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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Director operating in the Information Services 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.
Thomas Balkizas MSC, MEng, MIoD
Director Healthcare and Life Sciences EMEA of Amazon Web Services
Thomas Balkizas is a Healthcare and Life Sciences tech futurist & evangelist. Currently the EMEA Healthcare and Life Sciences Principal Partner at AWS and as well founder at Alpha Tech Capital. Thomas is an accomplished senior executive with a wealth of experience in leadership and consulting for Global Healthcare, Technology and Private Equity businesses. He has enjoyed considerable success managing the strategic direction of businesses, developing sustainable business strategies and delivering unprecedented results in high profile, international environments. Thomas is on a mission to demystify healthcare tech for us all while highlighting its great value & the huge, life changing opportunities it offers both the public and investors of all kinds (VCs, angel, private equity, family offices or corporate) Besides his HCLS investment expertise, Thomas is an experienced senior Cloud & AI executive, currently the Head of EMEA AWS Healthcare & Life Sciences, previously IBM’s Watson Health Executive Director. His private Investment & Advisory Group, Alpha Tech Capital, has been formed with 3 other senior HCLS tech execs and expert advisors. Their mission is to identify and help the UK’s best HCLS startups to scale globally, accelerating their progress with advice, funding & expertise in cloud, AI & health tech; acting as specialist advisors to a select network of investment partners. Thomas is a creative Key Opinion Leader in Healthcare and Life Sciences, with over 120 keynote speeches at Digital Healthcare, Private Equity and Technology conferences globally.
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About Alpha Tech Capital, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
Rowland Illing
Director & Chief Medical Officer, International Government Health of Amazon Web Services
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About Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
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.
Robin Minto
Head of Technical Architecture and Director of Bybox
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About Bybox: ByBox was founded with a simple mission: to solve the problem of having to wait in for parcels.
Hui Xie
Deputy Director of Mobile Business Department of China Telecom
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About China Telecom: China Telecom as China’s major basic telecom operators, is implementing the transformation and upgrading strategy.
Masroor Siddiqui
Member of the Board of Directors of News Corp
Masroor Siddiqui is the Managing Partner of Naya Management LLP, an investment firm he co-founded in May 2012. Masroor was previously a Partner at The Children’s Investment Fund Management (UK) LLP, a hedge fund, from 2009 to 2011 and a Managing Director at Canyon Partners, an investment firm, from 2006 to 2009. Masroor previously served as a Senior Vice President at Putnam Investments, where he was responsible for a broad range of investments. Masroor spent several years as an investment banker and sell-side Analyst primarily at Goldman Sachs and Jefferies & Company. Masroor is a Member of the Board of Directors at News Corp since June 2013. Masroor has significant experience in investing with a focus on media investments. Masroor offers the Board valuable insights on global markets and industries relevant to the Company’s businesses. Masroor graduated from Yale University with a Master’s degree in Management and he also holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
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About : News Corp is a media and information services company that creates and distributes engaging content and other products and services.
Natalie Bancroft
Member of the Board of Directors of News Corp
Natalie Bancroft is a Member of the Board of Directors at News Corp since June 2013. Natalie is a professionally trained Opera Singer, has studied journalism and is a Graduate of L’Institut de Ribaupierre in Lausanne, Switzerland. Natalie has a culturally diverse background, having lived across Europe, and speaks several languages fluently. Natalie served as a Member of the Board of Directors at 21st Century Fox from 2007 until June 2013. Natalie brings public company board and committee experience to the board gained from her service as a current Director and member of both the Company’s Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees, and as a former Member of the Board of Directors of 21st Century Fox and Member of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Natalie’s public company board and committee service and international experience add valuable perspective to the deliberations of the Board.
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About : News Corp is a media and information services company that creates and distributes engaging content and other products and services.
David Lampitt
Managing Director Group Operations of Sportradar
David Lampitt is Managing Director Group Operations for Sportradar AG. Initially joining the Board of Sportradar AG in August 2012 in a non-executive capacity, David brought over a decade of in-depth experience of working in the sports industry at senior levels. In 2013, he took on an executive role as Sportradar’s Managing Director Group Operations, where he has responsibility for shaping Sportradar’s organisational structures. His remit also includes a number of group functions such as legal, compliance, marketing, communications, as well as strategically significant group projects such as e-sports. Prior to joining Sportradar, David worked at the English Football Association, he was a member of UEFA’s Club Licensing Committee and spent two years as CEO of Portsmouth Football Club.David also worked as CEO of Supporters Direct, a not-for-profit organisation promoting good governance in sport. He holds a degree in Modern Languages from Bristol University and is an ACA Chartered Accountant. David is based in London, United Kingdom.
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About Sportradar: Sportradar is a supplier of sports and betting-related live data, odds solutions and fraud detection services.
Aravindan Thangaraj
Account Director of Financial Services of Mastek
Aravindan Thangaraj joined Mastek in 1995 and is responsible for business development and account management within the Financial Services vertical. He has 26+ years of technology and sales experience across insurance, financial services and the public sector working with customers in the UK and Europe. Aravindan is focussed on the consumer lending, micro finance, vehicle leasing, wealth management and asset & investment management micro-verticals. Aravindan also has considerable experience in programme management of large scale insurance platform implementation.
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About Mastek: Mastek in building, maintaining and managing bespoke digital solutions for clients in Government, Health, Retail, and, Financial Services.
Tom McCave
Director, Global Audience Prospecting & CEMEA Circulation of The Economist Group
Tom McCave is Global Audience Development Director at The Economist. In his role, Tom oversees new reader acquisition through digital and mass marketing channels at the top of the funnel such as TV, radio, digital display and paid social. This includes The Economist’s multi-award winning Brand Response campaign. Prior to working for The Economist, Tom held senior marketing roles at Thomson Reuters and Melcrum Publishing.
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About The Economist Group: The Economist Group is the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs.
Chris Stibbs
Member of Board of Directors of The Economist Group
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About : The Economist Group is the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs.
Lynn Rothschild
Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of The Economist Group
LAppointed as a non-executive director in October 2002. A non-executive director of the Estée Lauder Companies and a trustee of the Eranda Foundation, the Peterson Institute for International Economics and the McCain Institute for International Leadership.
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About : The Economist Group is the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs.
Ashley Brook
Director of The Phoenix Partnership
Ashley manages the Account Team, and is responsible for setting the strategic direction of the company’s UK and international operations. Ashley joined the company as a Customer Relationship Manager in 2006. Initially, Ashley led on the deployment and sales of SystmOne in the North of the UK. After three years he led a team of 16 Customer Relationship Managers across the UK Portfolio. When TPP’s Account Team was formed in 2013, Ashley became Senior Account Manager. In this new role, Ashley’s responsibilities included setting TPP’s strategic direction, identify new markets, sales and maintaining relationships at all levels along with managing the Account Team. More recently, this has included increasing TPP’s presence in international markets, and has represented the company on several occasions across India and Africa. Ashley became a Director in 2015. Highlights of Ashley’s career at TPP include increasing GP deployments from 104 to 741 across the North region, and increasing TPP’s product range to include, amongst others, mental health, social care and acute solutions. Before joining TPP, Ashley gained a BA Business Studies degree from Leeds Met University.
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About The Phoenix Partnership: TPP is a healthcare technology company, dedicated to delivering world class healthcare software in the UK and internationally.
Glenn Russell
Director of Development of Puppet
Glenn is an engineer at Puppet Labs Belfast, working on both the server and client side. Prior to Puppet Labs, he worked at IBM Security Systems building and deploying SIEM and vulnerability management solutions. He has worked in roles ranging from Oracle DBA, TSE to development manager.
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About Puppet: Puppet is an information technology automation software company designed for system administrators.
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.
Nick Mothershaw
Director of Identity and Fraud, Director of Strategy of Experian
Nick is responsible for the strategic development of Experian’s fraud and identity solutions for both the public and private sectors. Nick has been with Experian for over 15 years. Previously Nick was a director of a company providing global solutions within the broader Criminal Justice arena. Here he architected the Scottish Intelligence Database: the only cross force intelligence sharing and matching solution in the UK. He also exported best of breed UK crime management systems to Australia and the US. Nick has also worked for IBM in the healthcare and utilities sector, and began his career as a mainframe systems analyst with a large UK brewer and pub company. He has a degree in Computer Science. Nick is also Co-chair of the Open Identity Exchange (OIX). OIX aims to create a market for Identity Services that adopts open identity standards and enables transactions across industry sectors Nick has three children, and is into amateur dramatics in his spare time. In the last 12 months he has played one of the title roles and Beauty and the Beast (we’ll allow you to guess which one), along with a scared embittered ex-solider in Road.
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About Experian: Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses, and society.
Ryszard Jedrzejewski
Product Director – Affordability of Experian
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About Experian: Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses, and society.
Paul Lewis
Senior Director Cloud Security (BISO) of Elsevier
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About Elsevier, Imperial College London: Elsevier is a world-leading provider of information solutions that enhance the performance of science, health, and technology.
Sharmila Paranjpe
Program Director; Strategy & Transformation of Wipro Technologies
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About Wipro Technologies: Wipro is a global information technology, consulting and business process services company.
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.
Mark Morley
Senior Director, Product Marketing of OpenText Corporation
Mark Morley is the director of strategic product marketing at [OpenText Corporation](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/opentext#/entity), a provider of information management software solutions to help companies manage their unstructured business information. Previously, he was the director of industry marketing at the same company. Morley has worked with companies that expand their B2B capabilities and explore the benefits of outsourced B2B platforms by managing supply chain disruptions and integrating ERP and B2B systems. He frequently speaks and is quoted by the press on improving the efficiency of supply chains and strategies to manage offshore manufacturing operations. Morley holds master’s degrees in computer aided engineering from Cranfield University and in business from the University of Warwick’s Business School.
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About OpenText Corporation: OpenText is the leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM).
Chas Moloney
Marketing Director of Ricoh Company
Chas Moloney has been Marketing Director at Ricoh UK since September 2005, where he has been fundamental in helping to restructure and grow the sales and marketing division – developing and bringing Ricoh UK’s professional print and Managed Document Services propositions to market and focusing heavily on building strong customer-supplier relationships. Under his stewardship, the Ricoh UK sales and marketing teams have built a reputation for providing premium solutions and services that are relevant to customers’ business situations, and that address real business needs.
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About Ricoh Company: Ricoh is a global technology company provide office imaging equipment, document management systems and IT services.
Megumi Ikeda
Managing Director, Europe of Hearst Ventures
Megumi Ikeda is the managing director of Hearst Ventures and the general manager of Hearst Ventures Europe, where she oversees investments and non-organic acquisitions across Europe. She is based in London. Ikeda previously ran the European arm of the Peacock Equity Fund, GE Capital and NBCUniversal’s $250MM venture fund. Previously, she worked in corporate M&A and distribution deals at NBCUniversal. Ikeda started her career in Tokyo as a reporter for Dow Jones and an international business manager at Wired in San Francisco. Ikeda received her undergraduate degree from Columbia College, Columbia University and earned her MBA at UCLA’s The Anderson School.
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About Hearst Ventures: Hearst Ventures, a corporate venture fund, invests in early-stage information, software and technologycompanies
Aarti Samani
Product & Marketing Director of iProov
Aarti is an experienced executive, who drives growth through product innovation, partnerships and operational efficiencies. She has led product and commercial functions in multinational as well as applied AI firms across financial services, fast growth consumer tech and healthcare. Aarti’s work has ranged from managing technology transitions in capital markets, to spearheading product development and launch of text input solutions, revolutionising the way consumers in emerging markets interact with their smartphones. She has most recently worked at SwiftKey (purchased by Microsoft) and Digital Surgery. Aarti holds a degree in Mathematics from University of Durham.
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About iProov: iProov develops face authentication technology for online identity verification by global banks and governments.
Joe Palmer
Technical Director of iProov
Joe is a skilled and experienced developer and project manager with a degree in Computer Science from UCL. His expertise lies in internet technology, and as co-founder and director of SoftForge he successfully delivered large and complex web-based e-commerce and secure information solutions for clients such as the NHS and Shell. Since 2012 he has led the development of iProov’s proprietary technology.
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About iProov: iProov develops face authentication technology for online identity verification by global banks and governments.
Andrew Newell
Research Director of iProov
Andrew joined iProov from University College London where he was a Research Fellow in both the Department of Computer Science and CoMPLEX. His PhD and subsequent published research focused on computer vision and pattern recognition. Since 2014 he has led iProov’s work on image processing.
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About iProov: iProov develops face authentication technology for online identity verification by global banks and governments.
Matthew Pearch
Commercial Director of iProov
Matthew’s career in telecommunications, IT and technology spans more than 25 years in Europe and Asia Pacific where he has been working in sales, marketing and managment roles for companies including Mars, Compuware and mBlox.
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About iProov: iProov develops face authentication technology for online identity verification by global banks and governments.
Hugo Holland-Bosworth
Group Operations Director of Alternative Networks
Hugo has been involved with Alternative since 1995, joining the company permanently in 2000 as a Systems Sales Executive and going on to become a Sales Manager and then Business Systems Director. In 2007 Hugo was involved in the establishment of AN Technical Services (ANTS) and in 2008 following the acquisition and subsequent merging of Echo Communications and ANTS, Hugo was promoted to Operations Director. His remit was extended in 2010 to include Client Services and Networks Project Management and then in 2012 Hugo assumed responsibility for the enlarged Group Operations as part of the Executive Board.
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About Alternative Networks: Alternative is a leading provider of IT solutions to UK businesses from device to datacentre.
Henrietta Marsh
Member of Board of Directors of Alternative Networks
Henrietta Marsh joined the Board as a non-executive Director on 6 June 2014. She has significant public company experience, having served as a non-executive director (and chairing the Remuneration Committee) at Dods (Group) PLC from April 2012 to November 2014, been an independent non-executive director at Acal plc since May 2013 and chairing the Remuneration Committee since October 2014, and since January 2014 been a non-executive Director of Electric World plc where she is appointed by Living Bridge Equity Partners. She is also a Director of Henrietta Marsh Consulting Limited. Previously, Henrietta was a director of 3i plc where she worked as a fund manager and in private equity for 14 years. She was also a fund manager at Living Bridge Equity Partners responsible for all AIM investments. Henrietta was the founder chairman of the AIM VCT Managers Group and is a member of the London Stock Exchange’s AIM Advisory Group.
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About : Alternative is a leading provider of IT solutions to UK businesses from device to datacentre.
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.
Paul Brook
Director Data Analytics and AI Pre-Sales EMEA of Dell Technologies
Paul Brook is responsible for Cloud and Big Data business programs across Europe, Middle East and Africa [EMEA]. His remit includes working with leading customers, business partners and technology integrators to deliver open source based Cloud and Big Data solutions that make money and save money for partners and customers. Paul was previously responsible for various programs within Dell, including Hyperscale/Cloud and High Performance Computing. Prior to Dell Paul worked in varied Sales and Product Management roles within the Applications Development and Managed Services sectors. Before joining the IT industry Paul worked for a UK Consultancy that specialised in Business Performance Imp.
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About Dell, Dell Technologies: Dell Technologies provides essential infrastructure for organizations to build their digital future.
Andy Slater
VP & Managing Director EMEA of Actifio
Having joined Actifio in 2011, Andy leads the EMEA sales execution. Prior to this role, Andy was pivotal in heading up the services and installation customers in the region. Prior to Actifio, Andy lead sales and operations at TecTrade, a data protection and storage partner based in the UK. His 15+ years in roles as Chief Operating Officer and Sales Director allowed him to build strategic customer and regional relationships.
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About Actifio: Actifio delivers enterprise data-as-a-service to global enterprise customers and service provider partners.
Simon Presswell
Managing Director, Broadcast & Education of Ascential Plc
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About Ascential Plc: Ascential is a global information company that enables smart decision-making for business.
Thomas Leitch
Director of Sales – Treasury of Bottomline Technologies
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About Bottomline Technologies: Bottomline Technologies provides corporations, financial institutions, and banks with e-payment, invoice, and document automation solutions.
Marcus Hughes
Director of Business Development of Bottomline Technologies
Marcus Hughes serves as the Director of Business Development at Bottomline Technologies.
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About Bottomline Technologies: Bottomline Technologies provides corporations, financial institutions, and banks with e-payment, invoice, and document automation solutions.
Ben Hargreaves
Director – Head of Government & Public Sector UK & Nordics of Bureau van Dijk
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About Bureau van Dijk: Provide company information solutions that can make you more efficient.
Phil Arnold
Managing Director, Censhare UK of censhare GmbH
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About censhare GmbH: A proven omnichannel content platform letting you master your content in any language, locally or globally.
Russell Hart
Non-Exec Director of Obsidian
Russell is the Chief Operating Officer and a Founding Partner at Alcova Asset Management LLP, a quantitative hedge fund HQ’ed in London.
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About : Obsidian has developed a new portal framework for investment managers.
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.
Oliver Brough
Managing Director, EMEA of Trusona
Olly Brough serves as the Managing Director of EMEA at Trusona.
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About Trusona: Trusona secures identity authentication, removes passwords from the user experience, and elevate login experience.
Tim Cobbold
CEO & Executive Director of UBM Plc
Tim is the CEO & Executive Director of UBM, an event services platform.
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About UBM Plc: UBM is a global events-led marketing and communications services business.
Carl Walthew
Finance Director of UBM Plc
Carl Walthew is the finance director of UBM plc.
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About UBM Plc: UBM is a global events-led marketing and communications services business.
Carl Walthew
Finance Director of UBM Plc
Carl Walthew is the finance director of UBM plc.
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About UBM Plc: UBM is a global events-led marketing and communications services business.
Kresimir Budinski
Managing Director & Founder of AirTicketArena Ltd.
Kresimir Budinski is the Managing Director & Founder at AirTicketArena.
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About AirTicketArena Ltd.: Air Ticket Arena is the first fully automated platform which matches unsold seats on scheduled flights with air traveller’s bids.
Kay Andrews
Executive Director of Agilisys
Kay is the Executive Director of Agilisys, and has more than two decades of global IT and Business Services experience. Kay was the former CEO of Agilisys and now holds the role on the Agilisys Board focused on expanding key client relationships and setting the direction for expansion and growth of the company. Her track record of achievement demonstrates her ability to combine sustainable business growth with effective customer management and service delivery. Prior to working at Agilisys, Kay spent 13 years at Perot Systems and 3 years as Executive Director for Local Government at Liberata. Kay holds a first class degree in Mathematics and an MBA.
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About Agilisys: Agilisys is an innovative IT and business software and services providers.
Louise Ah-Wong
Managing Director – Transformation of Agilisys
Louise is a Senior Partner in the Transformation Division within Agilisys, she is responsible for developing new business, managing external Partners, overseeing work and developing Transformation “wrappers” and Programmes for clients.
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About Agilisys, Agilisys: Agilisys is an innovative IT and business software and services providers.
Mark Gordon
Commercial Director of Agilisys
As the Commercial Director for Agilisys, Mark is responsible for client satisfaction and commercial growth. Mark has previously worked for Agilisys in the AGMA region. Mark brings a wealth of external experience to the Commercial Director role from a variety of positions in the consulting, contracting and outsourcing industries. His background encompasses global, PLC and private equity businesses.
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About Agilisys: Agilisys is an innovative IT and business software and services providers.
Simon Mounsey
Human Resources Director of Agilisys
Simon is responsible for HR and Resourcing across our company, including our partnerships. Since joining Agilisys in 2003 from major recruitment provider, Manpower, Simon has been responsible for implementing Agilisys’ Performance Management Framework and for the HR transition delivery of each of our Strategic Partnerships.
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About Agilisys: Agilisys is an innovative IT and business software and services providers.
Chris Whitley
Channel Sales Director – Europe & U.K. of IRONSCALES
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About IRONSCALES: IRONSCALES is the fastest growing email security solution in the world. Powerfully simple email security.
Chris Fraser
Managing Director of Aspire Technology Solutions
Chris is the Managing Director and joint founder of Aspire. Perhaps unusually for a managing director, Chris has over 20 years’ experience in the IT and Technology industry. He also has over 12 years of intensive, hands-on technical experience managing enterprise class IT environments and global network infrastructure deployments. Chris has responsibility for oversight and management of all of the company’s technical operations and managed service platforms.
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About Aspire Technology Solutions: Aspire is an award-winning managed services company specialising in hosted services, data centre solutions, communications and IT support.
Tony Dougan
Operations Director of Aspire Technology Solutions
Tony has been working in the IT industry for nearly a decade. During his time at Aspire, Tony has progressed though the technical team and is now focused on company organisation and growth. Daily responsibilities are concentrated on overseeing the technical support teams and development of internal systems. He also focuses on making sure all departments are working together as efficiently as possible throughout Aspire Technology Solutions constant expansion.
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About Aspire Technology Solutions: Aspire is an award-winning managed services company specialising in hosted services, data centre solutions, communications and IT support.
Steve Laverick
Technical Director of Aspire Technology Solutions
Steve has over 20 years’ experience in the IT & Technology industry, holding both management and director positions during this time. He has vast experience in advanced network infrastructure deployment and configuration, network security, system monitoring and maintenance, network administration and server virtualisation technologies. Steve directs a team of consultants providing voice, data, infrastructure and managed services for their customers.
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About Aspire Technology Solutions: Aspire is an award-winning managed services company specialising in hosted services, data centre solutions, communications and IT support.
Stuart Hall
Finance Director of Aspire Technology Solutions
Stuart is an ACA qualified accountant with more than 5 years experience working at a big 4 firm. He has had exposure to a number of listed public interest clients across a range of industries. These include retail, pharmaceuticals, transport, anti-counterfeit technologies and mining. His role as Finance Manager has him overseeing the operation of the billing, purchasing, stores and other office administrative functions. In addition, he is responsible for annual reporting and tax compliance as well as management.
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About Aspire Technology Solutions: Aspire is an award-winning managed services company specialising in hosted services, data centre solutions, communications and IT support.
Stephen McNickle
Sales Director of Aspire Technology Solutions
Stephen has an impressive track record having worked with Mike Errington for a number of years. He is a driving force behind the team’s consultative approach to our customers requirements, and manages the day-to-day operations of the Aspire sales department. Stephen is passionate about listening to our customers and exploring solutions which create business advantage.
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About Aspire Technology Solutions: Aspire is an award-winning managed services company specialising in hosted services, data centre solutions, communications and IT support.
James Hall
Operations Director of Teneo
As a Company Director and Operations Director, James manages Teneo’s service and support teams, systems and processes, legal and contractual work, maintains our ISO certifications and enthusiastically leads our Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.
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About Teneo: Teneo is the specialist integrator of next generation technology, offering the strongest mix of optimization solutions for networks.
Harpreet Singh
Senior Director of Luxoft
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About Luxoft: Luxoft is an IT company that works globally to give customers software development, product engineering, and consulting.
Zach Butler
Portfolio Director, IoT World Series of Informa
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About Informa: Informa is a business intelligence, academic publishing, knowledge and events group.
Michael Marciano
Product Director | Radius, Propertylink, News, Legal & Jobs of EG
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About EG: EG provides data and intelligence in the commercial real estate industry.
Jasper van der Luijtgaarden
Managing Director of Building Blocks
Jasper van der Luijtgaarden is the managing director at Dept.
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About Building Blocks: Building Blocks helps global companies solve complex problems using digital technologies.
Brian Robinson
Commercial Director of Building Blocks
Brian Robinson is the commercial director of Building Blocks.
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About Building Blocks: Building Blocks helps global companies solve complex problems using digital technologies.
Brian Robinson
Commercial Director of Building Blocks
Brian Robinson is the commercial director of Building Blocks.
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About Building Blocks: Building Blocks helps global companies solve complex problems using digital technologies.
Emilio Vacca
Director Mobile Channel of Telegraph Media Group
Emilio, has seen the world of technology changing multiple times over the years. As an expert in the mobile applications arena, he is constantly asking himself “what’s next”. A technology enthusiast, he has spent his 25 year career between design, technology and leadership roles and is an avid early adopter of new technologies. His unique blend of design and technology, developed working many years as a visual and interactive designer, as a software developer and architect for enterprise software and, later on, as a engineer and then manager for mobile applications, provided him unique advantages and vision; allowing him to move quickly between different technologies and sectors, from telecommunications to healthcare, from fashion to media. In the last 5 years Emilio has founded multiple startups in various industries (insurance, real estate, mobile services, social search services) and, as a startups mentor, he is now helping other companies grow.
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About Telegraph Media Group: Telegraph Media Group is a multi-media news publisher behind The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph newspapers.
Ian Benn
Managing Director, Northern Europe of Ingenico Group
Ian Benn is Managing Director at Ingenico Northern Europe where he is responsible for operations in the Nordics, UK and Ireland. Formerly COO of FIS in Europe, Middle East and Africa and previously CMO at Misys, Ian has spent his career in the join between financial services and technology. Author or “Strategic Outsourcing: exploiting the Skills of Third Parties” and, most recently, “Write to Win”, Ian is also an advisor to the Pennies Foundation and tech start-up, Obsidian Solutions.
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About Ingenico Group: Ingenico provides smart payment solutions to empower commerce across all channels, in-store, online, and mobile.
Daniel Siden
Co-Founder and Director of Lightvert Ltd.
Daniel is a Business Director, Designer and Engineering with 18-years of professional experience, 12 of those spent as an design and technology entrepreneur in London. He builds teams, digital and physical technology products, services and businesses. As a founding director of design and engineering company Haberdashery, he lead the growth of the company from 0 to 20+ employees with a turnover of £1.6M on £2M of sales. Clients includes Nissan and CREE LEDs, Changi Airport Group and British Land, and world leading luxury interior and architecture firms. From Haberdashery Daniel spun out Lightvert Ltd., an out of home media technology company utilising proprietary patented technologies to merge the power of the spectacle of out of home media with the engagement of mobile. At Lightvert Daniel successfully raising seed funding and building an outstanding operational team and supply chain partnerships, and launched Lightvert’s core products within 6 months of closing the funding round. Originally from San Francisco, with and engineering degree from Carnegie Mellon University, Daniel moved to the UK in 2002 for his Masters in Industrial Design at the Royal College of Art.
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About Haberdasherylondon, Lightvert Ltd., ROLI: Digital Outdoor Media Technology
Mike Wellings
Commercial Development Director of Lightvert Ltd.
Mr. Mike Wellings is a Co-Founder of Lightvert Ltd. and has been its Commercial Director since January 2015. Mr. Wellings is a Co-Founder of Twelve Management Limited and has been its Commercial Director Since June 2014. He is responsible for guiding Lightvert through fund raising, structuring, market share and revenue growth.
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About Lightvert Ltd.: Digital Outdoor Media Technology
Anthony Baker
AdTech Advisor and Technology Director at R/GA of Lightvert Ltd.
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Anthony Baker
AdTech Advisor and Technology Director at R/GA of Lightvert Ltd.
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Darren Briscoe
Technical Director of Comms-care
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About Comms-care: UK Provider of Managed IT Support Services To Businesses and Channel Partners
B. Nick Popovici
Co-Founder & Managing Director of Vita Mojo
B. Nick Popovici is the Co Founder and Managing Director of Vita Mojo.
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About Founders Pledge, Vita Mojo: Vita Mojo’s menu allows anyone to eat for anyones’ individualized needs.
Stephen Casey
Development Director, DCC Retail & Oil of Exertis
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About Exertis: Exertis is a technology distribution and specialist service providers.
Fiona Graham
Marketing Director of Exertis
Fiona Graham is Exertis’ Marketing Director for UK&I and Continental Europe. Prior to joining Exertis in 2014, Fiona held a number of senior sales and marketing roles in technology distribution and with manufacturers, most recently at Microsoft.
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About Exertis: Exertis is a technology distribution and specialist service providers.
Purnima Sen
Operations and People Director of Sparta Global
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About : Sparta Global provides high calibre graduates with intensive training in Testing, SDET, PMO, DevOps and Development
Nic Day
Finance Director of Sparta Global
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About : Sparta Global provides high calibre graduates with intensive training in Testing, SDET, PMO, DevOps and Development
Wayne Pollard
Account Director of Sabre Corporation
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About Sabre Corporation: Sabre Corporation is a U.S.-based travel technology company providing software solutions to the travel industry.
Andrew Tobin
Managing Director, EMEA of Evernym
Andrew Tobin is the Managing Director, EMEA at Evernym Inc.
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About Evernym, Focus Images: Evernym is a software company that develops decentralized, self-sovereign identity applications in order to form more trusting interactions
Mark Hobart
Director of infoboss
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About infoboss: Infoboss automates the management and processing data of businesses.
Matthew Pullen
Managing Director, Europe of CyrusOne
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About CyrusOne: CyrusOne is a data center operator that offers colocation and peering services.
Frank Bevis
Director of Pdf2xbrl
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About Konnect Soft, Pdf2xbrl: Pdf2xbrl is a software that converts accounts in PDF, word, and excel format.
Tunde Sasvari
Director of Client Development, Europe of Wealth-X
Tunde Sasvari is Director of Client Development, Europe at Wealth-X where she works with clients across the luxury, non-profit and education sectors. In this role, Tunde manages accounts across all sectors and provides top tier counsel to help clients optimize their strategies to engage the HNW, VHNW and UHNW wealth segments. Prior to her role in client development, Tunde joined Wealth-X in 2013 as a Research Analyst, providing her with hands-on experience using open source intelligence methods and eventually managing an international team of research analysts. Before joining Wealth-X, Tunde worked in various commercial roles and has lived in Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Italy and Hungary. She is fluent in Italian, Hungarian and English. Tunde holds a Bachelor of Laws from Universita degli studi di Genova in Italy.
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About Wealth-X: Wealth-X provides wealth intelligence solutions to help you uncover, understand, and engage with the world’s wealthiest individuals.
Maeen Shaban
Director of Research and Data Analytics of Wealth-X
Maeen Shaban is Director of Research and Data Analytics at Wealth-X. Maeen is a lead author of Wealth-X’s main thought leadership reports, including the World Ultra High Net Worth Report, the Billionaire Census and the High Net Worth Handbook. During his six-year tenure at Wealth-X, Maeen has employed his expertise in data science across several roles.
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About Wealth-X: Wealth-X provides wealth intelligence solutions to help you uncover, understand, and engage with the world’s wealthiest individuals.
Maya Imberg
Director of Thought Leadership and Analytics of Wealth-X
Maya Imberg is Director of Thought Leadership and Analytics at Wealth-X. She is responsible for driving thought leadership, using data analytics to showcase the company’s products and services, and fostering knowledge sharing between Wealth-X and client organizations. She joined Wealth-X in 2016 as Director of Custom Research responsible for secondary research, data analytics and branded content. She has worked with clients such as Rolls Royce, Richemont, UBS, JPMorgan and Deloitte. Maya has fifteen years of experience in research, spanning market research, macroeconomics and financial services. Prior to joining Wealth-X, Maya held Senior Consultant and Economist roles at the Economist Intelligence Unit and spent a number of years within Datamonitor’s Financial Services practice. Maya holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an MSc in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics. She speaks Spanish and Portuguese and has worked in China, the US and Belgium.
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About Wealth-X: Wealth-X provides wealth intelligence solutions to help you uncover, understand, and engage with the world’s wealthiest individuals.
Tom Hill
Senior Director, Diligence Solutions of Wealth-X
Tom Hill is the Senior Director of Diligence Solutions at Wealth-X. Tom manages the EDD requirements of clients that operate in both regulated and non-regulated environments, and he has an exceptional understanding of the Risk Based Approach, CDD, KYC, AML, CFT, and ABC. He joined Wealth-X in February 2017 as a Senior Case Manager, initially working operationally in relation to Wealth-X’s Diligence offering, overseeing new WXD dossier requests from inception through to completion. Prior to Wealth-X, Tom worked at Meridian Advisory, a small EDD consultancy, where he built and was the head of its new Integrity Due Diligence offering. Before this, he worked at Thomson Reuters as a Case Manager for the IntegraScreen product and was later promoted within the EMEA case management team. Tom completed his bachelor’s degree in Business Studies and is a certified anti-money laundering specialist and fraud examiner. He is based in the company’s London office.
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About Wealth-X: Wealth-X provides wealth intelligence solutions to help you uncover, understand, and engage with the world’s wealthiest individuals.
Anthony Vollmer
Managing Director of Moorepay
Anthony Vollmer is a CEO at Tesco Mobile.
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About Moorepay, Virgin Media: Moorepay is a clear market leader in payroll & HR solutions for UK businesses.
Paul Bednarczyk
Managing Director of Roubini Global Economics, LLC
Paul Bednarczyk is 4CAST-RGE’s MD of Research. Prior to moving into that role, he had been with 4CAST from just a year after it was founded. His speciality is G20 FX, using skills developed over nearly 20 years trading for Hill Samuel, Credit Lyonnais and NationsBank.
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About Roubini Global Economics, LLC: Roubini Global Economics is the leading independent, global macroeconomic research firm.
Giles Godwin-Brown
Director of Innovation Enterprise
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About Global Growth Business, Innovation Enterprise, World Finance Forum: The leading global voice in enterprise innovation
Michael Cross
Co-founder and Director of Rezatec
Patrick was previously CEO of Helveta which he grew from start-up to ranking 11th in the 2010 Deloitte Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the UK. Prior to Helveta, Patrick was CEO of DACG Inc, a provider of professional services and software, which he took to a NASDAQ float in 1998 with revenues of $80mn and a 5 year CAGR of 80%.
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About Institute for Employment Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Rezatec: Rezatec applies data science to satellite imagery and geospatial data to deliver cloud-based analytics to its global customers.
Mark Maslin
Director and Co-Founder of Rezatec
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About Rezatec: Rezatec applies data science to satellite imagery and geospatial data to deliver cloud-based analytics to its global customers.
Alex Wrottesley
Managing Director, Landmark Geodata of Landmark Information Group
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About Landmark Information Group: Landmark Information Group is a company that assists clients with a variety of real estate development and management projects.
Peter Lukes
Managing Director & Founder of Wanstor
Peter established Wanstor in 2002 to provide a more proactive approach to IT support services than the then established ‘maintenance’ companies. Following an early career as a research chemist working at the universities of St Andrews, Durham and Rome, Peter changed track in the mid-90s and began the second phase of his career, in IT. Spells in Italy with a small system builder then back in the UK as technical director of an IT service and integration business followed, before the ambitious launch of Wanstor. Over ten years later, Peter has led the company through continuing success and growth by focusing on their dedication to “service and technical excellence”. Peter has kept Wanstor at the forefront of developments in cloud and hosting services, while adding a focus on core IT infrastructure, networking and front office support.
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About Wanstor: Wanstor are a trusted IT Services company that supports organisations of all sizes in all industries.
Mark Webster
Managing Director UK and Europe of Give To Get
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About Give To Get: Social Impact
Phil Stone
Director of Sensus
British by birth, Phil began his career with British Telecom in Central London and is a true global citizen, having lived and worked in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Denmark, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. His experience, integrity and honest approach to business have been the foundations of long term and enduring partnerships. Phil is married and holds Australian and British citizenship.
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About Sensus, The Chapel Group: Sensus is a helps a wide range of public service providers Company.
David Ovadia
Founder CEO, Chairman and Non Executive Director of IGS (International Geoscience Services) Ltd
David Ovadia is a successful Chief Executive and Chairman with a proven record of achievement in the public and private sectors. He was a Director of Blenheim Natural Resources plc, previously Coburg plc, London AIM-listed companies investing in the global natural resources sector, CEO of Avenco Ltd and Chairman of South East African Mining (SEAM) Ltd, both junior explorers for gold and other minerals in Africa. He served as a Director of Spectrum General Partner Ltd and was previously the Director of International at the British Geological Survey, from which he spun out and was the founder Managing Director, and later Chairman, of IGS (International Geoscience Services) Ltd.
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About IGS (International Geoscience Services) Ltd: IGS (International Geoscience Services) Ltd provides geoscientific and geodata services to the global mineral exploration sector.
Jonathan Pell
Director Representing Finance Wales of W2 Global Data
Jonathan is a Chartered Accountant and an experienced serial businessman having held CFO, COO and CEO in multiple organisations all of which have been successfully acquired. Jonathan was CEO of Datanomic, a data quality and AML software vendor which was acquired by Oracle at which point he served as Vice President of Data Quality Strategy for Oracle.
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About JVP Consultants, Thorium Technology Investors, W2 Global Data: W2 Global Data is a provider of international data, software and services.
Mark O’Herlihy
Managing Director EMEA of IBM Watson Health
Head of IBM Watson Health for Europe, Middle East & Africa. As the Managing Director, Mark holds full responsibility for the Sales & Go to Market strategy & team, for Watson Health software products and solutions to their customers. This includes the full portfolio of Life Sciences, Oncology, Genomics, Imaging, Government, Value-Based Care & Population Health Management solutions. Mark has a clinical background and has worked in the NHS as well as many senior leadership positions in global, European and start-up healthcare companies throughout his career, with over 25 years of experience in the healthcare segment, Mark brings a wealth of experience and perspective and he is passionate about health and social care for everyone.
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About IBM Watson Health: IBM Watson Health works across the health landscape, from payers and providers to government and life sciences.
Mitun Patel
Managing Director & Founder of Netstar
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About Netstar: Netstar is an IT Support company in central London providing fully managed IT Support, Cyber Security and Technology Consulting services.
Henry Lee
Information and Technology Director of Oxford Blockchain Society
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About Oxford Blockchain Society: Oxford Blockchain Society focuses on blockchain, distributed ledger technology, and cryptocurrencies.
Paul Bryan
UK Managing Director IT of Exertis UK
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About Exertis, Exertis UK: Exertis UK is a technology distribution and specialist service providers.
Freddie McMahon
Co-Founder, Director of Strategy and Innovation of DF2020 Limited
Responsible for developing a paradigm shift in the way firms interact with regulation, which is currently unsustainable due to the diversity, volume, rate of change and complexity.
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About Augestra, DF2020 Limited: Df2020 regtech digitises regulation and procedures through a universal and unifying blend of codification, interaction and measurement.
Darren Clasby
Finance Director of Internal Results
Darren has over 20 years accounting experience and is responsible for the day to day running of the financial function for the UK & Ireland. Outside work he has an interest in building websites, learning Polish, sampling European beers and relaxing with a bit of FIFA on the Xbox.
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About Internal Results: Internal Results specialize in content syndication, b2b data and buyer intent solutions for B2B organizations worldwide.
