jul 2021 Change Management Handbook – Dec 2020 Change Management Pocket Guide – Jan 2020 Peter consults, speaks, and writes on the Leadership of Change®. For the last 30 years he has worked in over 30 countries for some of the world’s largest and most successful organisations. He has helped these organisations, their leaders and employees deliver change, improvement, and transformation. Consulting – Change Leadership Alignment: At the start of an organisation change journey, Peter asks all leaders: “Do you have a change vision? Are you aligned on your strategic objectives? Are you a high performing team? Does your team have change leadership skills to lead the change or improvement that your organisation is facing?” He then works with the leadership team to develop a solution. Keynotes – Leadership of Change®: ~ Three Key Responsibilities for Organisational Change Leaders ~ Aligning Leadership Teams to Lead Organisational Change ~ 10 Change Management Lessons Learned that Leaders SHOULD Know Change Management Gamification Workshops (Virtual or Face-to-face): ~ Leadership ~ Adoption ~ Behaviour Author: Leadership of Change – Change Management Body of Knowledge: 1 – Change Management Fables 2 – Change Management Pocket Guide 3 – Change Management Handbook 4 – Change Management Leadership 5 – Change Management Adoption A – Change Management Gamification Leadership B – Change Management Gamification Adoption Coming in 2021 6 – Change Management Behaviour 7 – Change Management Sponsorship C – Change Management Gamification Behaviour https://amzn.to/3rxIVjj Peter has an MBA (Distinction) from the Robert Gordon University. He is an American Society of Quality (ASQ) Certified Manager of Quality, and one of the ‘First 500’ globally Certified Change Management Professionals™ (CCMP™) with the Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP). He also holds three certifications from the Project Management Institute (PMI). Board Member: Vice President of the Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP) UK Speaker Association: VSA International E-mail: peter.gallagher@a2B.consulting Consulting: https://www.a2b.consulting/ Speaking: https://www.peterfgallagher.com/
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About a2B Advisory Consulting, a2B Advisory Consulting, Leadership Of Change: a2B Consulting offers specialised change consulting and c-suite advisory services.
James Lewis
Technical Director of Thoughtworks
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About Thoughtworks, Thoughtworks: Thoughtworks is a community of passionate individuals whose purpose is to revolutionize software design, creation, and delivery.
Martin Mellish
Managing Director of Aspen Advisory Services
Martin Mellish is founding director of Aspen Advisory Services Ltd., a London-based private investment office overseeing private and publicly traded investments in North America, Europe, and Asia. From 1984 to 1992 he was CFO of an industrial holding company with offices in North America, Asia, and the Middle East, having trained at Price Waterhouse Coopers. Martin is a Certified Public Accountant (Mass.) and a member of the American Institute of CPAs. He holds an SM (Management) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where his thesis focused on the divergent interests of management and shareholders during corporate bankruptcy. He also holds an M.Sc. in Accounting from Northeastern University. Martin currently serves on the boards of Romanian Reconstruction Capital Ltd., and Omnicyte Ltd., and on the investment committees of Pi Capital (U.K.) and The Salzburg Seminar (U.S.A./Austria).
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About Aspen Advisory Services: Aspen Advisory Services is a London-based private investment office overseeing private and publicly traded investments in North America.
Richard Leigh
Managing Director of Focus Assured
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About Focus Assured: Focus Assured is a consulting firm dedicated to creating and delivering genuine value for clients’ businesses.
Duncan Clubb
Senior Director, IT Consulting of CBRE Group
Duncan is an IT specialist in the data centre industry. Most of his career has been in large public and private sector enterprises with an extensive record deploying large-scale infrastructure. Recently he has been specialising in Edge Data Centre and Hybrid Cloud Strategy. Duncan runs the IT Consulting Practice for CBRE’s Data Centre Solutions group.
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About CBRE Group: CBRE Group is a holding company that conducts all of its operations through its indirect subsidiaries.
Andrew Jay
Executive Director of CBRE Group
Andrew Jay is a Executive Director at CBRE Group.
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Margo Polishchuk
Co-Founder & Director of proSapient
Margo Polishchuk is the Co-Founder & Director at proSapient.
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About proSapient: proSapient is a research platform that gathers networks of insights from executives and SMEs via global consultations and surveys.
Jon Adkins
Director of EMEA of Guidepoint
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About Guidepoint: Guidepoint is a leading expert network that connects business decision-makers and researchers with knowledgeable independent experts
Jon Adkins
Director of EMEA of Guidepoint
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About Guidepoint: Guidepoint is a leading expert network that connects business decision-makers and researchers with knowledgeable independent experts
Nick Walker
Director Connected Car of LexisNexis Risk Solutions
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About LexisNexis Risk Solutions: LexisNexis Risk Solutions provides information to assist customers in industry and government in assessing, predicting, and managing risk.
Chris Grantham
Executive Portfolio Director, Circular Economy of IDEO
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About IDEO, IDEO: IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy firm providing design-based marketing solutions for the public and private sectors.
Matt Cooper-Wright
Design Director of IDEO
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About Central Saint Martins, IDEO, London South Bank University: IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy firm providing design-based marketing solutions for the public and private sectors.
Emilie Colker
Executive Director of IDEO
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About IDEO: IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy firm providing design-based marketing solutions for the public and private sectors.
Jill Collighan
Finance Director of MXC Capital
Jill is the finance director of the advisory subgroup. She qualified as a chartered certified accountant in 1994, initially joining Lathams, before leaving to set up her own accountancy consultancy business. Jill has worked with Broca since 2002 and has been a director since 2004. Jill has extensive experience of finance, human resources, investor relations and corporate finance. Jill is currently CFO of 365 Agile Group plc.
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About MXC Capital: MXC Capital is an investment and advisory group specializing in the technology, media and telecommunications sector.
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.
Amar Mahadeviah
Regional Director, Virtual Workplace of Wipro Technologies
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About Wipro Technologies, Wipro Technologies: Wipro is a global information technology, consulting and business process services company.
James Rowley
Associate Director – Communications, Media and Technology of Cognizant
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About Cognizant: Cognizant is a professional services company, transforming clients’ business, operating and technology models for the digital era.
Riti Chatterjee
Senior Director, MSI of Cognizant
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About Cognizant: Cognizant is a professional services company, transforming clients’ business, operating and technology models for the digital era.
Vijay Parthasarathy
Director – Agile & DevOps Cognizant of Cognizant
Vijay Parthasarathy is a technical leader and a practitioner in Cognizant’s Agile-DevOps practice in UK & Europe. He is an evangelist & a coach helping large enterprises to embrace Agile & DevOps practices beyond digital applications. He emphasizes the need to think innovatively and apply smart technologies to bring Agile and DevOps to legacy and COTS applications. He has led several initiatives with clients, motivated them to adopt ‘next practices’ not just ‘best practices based on case studies’. His experience spans a variety of roles including software development, business analysis, testing, business development and marketing. This breath has helped him solve client problems using a holistic lens.
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About Cognizant: Cognizant is a professional services company, transforming clients’ business, operating and technology models for the digital era.
Peter Elvidge
Director, Media and Entertainment of Cognizant
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About Cognizant: Cognizant is a professional services company, transforming clients’ business, operating and technology models for the digital era.
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.
Iain Jawad
Director Strategic Partnerships of Frost & Sullivan
Iain Jawad Director of Strategic Partnerships at Frost & Sullivan, a global growth partnership company.
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About Frost & Sullivan: Frost and Sullivan is a business growth consultation company focused on increasing brand demand.
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.
Andrew Barrie
Founder and Executive Director of Barrie & Hibbert
Andrew was appointed to the Board and as Chair of Cornelian in 2015. He founded and led Barrie & Hibbert, a global leader in risk management products and services for the insurance, pensions and asset management industries. By the time of its sale to Moody’s in 2012, Barrie & Hibbert employed more than 100 staff and had offices in London, Hong Kong and New York. Prior to this, Andrew led several premier-rated teams in investment management, broking and banking. He now also chairs a youth project in North Edinburgh and has founded social enterprises to encourage youth employment.
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About Barrie & Hibbert: Barrie & Hibbert helps clients understand how the uncertainty of financial markets can impact their business.
Lorna Gradden
Co-founder & Director of Valideus Ltd
Lorna is co-owner and Operations Director of Com Laude. She has been working in domain name management since 1994 and co-founded Com Laude with Nick Wood. She is known for having client interests at heart in all aspects of her work and ensures all aspects of Com Laude run smoothly, taking responsibility for order fulfilment, registry relationships and information systems. A regular speaker at industry events, Lorna loves the ever-changing nature of the domain name space. She previously co-founded Net Searchers with Nick Wood, a company described by Legal Business magazine as “possibly the best domain name management company in the world and certainly the first to treat domains as IP, not IT”. After Nick and Lorna sold Net Searchers, she joined VeriSign DBMS in 2003 as head of client management for EMEA. For Lorna, job satisfaction comes from getting to work with fantastic people and when she’s not dreaming of domains, Lorna can be found tending vegetables on the South Coast of England. She says that her law degree is not quite as useful today as it was during the five years she spent managing a successful band.
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About Com Laude, Valideus Ltd: Valideus Ltd is supply consultancy and management solutions to brand and community registry operators.
Richard Fenn
Design Director of The Engine Group
Although being a country boy from the depths of Herefordshire, Richard Fenn knew pursuing the family tradition of farming was not for him. Like most teenagers Richard Fenn loved playing computer games and was fascinated by cool tech. This inspired him to study Interactive Multimedia at University, a course offering various modules, from programming to graphic design. Richard Fenn quickly knew where his passions and strengths lay. Returning from a gap year Richard Fenn got a job as a Flash Designer. A few years down the road, it was obvious flash was dying a death and that’s when Richard Fenn traversed to full design. Many years and three companies later Richard Fenn is now a freelance Art Director and currently working at Google.
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About The Engine Group, The FWA: A creative community that provides clients with best-in-class communications expertise under one roof.
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
Richard Oppenheimer
Founder, owner & Managing Director of Appraisal360
Richard is the founder and owner of Appraisal360. It was during his career as a Chartered Engineer in the telecommunications industry that he had his first experience of 360 degree feedback and was an instant convert. He decided to bring together his experience of designing and operating online information systems with his interest in leadership and personal development. And so Appraisal360 was born in February 2006. Richard strives to make the world a better place – and with Appraisal360 he hopes to make people’s working lives that little bit more fulfilling and rewarding. He believes passionately that tools are there to do a job, and not the other way around, so simplicity, clarity, flexibility and robustness have been built in from day one.
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About Appraisal360: Appraisal360 is a leading provider of online 360 feedback tools, off the shelf, bespoke or branded. Training and support too.
Lynda Holt
Director of Appraisal360
Lynda co-ordinates Appraisal360 Practitioner activity, managing corporate projects and supporting clients requiring services beyond our online 360° feedback tool. Services to clients include overall project leadership, management of training and development and feedback facilitation for client organisations and private client coaching. Lynda is responsible for the training and development of our Practitioner Network, areas include project management, 360° feedback facilitation and identifying organisational learning. Lynda is an expert in supporting coaches & trainers to develop their business using 360 feedback and following the success of her latest book ‘Get Out Of Your Own Way’ offers a range of development programmes and mastermind groups to ensure the best coaches & facilitators are working with Appraisal360. Lynda has a professional background in the NHS before chasing her more entrepreneurial dreams of owning her own development business. In 2001 she set up a consultancy company working in the healthcare sector initially with the NHS and then with public & private healthcare organisations as far away as New Zealand. In 2007 she launched Health Service 360 on the Appraisal360 Platform and has subsequently supported industry specialist to create other specific 360° feedback products such as Lawyer360
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About Appraisal360: Appraisal360 is a leading provider of online 360 feedback tools, off the shelf, bespoke or branded. Training and support too.
Martin Willcox
Director, Big Data (International) of Teradata
Martin Willcox leads Teradata’s International Big Data CoE, a team of Data Scientists and Technology Consultants charged with assisting customers to realise value from their Analytic data assets – and with articulating Teradata’s Big Data strategy and the nature, value and differentiation of Teradata technology and solution offerings to prospective customers, analysts and media organisations across the International region. Martin holds a BSc (Hons) in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Sheffield and a Postgraduate Certificate in Computing for Commerce and Industry from the Open University. He is married with three children, is a trainee glider pilot – and a terrible guitarist.
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About Teradata, Teradata, Teradata, Teradata: Teradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform company. Our enterprise analytics solve business challenges from start to scale.
Michael Phair
Founder, Director & CEO of REG
REG’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Michael Phair, is a banking veteran with links to World Bank, N M Rothschild and UBS. Michael is a private equity investor with over 40 years’ experience in the financial markets.
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About REG: REG provides an intelligence, analytics, and risk management software to the global insurance and financial services market.
Peter Veash
Executive Director of ImpactSense
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About ImpactSense: ImpactSense makes a simple commitment to clients and provides actionable information that delivers now while keeping an eye on the future.
Derek Gordon
Cyber Security Director of PwC
Derek heads up the Identity and Access Management business at PwC UK. Derek holds over 20 years experience in IT Security across multiple business sectors including financial services, technology, retail, health and public sector. Derek joined PwC in Jan 2016, through the acquisition of Praxism, an Identity and Access Management Solution provider. As Praxism’s founder and CTO, Derek led many large enterprise Identity Management and Access Governance projects for major muiti-national Clients across Europe and Africa. Previous roles include working as an IAM Senior Solutions Architect for Novell, leading the EMEA architecture practice and interfacing with product management, as well as other Consultancy roles with other system integrator’s in the UK.
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About Praxism, PwC: PricewaterhouseCoopers is an accounting firm that provides tax, HR, transactions, performance improvement, and crisis management services.
Martin Bloom
Non Executive Director of Renesola Pty Ltd.
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About Renesola Pty Ltd.: ReneSola is a leading global manufacturer of solar wafers and PV modules
Ben Starr
Founder and Managing Director of 15 Marketing
Ben Starr is an internet entrepreneur who founded and is the current managing director of 15 Marketing. With a degree from The University of Birmingham in Accounting and Finance, he spurned offers from major accounting firms and started his career in American online sports betting. He moved into UK e-gaming in 2005, focusing primarily within the online bingo vertical. Gaining experience at Herotech, Cashcade and Party Gaming, he founded marketing agency 15 Marketing in December of 2009. A keen sportsman, Ben spends his spare time keeping fit by playing football, squash and basketball. He lives in North London with his wife and at time of writing, one child. Hard working but never one for corporate life, he founded 15 Marketing with the requirement of a relaxed dress code and an open plan office. He is known for regularly working 18 hour days, treating his laptop like he would his child and appearing in the office as early as 4am. He is a fanatical basketball fan who follows the NBA avidly, making trips to the USA whenever he can to watch a live game. Founded Jumpman Gaming, October 2012.
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About 15 Marketing, Jumpman Gaming: Launched in 2009, 15 Marketing is a boutique agency 3.0 to the eGaming industry. Founded by Ben Starr, the company looks after many major
Andrew Jude Rajanathan
Executive Director of Omd España
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About Omd España: OMD combines innovation, creativity, and empathy to help brands make better decisions, faster.
Peter Rutland
Board of Director of CSC
Mr. Rutland is a partner and global cohead of financial services at CVC Capital Partners Limited (CVC). Prior to joining CVC in 2007, he was a principal at Advent International and served in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs. Currently, Rutland is a director of Avolon Holdings Limited (NYSE: AVOL). Mr. Rutland has a Master of Arts degree in economics and management from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from INSEAD. Age: 36
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About CVC Capital Partners: CSC is an IT services company providing technology-enabled business solutions and services.
Gunish Rai Chawla
Executive Director, Enterprise Architecture of Vista Consulting Group
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About Vista Consulting Group: Vista Consulting Group (“VCG”) is the operating and consulting arm of Vista Equity Partners.
Ömür Topaç
Managing Director of OTTE CHRYSALIS
Ömür Topaç is currently accredited by the UK government as a “Tier 1 Exceptional Talent ” in “Digital Technologies” in the UK, which is a route designed for highly skilled individuals in the field of digital technology who will enrich the United Kingdom’s knowledge economy and cultural life. Topaç had acted in the capacity of the Head of Marketplaces and Head of Sales at GittiGidiyor, the Turkish subsidiary of eBay. Topaç graduated from TED Ankara College from the ITU Faculty of Architecture with a degree in the field of education. He continued his graduate studies at the same faculty and graduated as an architect. In 1999, Topaç switched to the internet industry and worked at Gedik Holdings, a company that was initially founded as a manufacturer of welding consumables. He developed a number of electronic commerce projects in many different areas, and created Gedikgross.com, a Turkish e-commerce website. Topaç is also primarily responsible for the acquisition of ekonomikticaret.com, a popular e-commerce site in Turkey. He also launched promotional campaigns targeting the sale of products through a deals-based platform called pazartesisendromu.com. In 2010, Topaç moved to Dixons Retail/Electro World, where he established alternative sales channels, before moving to Gittigidiyor/eBay Turkey in 2011. At Gittigidiyor, Topaç worked as a technology business development manager before serving as the director of marketplaces.
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About OTTE CHRYSALIS: OTTE Chrysalis is a London based management consultancy company.
Martin Gill
VP, Research Director – Digital Strategy and Experience of Forrester Research
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About Forrester Research: Forrester is a research and advisory firm that provides businesses with business and technology-related consulting services.
Mark Brosnan
Director CEO of Xanadu Consultancy
Mark would consider himself to be 50% Software Technologist and 50% Economist which makes him a 100% Xanadu CEO. Mark has been involved in the online gaming sector since early 2003 where he has been at the forefront of cutting edge technology and at the sharp end of the online gaming sector. Mark has extensive knowledge of sports betting and trading technologies. With 9 years of in-depth betting exchange development experience he has an intimate, in-depth and rare understanding of what it takes to build, maintain and innovate with a highly transactional and highly available environment.
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About Getvisibility, Xanadu Consultancy: Xanadu Consultancy is based in Cork with a branch office in London.
Esme O’Flynn
Director Business Analyst of Xanadu Consultancy
Esmé has been a founding member of Xanadu since it’s inception in 2011. She received her BSc in Computer Systems from the University of Limerick in 2005 and since then has been working in the online gaming sector.
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About Xanadu Consultancy: Xanadu Consultancy is based in Cork with a branch office in London.
Mark Jenkins
UK Managing & Medical Director of Oviva
Co-founder at Oviva – a digital health company using technology to digitise the dietetic care pathway.
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About Oviva: Oviva digitizes the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity through a unique behavior change platform.