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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 Chairman operating in the Information Technology space. If you think a Chairman 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.
Ann Cairns
Executive Vice Chairman of Mastercard
As president of International Markets at Mastercard, Ann Cairns is responsible for the management, growth and expansion of all markets and customer-related activities outside of North America. Working across both mature and emerging markets Ann has firsthand insight and experience of how to build a team focused on delivering strong business growth and meaningful global and local partnerships through innovative, sustainable and inclusive business models. Ann has more than 20 years’ experience as a senior leader, having held management positions across Europe and the U.S., and has previously run global retail, commercial and investment banking operations. A mathematician and statistician Ann holds a Pure Mathematics degree from Sheffield University and a M.Sc. from Newcastle University. Among her many accomplishments Ann has been an award-winning research engineer and was the first woman qualified to go offshore in Britain. A champion of inclusion – digital, financial and gender – Ann is a member of the World Food Programme investment committee and the AstraZeneca board.
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About Mastercard: Mastercard provides payment processing products and solutions, and related consulting services.
Brent Hoberman
Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of Founders Factory
Brent Hoberman is chairman and co-founder of Founders Factory, an ambitious corporate backed incubator/accelerator based in London, and also of Founders Forum, a series of intimate annual global events for the leading entrepreneurs of today and the rising stars of tomorrow. Brent is a co-founder and was founding chairman of Smartup, Grip & made.com, a leading European direct-from-factory consumer homewares retailer. Most recently, Brent co-founded Firstminute Capital, a London-based pan-European seed fund, backed by some of the world’s top entrepreneurs. Brent co-founded lastminute.comin April 1998, was CEO from its inception and sold it in 2005 to Sabre for $1.1bn. Technology businesses he has co-founded have raised over $500m. Brent sits on the Advisory board for LetterOne Technology (a $16bn investment fund), the Oxford Foundry and the UK Government Digital Advisory Board. He is a board member of The Economist, a YGL and one of the Prime Minister’s Business Trade Ambassadors. Brent was awarded a CBE for services to entrepreneurship in the 2015 New Year’s Honour’s List.
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About 01 Founders, AccelerateHER, Firstminute Capital, Founders Factory, Founders Forum, Founders Intelligence, Founders Keepers, Founders of the Future, Grip, Karakuri, MADE, SmartUp.io: Founders Factory is a global corporate-backed venture studio and accelerator.
Stuart Marks
Founder and Chairman of L Marks
Stuart Marks is a successful entrepreneur who has built and sold four businesses over the past 25 years. They have spanned several sectors including CRM, location-based services and digital media. Every company applied innovation to challenge existing business models. Stuart has worked with a diverse and international customer-base including Sainsbury’s, British Airways, Unilever, Vodafone, BMW and various government agencies across the world. His previous company, ITIS Holdings plc, was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was Europe’s leading provider of real-time traffic information and connected car technology. The first company to commercialize crowdsourced data from GPS devices and mobile phone networks, Stuart sold the firm in 2011 to Washington-based INRIX before going on to establish L Marks to invest in the entrepreneurs of tomorrow.
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About a2om international, L Marks: L Marks is the trusted partner for global businesses, powering corporate innovation and fuelling growth
Julian Ranger
Chairman & Founder of Digime
After early work integrating as an aeronautical engineer, Julian founded STASYS Ltd in 1987, specialising in data interoperability and the military internet, and grew it to a staff of 230, with subsidiaries in the United States, Germany, Malaysia and Australia prior to its sale to Lockheed Martin in 2005. Julian’s management responsibilities encompassed the complete range from Board level vision, direction and control to business development, operational, finance and technical leadership, including developing the iSMART process used for interoperability management by militaries worldwide today. Julian left Lockheed in 2007 as Vice President International Strategic Development, and set up his angel investment and consultancy business, J Ranger Ltd. Julian has invested and supported over 20 start-up businesses, highlights include: Astrobotic, aiming to be the first commercial lunar landing, rover and exploration business; Hailo, revolutionizing the licenced taxi market worldwide; DataSift, providing intelligent access to the world’s social data streams. Julian continues to build new businesses, currently founder and Chairman of digi.me which is reimagining the personal internet putting users back in control of their own data. Julian is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the IMechE and Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Engineers, and is also a Virgin Galactic Future Astronaut.
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About Digime, iBundle, J Ranger, Kantara Initiative, Mobile Ecosystem Forum, Worshipful Company of Engineers: Digi.me allows consumers to gather their personal data and share it with businesses in a mutually beneficial value exchange.
Abdumalik Mirakhmedov
Executive Chairman & Founder of Genesis Digital Assets
Abdumalik Mirakhmedov is an Executive Chairman & Founder of Genesis Digital Assets.
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About Genesis Digital Assets: Genesis Digital Assets is an industrial-scale bitcoin mining operator.
John McAfee
Executive Chairman & CEO of MGT Capital Investments
John David McAfee (born September 18, 1945) is a American computer programmer and developer of the first commercial anti-virus program. This bore the McAfee brand-name for years, until it was bought by Intel and given the Intel name. His wealth peaked at $100 million, before his investments suffered in the global crisis of 2007. McAfee also has interests in smartphone apps, yoga and all-natural antibiotics. He resided for a number of years in Belize, but after several disputes with the authorities in Belize and Guatemala, he returned to the United States in 2013. McAfee announced that he will seek the office of U.S. President in the 2016 presidential election on September 8, 2015. He is running as a Libertarian.
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About BLACKCERT, International Business Times, MGT Capital Investments: MGT Capital and its subsidiaries own and operate social and real money gaming sites online and in the mobile space.
Lorenzo Simonelli
Founder, Chairman & CEO of Baker Hughes
Lorenzo Simonelli is President & CEO of GE Oil & Gas, an advanced technology equipment and services company that serves all segments of the oil and gas industry from extraction to transportation to end use. The business employs 43,000 people around the world. Before joining GE Oil & Gas, Lorenzo was President and CEO of GE Transportation, a global transportation leader in the rail, mining, marine and energy storage industries. During his five-year tenure, he expanded and diversified GE Transportation by focusing on advanced technology manufacturing, intelligent control systems, and a diverse approach to new propulsion solutions to solve the world’s toughest transportation challenges. Lorenzo has also served as CFO Americas for GE Consumer & Industrial, as well as General Manager, Product Management for GE Appliances, Lighting, Electrical Distribution and Motors. He joined GE’s Financial Management Program in 1994, where he worked on assignments in GE International, GE Shared Services, GE Oil & Gas and Consolidated Financial Insurance. Originally from Florence, Italy, Lorenzo is is a Business & Economics Graduate from Cardiff University in South Wales.
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About Baker Hughes: Baker Hughes is an energy technology company that provides solutions for energy and industrial customers worldwide.
Mark Hunter
Co-Founder and Chairman of BJSS
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About BJSS: BJSS is an award winning delivery-focused IT Consultancy.
Jeremy Wilson
Non-Executive Chairman of QPQ
Jeremy Wilson is currently the Chairman at QPQ.
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About QPQ: QPQ is a network infrastructure to enable a digital universe.
Jeremy Wilson
Non-Executive Chairman of QPQ
Jeremy Wilson is currently the Chairman at QPQ.
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About QPQ: QPQ is a network infrastructure to enable a digital universe.
Andy Mulholland
VP Constellation Research & Chairman Asset Mapping of Constellation Research
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About Constellation Research: Constellation Research is a research and advisory firm helping early adopters improve the transformative power of disruptive technology.
Jerre Stead
Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Clarivate Analytics
Jerre L. Stead joined the PCN Technology, Inc. Board of Directors in October of 2008. From 1996 until his June 1, 2000 retirement, Mr. Stead was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ingram Micro Inc., a leading distributor of computers and peripherals. Mr. Stead has also held the position of Chief Executive Officer at Square D Co., which was acquired by Schneider Electric, S.A. He also served as CEO of AT&T Global Information Solutions (NCR Corporation) and Legent Corporation. Since 2006, Mr. Stead has served as Chairman of the Board and CEO for IHS, one of the leading global providers of critical technical information, decision-support tools, and related services to customers in the energy, defense, aerospace, construction, electronics, and automotive industries. Mr. Stead is currently also a Director of Armstrong Holdings, Inc., Conexant Systems, Mobility Electronics, Inc., Brightpoint, Inc. and TBG Group. He has also held numerous positions during a 21-year career at Honeywell. He is a well-known Author of Executive books including Flight of the Buffalo and is the Chairman of the Board for the Center of Ethics and Values at Garret Seminary at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
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About Clarivate Analytics: Clarivate Analytics accelerates the pace of innovation by providing trusted insights and analytics.
David Rasche
Chairman of the Board of Directors of GB Group
Appointed to the Board in September 2010. He was the founder of SSP Holdings Limited, one of the largest specialist insurance software houses in the world. David has over 40 years IT industry experience with over 35 years at board level in the software and services sectors. He is also Non-Executive Chairman of Onyx Group.
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About : GB Group offers a series of solutions that help organisations quickly validate and verify the identity and location of their customers.
Joshua Pennell
Founder and Chairman of IOActive
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About IOActive, ISSA-UK: IOActive is a security consultancy with a global presence and deep expertise spanning hardware, software, and wetware.
Jeremy Anderson
Chairman Global Financial Services of KPMG International Limited
Jeremy Anderson is a member of the Board of Directors of UBS AG and UBS Group AG since 2018. He chairs the Audit Committee and is also a member of the Corporate Culture and Responsibility and the Governance and Nominating Committees of the Board. He was chairman of Global Financial Services at KPMG International from 2010 to 2017. He has spent over 30 years working with the banking and insurance industry in an advisory capacity, covering a broad range of topics, including strategy, audit and risk management, technology-enabled transformation, mergers and bank restructuring. He was the founding sponsor of KPMG’s Global Fintech Network in 2014 and is a regular participant at fintech events across Europe, the US and Asia. He joined KPMG International in 2004 and was Head of Financial Services KPMG Europe from 2006 to 2011 as well as Head of Clients and Markets KPMG Europe from 2008 to 2011. From 2004 to 2008 he was in charge of its UK Financial Services Practice. Prior to that, he served as a member of Atos Origin’s Group Management Board and as Head of its UK operations after Atos acquired KPMG Consulting UK in 2002. In this capacity he managed Atos’ consulting, systems integration and IT outsourcing services in the UK. She joined KPMG’s UK consulting business in 1985 and led the firm as CEO from 2000 to 2002, having previously been a partner in its financial services business. He started his career as a software developer with Triad Computing Systems in 1980. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics from University College London.
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About KPMG International Limited: KPMG is a network of independent member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services.
Paul Townsend
Chairman & Director of Vitesse PSP
Co-founder of Envoy (sold to WorldPay).Paul has over 20 years’ experience in mainstream banking with Warburgs and Bank of New York, plus 15 years in electronic payments with Earthport plc, Neteller, Envoy and Worldpay. Before co-founding Vitesse, Paul was Founder and COO of Envoy Services Ltd. He is also an angel investor.
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About Vitesse PSP: Vitesse is the smart way to make secure global money transfers.
Rafi Razzak
Chairman of Centerprise International
Rafi Razzak is the founder and Chairman of Centerprise International. With an engineering background, having graduated from Imperial College London and after an initial career of seven years with IBM, Rafi started Centerprise in 1983. More than 30 years on, Rafi still has an insatiable passion for business and is very much involved in the day-to-day running of the company. Rafi is an entrepreneur through and through and a well-known and well liked personality in the industry, borne out by many awards and accolades for his achievements to date.
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About Centerprise International: Centerprise International specialises in public sector services and system building, delivering IT solutions.
Norman Fraser
Co-founder, Executive Chairman of SoftIron
Norman Fraser Co-Founded and led successful international technology businesses, including Vocalis (IPO) and Endava (ranked as a Leader in the IAOP Global Outsourcing 100 list). A former Visiting Fellow at Henley Business School, UK, he is currently Visiting Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark.
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About Escher Group, SoftIron: SoftIron creates high-performing, scalable, flexible, reliable, and efficient storage solutions for the modern-day enterprise.
Rune Sovndahl
Chairman of Starfish Enterprise
Summary – Rune Sovndahl (Born 13 February, 1975) is a Danish-born entrepreneur with over fifteen years’ experience in the the IT, dot-com and telecommunications industries. He is the founder of Briing.com, Polish portal Gadatka.com and Victor Connect Ltd. He is currently the co-owner and CEO of international SEO agency [First Online Solutions](http://www.1stonlinesolutions.com/). Early Life- Sovndahl grew up in Copenhagen attending both [Ingrid Jespersens Gymnasie skole](http://ijg.dk/) and [Oestre Borgerdyd](http://www.gefion-gym.dk/om-gefion/historie/oestre-borgerdyds-historie.aspx). He became interested in programming and business technology at an early age, primarily through the influence of his father who was a programmer for IBM, writing his first program for stock management at age 10. Rune attended the [Copenhagen Business School](http://eng.brock.dk/) from 1997 – 1999 with a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship. As a graduate student, he worked with [British Telecom](http://www.bt.com/) as a systems architect. His early technological influences include the inspiration of William Gibson’s novel, Virtual Light. Following his service in the Royal Danish Navy, Rune developed a passion for the culinary arts which lead to him to working in the kitchens of multiple Michelin Star restaurants in Copenhagen and Søllerød under the tutelage of Franz Stockhammer. Rune was fascinated by El Bulli and the school of culinary technology and organization, but he left the industry due to a severe shellfish allergy. He keeps the passion of his culinary days alive in the day to day work of his companies. Career- Rune’s interest in technology and human interaction led him to the fields of Search Engine Marketing, Paid Search, Natural Search, Brand Discovery, and Protection & Visibility. His early days in technology involved the development of location-based systems and the early development of a [3G platform](http://www.btagilemedia.com/) for locating restaurants and shops, as well as one of the first televised SMS campaigns in the UK. In 2003 Rune launched a mid-sized SEO and affiliate web design company, [Victor Connect Ltd.](http://www.victorconnect.com/) before he became Head of Search at Lastminute.com where he managed an extensive multi-million dollar SEM strategy in the travel market. He co-founded First Online Solutions in 2009, which owns and operates a number of popular consumer telecom brands: – [Fantastic cleaners](www.fantasticcleaners.com) – [Rubbish Please](www.rubbishplease.com) – [Tick Tick Check](www.ticktickcheck.com) – [Aussie Handyman](www.aussiehandyman.com) – [Aussie Clean Team](www.aussiecleanteam.com) – [TimeVouchers](www.timevouchers.com) – [Mini Wardrobe](www.miniwardrobe.com) – [Now Roam](www.nowroam.com) – [Briing.com](www.bring.com) Personal Life – Sovndahl currently resides in London’s Bloomsbury. He remains passionate about travel, culinary arts and designing sustainable business models for technology that optimize marketing and usability across the full value chain of the consumer. Philanthropy – Rune is the co-founder of Stepnote, a charity music school in Denmark. The [site](stepnote.dk) is a personal matching service that aims to find the ideal music teacher based on a student’s individual needs.
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About 1st Online Solutions, Fantastic Services, Local Fame: Starfish Enterprise is a company, founded by Rune Sovndahl, that offers search engine optimization, web design, customer service and more.
David Williams
Founder Chairman and CEO of Arqit Limited
David Williams is a Founder at Arqit company.
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About Arqit Limited: Arqit develops a quantum encryption platform.
David Fyfe
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of Bodle Technologies
David is a founder and Executive Chairman of Bodle Technologies. His career spans several top management positions in both Europe and the United States, and he has held board positions in several firms over the years. As Chief Executive Officer of Cambridge Display Technologies (CDT), he took a laboratory-based spin-off to a NASDAQ flotation and a subsequent $285m trade sale. David is also the Executive Chairman of Oxford Photovoltaics. As a resident of Jacksonville, Florida, David also serves on the board of Cambridge in America foundation.
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About Bodle Technologies: Developing SRD® technology for a low-power display of vivid colours that doesn’t look washed out in bright conditions
Percy Barnevik
Honorary Chairman of Sandvik
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About Sandvik: Sandvik is an engineering group with products that enhance customer productivity, profitability, and sustainability.
Ivan Martin
Chairman of FDM Group
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About FDM Group: FDM Group is a professional services provider with a focus on IT and business recruitment for graduates and veterans.
Ivan Martin
Chairman of FDM Group
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About FDM Group: FDM Group is a professional services provider with a focus on IT and business recruitment for graduates and veterans.
John Gieve
Chairman of VocaLink
John Gieve is the Chairman of VocaLink, the main provider of payment systems in the UK, and an independent director of CLS which settles most global foreign exchange transactions. He is also a director of the Homerton Hospital Trust and Chair of trustees for the Clore Social Leadership Programme. He was Deputy Governor of the Bank of England from January 2006 until February 2009 where he was a member of the Monetary Policy Committee which sets interest rates in the UK and had responsibility for the Bank’s Financial Stability work. He was a member also of the Board of the Financial Services Authority, the UK regulator of financial services, and of the Financial Stability Board, which has led on the international response to the financial crisis under the G20.
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About VocaLink: VocaLink develops and operates payments infrastructure solutions in the United Kingdom.
Leith Robertson
Non Executive Chairman of Specialist Risk Group
Leith Robertson is Chairman at Par Equity.
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About 1st Credit, Specialist Risk Group: Specialist Risk Group is a fast-growing specialist insurance broker company.
Jonathan Tennyson
Chairman and Co-Founder of Blue Skies Space
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About Blue Skies Space: Blue Skies Space provides access to space science data from low-cost space missions.
Justin Pike
Founder & Chairman of MYPINPAD
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About : INVENTORS OF THE WORLD’S FIRST SOFTWARE PAYMENTS TERMINAL
Nicky Dulieu
Chairman of the Board of Director of Notcutts Group Limited
Nicky Dulieu was appointed to the Huntsworth Board as Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 January 2015, and is Chair of the Remuneration Committee and member of the Audit Committee. Nicky trained as an accountant with Marks & Spencer plc and undertook numerous strategic and financial roles in the company over a 23 year period, including Finance Director of the Food Division from 2004 to 2005. From 2006 to 2008, Nicky was Finance Director/Chief Operating Officer at Hobbs Limited and was Chief Executive between 2008 and 2014. She is a Non-Executive Director of Adnams plc and Chair of Notcutts Group Limited.
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About : At Notcutts we value our employees. They are our single best asset. Since we founded our company in 1897
Jens Montanana
Executive Chairman of Westcon-Comstor
Jens is the founder and principal architect of Datatec, established in 1986. Between 1989 and 1993, Jens served as Managing Director and Vice-President of US Robotics (UK) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of US Robotics, Inc. which was acquired by 3Com in 1997. In 1993 he co-founded US start-up Xedia Corporation in Boston, Massachusetts, an early pioneer of network switching and one of the market leaders in IP bandwidth management, which was subsequently sold to Lucent Corporation in 1999. In 1994 Jens became Chairman and CEO of Datatec. He has previously served on the boards and subcommittees of various public companies. Jens graduated with a degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Reading in the United Kingdom.
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About Comstor, Datatec, Logicalis, Westcon-Comstor: Westcon-Comstor is a value-added technology distributor of category-leading solutions in security.
Frank Foxall
Chairman of Camwood
Led the buyout of Camwood’s Venture Capital investors Matrix and Foresight in a deal completed on 26th April 2012. This represented another milestone in the extraordinary journey of the world’s foremost specialists in application intelligence and ‘Enlightened Migration’. Frank was also one of the original founders of App-DNA in 2008 and subsequently acquired by Citrix in October 2011 in a deal worth nearly $100million. As well as Chairman of Camwood, other investments include Rimo3 and Norskale.
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About Camwood: Camwood is an IT services business that specialises in application migration and portfolio management.
Mike Callender
Executive Chairman of REPL Group
Mike founded REPL in 2007 with Chris Love and has guided the company from start-up to worldwide success. An enthusiastic, hands-on entrepreneur, he believes that everything can be made to work better. Mike has worked in retail since he was 15 and has extensive experience within the industry. Specialising in business analysis and strategy, team leadership and change management, he’s passionate about innovation and keeping ahead of the game. As chairman and product visionary at REPL, he spends time with customers understanding what they need and immerses himself in all the latest retail trends. An inspirational event speaker, Mike is dedicated to future growth through both acquisitions and the further development of international markets.
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About REPL Group: REPL Group delivers technology and management solutions which transform business operations and processes.
Alex Dyce
Chairman of Unifi.id
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About Unifi.id: Unifi.id is digital engagement through our Smart card long-range card detection, data interrogation and communication protocols.
Mike Hickey
Chairman of pureLiFi
Mike Hickey held the position of Chief Executive Officer at Wolfson Microelectronics from January 2009 until its acquisition by Cirrus Logic Inc in Sept 2014. Mike joined Wolfson from Motorola Inc. where he was Senior Vice President & General Manager of Multimedia Mobile Products. Prior to joining Motorola, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Alcatel Optronics UK, Chief Executive Officer of Kymata Ltd and also held senior positions at Motorola, Digital Equipment and Philips. He has also served as a director of Motorola Ltd and as a non-executive director at Incline Global Technology Services Ltd and UIQ Technologies.
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About pureLiFi: pureLiFi develops technology for communication networks that integrates data and lighting utility infrastructures.
Kenton Fine
Executive Chairman of Getronics
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About Atalian Servest, Getronics: The Getronics family is an ICT Services group consisting of the Getronics and Connectis brands.
Neil Scarth
Chairman of KITE EDGE LTD
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About : Customisable Search Platform for Asset Managers/Banks
Stephen O’Connor
Chairman & Founder of Quantile Technologies
Co-founded Quantile in 2015. Previously, during a 20-year career at Morgan Stanley, Stephen, a member of the Fixed Income Management Committee, held a number of senior roles including Global Head of Counterparty Portfolio Management and Global Head of Client Clearing. Stephen has served on numerous industry bodies including as Chairman of ISDA and he was a board member of GE Capital International Holdings Limited. He is currently a board member of the London Stock Exchange Group PLC, where he is Chair of the Risk Committee. He serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the London School of Economics Systemic Risk Centre.
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About Quantile Technologies: Quantile helps market participants reduce their counterparty risk.
Adam de Courcy Ling
Chairman of Blackdot Solutions
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About Blackdot Solutions: Investigations software
Graham Gilbert
Non-Exec Chairman of Little Fish (UK)
Graham Gilbert is an experienced entrepreneur, CEO and Chairman in the IT industry, with particularly relevant experience in IT outsourcing as Founder, CEO and Chairman of ComputerLand UK plc, and now as Chairman and primary shareholder of Little Fish (UK) Ltd. When Graham is not mentoring Executive Management teams or deal-making, he enjoys skiing, travel and spending time with his family. Graham founded ComputerLand UK in 1989, a business that specialised in providing IT infrastructure support services to corporate and public sector clients. The business had four main product offerings, Managed Services, Project Services, Hardware Support and Managed Product Supply. Notable clients included O2, Experian, Comet, and Heinz. In September 1997 Graham floated the business on the AIM list of the LSE and continued to grow the organisation until it was sold to Capita in April 2008, with a turnover of £70 million with a PBT of £3.1 million. The business employed 500 staff (April 08) of whom about 400 were involved in service delivery. During the 19 years as CEO and Chairman of ComputerLand Graham gained a wide range of expertise and experience in a number of areas including, floating a private company, managing the board of a public company, fund raising, acquisitions, managing city and investor relations, designing and implementing innovative service offerings and maintaining the highest standards of quality and customer service. Since leaving ComputerLand Graham has become investor and Chairman of the following companies and works extensively in the Private Equity sector. Little Fish (UK) Ltd – A rising star in the Managed IT Services sector
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About Giacom World Networks, Little Fish (UK): Littlefish is an award winning and rapidly growing Managed IT Services Provider.
Giles Keating
Chairman of the Werthstein Institute of Werthstein
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About Werthstein: Werthstein is a digital wealth manager which focuses on intelligent storytelling of investment ideas, called zeitgeists.
Joe Saumarez Smith
Chairman of Bede Gaming
Joe Saumarez Smith has worked in the online gambling industry for 18 years. He is currently chairman of Bede Gaming, the leading online gambling platform. He is also a non executive director of the British Horseracing Authority. Joe is an investor in numerous online gaming businesses, including IPS which was recently sold to Leo Vegas for £65m.
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About Bede Gaming: Bede Gaming is the first choice supplier of software to the online gambling and social gaming industries.
Martin Scott
Chairman of CreditLogic
Partner, Global private equity firm, the Riverside Company. Previously Partner and Head of Operations, KPMG – London; Investment Managing Director, Crownway Private Equity – London and Dublin; Consultant, McKinsey & Company – London and Dublin. Ph, D. Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence – Cambridge University; BA Computer Science – Trinity College Dublin
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About CreditLogic: CreditLogic is a B2B digital mortgage lending platform enabling banks to provide new mortgages faster, cheaper and easier.
Richard Tipper
Executive Chairman of Ecometrica
Richard is a champion of evidence-based environmental action. He has worked as an adviser on climate change issues for many government, business and international organisations. After studying Agricultural Science (Edinburgh University) Richard worked in Mexico as an advisor to farmers’ organisations. He later took an MSc in Technology Management, then doctoral research on the economics of contemporary Mayan farmers. Following his PhD he obtained research funding to develop the Plan Vivo system for payments for ecosystem services, and subsequently commercial investment to put theory into practice in Mexico, India, Uganda and Mozambique. With commercial interest growing in this area Richard founded the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Management (ECCM), and built a team of experts on land use and GHG accounting. While at ECCM Richard was appointed to the UK Roster of Experts on Climate Change and was Lead Author on two IPCC reports. In 2007 his work on the IPCC was recognised as a contribution to the Nobel Peace Prize. Richard also advised on numerous standards and methodologies for accounting for greenhouse gas emissions, including the WBCSD-WRI GHG Protocol, European standards for biofuels and PAS 2060. Since co-founding Ecometrica in 2008 Richard has focused on developing the Earth Observation and spatial data platform side of the business. He has retained an interest in measurement and evaluation of land use interventions as a senior evaluator of Norway’s international climate and forests initiative (NICFI), and an advisor to the UK government’s investments in forests under the International Climate Fund.
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About : Ecometrica is an end-to-end environmental software-as-a-service that helps businesses and governments identify risks and opportunities.
Mark Tincknell
Chairman of Oneserve
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About : Field service management software
Chris Hand
Chairman of Abingdon Health
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About Molecular Vision: Abingdon Health is an innovative technology-led company focused on providing rapid and near-patient medical diagnostic testing solutions.
Gavin Littlejohn
Chairman of Financial Data and Technology Association
Gavin Littlejohn is a fintech entrepreneur with experience of developing innovative solutions to mass market problems. Gavin was appointed as Convenor of the Fintech Stakeholder Group of the UK Open Banking Implementation Entity in October 2016. He serves as a Director and Non-Executive Chairman of the Financial Data and Technology Association www.fdata.org.uk where he successfully led the campaign to have account aggregation added to PSD2. Gavin is well-renowned as the Founder of Money Dashboard, and acted as its CEO until July 2015.
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About Financial Data and Technology Association: The Financial Data and Technology Association is a trade association.
Martin Burke
Founding Member of the Board of Directors & Chairman of the Board of Directors of Exception
Martin is a founding director of Exception and also serves as chairman. His responsibilities include strategic development of the business, consulting services, digital, and technology delivery. Martin is also responsible for Waracle, an Exception Group company, who provide mobile app solutions and services. Having worked on both the client and service side of the industry throughout his career, Martin has extensive experience of technology transformation across a number of sectors.
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About : Exception is an IT Consultancy and Services company that collaborates with many of the UK’s largest companies and Government organisations.
Richard Dilworth
Vice Chairman of Zapaygo
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About : Zapaygo provides a menu of goods or services and a pre-order and payment facility to consumers.
Matthew Riley
Chairman of Daisy Corporate Services
Since founding Daisy in 2001, Matthew has driven the rapid growth of the company to create one of the UK’s leading business technology and communications service provider. He floated the company on the Alternative Investment Market in the midst of the 2009 recession, grew the business to revenues of £350m and, in January 2015, took it back into private ownership in a £494m deal. An award-winning entrepreneur and highly successful business leader, Matthew was born in and still lives in Burnley, Lancashire. A fervent advocate of UK enterprise, regional growth, and entrepreneurship, he is passionate about providing practical career guidance for young adults. As well as Daisy, he is chairman of three start-up businesses, each with training and career development at their core.
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About Daisy Corporate Services, PROfounders Capital: Daisy Corporate Services | #1 independent provider of IT, communications and cloud
Will Brocklebank
Founder & Chairman of Shepherd Network
Prior to founding Shepherd, Will spent a decade as the CEO of a leading systems integration company which he founded in 2005. He has spoken at Smart Buildings conferences & been featured in a range of leading trade magazines. Will is a serial entrepreneur who holds an MA from Edinburgh University and is an alumnus of the Goldman Sachs 10k SB programme.
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About Shepherd Network: Shepherd Network uses predictive analytics and machine learning to monitor connected building systems and alert users to potential losses.
Kamlesh Raichura
Chairman and Co-Founder of Raviga Group
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About Raviga Group: Raviga Group is the technology firm driving the creative and performing arts industry’s fastest growing online ticketing platform.
John Pluthero
Chairman of the Board of Directors of MyAppConverter
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David Clayton
Chairman of Solar Archive
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About Cryoserver FCS, Solar Archive: Solar Archive A multi-purpose email archive, tailored to your customers.
Joe Seifert
Chairman & Co-founder of H4
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About H4: H4 is a digital platform transforming the documentation that underpins global financial markets and legal contracts.
Christofer Solheim
Chairman, Chief Innovation Officer of Commetric Ltd.
Mr. Christofer Solheim founded Commetric Ltd. in 2005. Prior to Commetric, Mr. Solheim worked in various roles at Hill & Knowlton Public Relations spanning 10 years, including leading H&K s Business Intelligence unit and latterly providing executive counsel to Paul Taaffe, global Chief Executive Officer of Hill & Knowlton. In the 80s and 90s, he consulted full time for the Chief Executive Officer of Kaldnes de Groot and spent two years at Heerema in Oslo. Since 1992, he has pioneered the use of advanced technologies to revolutionize business and communications strategic planning. In 2003, he was the Principle Founder of 2B, a company specializing in quantitative reputation measurement, later acquired by Factiva, a Reuters & Dow Jones Company. Prior to founding 2B, he was the founding Director of H&K s Net Communications practice. In 2007, he co-founded CommEq Asset Management to develop and implement fully automated behavioural finance trading methodologies. He was educated in business at the Academy of Commerce, Oslo, and in Computer Science at the University of Oslo.
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About Commetric Ltd.: Award-winning media analytics solutions that provide deeper, more practical level of insight. #MoreWithAnalytics
Andrew Irvine
Chairman of the board and Founder of MatchPlace Limited
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About MatchPlace Limited: New generation Fintech platform. Integrating Financial Services solutions, bridging the gap between Financial Institutions and SMEs
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.
Steve Packard
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Trident Energy
Steve Packard is the Chief Executive Officer of Trident Energy. Prior to his appointment with Trident, Mr Packard was the founder and CEO of whereonearth Ltd. whereonearth was a software vendor, providing “location enabling” technology for Internet search services. As CEO, Mr Packard raised £8m in venture capital funding and assembled a strong management to grow the business. Mr Packard was awarded “Innovator of the Year” in 2001 at the CSSA’s Annual Gala Dinner and the company secured a top ten place in the Sunday Times “Tech Track 100” in 2002. He exited the company via a successful trade sale exit to Yahoo! Inc in 2005. Prior to wheronearth, Mr Packard was part of a three man start-up team of a company named San Serif. San Serif secured the exclusive rights to produce Trivial Pursuit and Pictionary Board Games worldwide and Mr Packard was Group Production Director. Mr Packard was part of the team which successfully completed the IPO of Serif PLC in 1987.
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About Trident Energy: Trident Energy is an independent developer of enabling technology for the offshore renewables industry.
Brian Murgatroyd
Chairman TC TCCE of ETSI
He is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the UK Institution of Engineering Technology. He has actively involved in TETRA and its EVOLUTION F002 critical communications since 1998 and for the past 6 years he has been chairman of ETSI technical committee TCCE (formerly TC TETRA. He has previously been a member of ETSI TETRA Working Group 6 (Security) and the TCCA Security and Fraud Prevention Group (SFPG) for 7 years and was chairman of both groups for four years until retiring from these positions at the end of 2006In his previous career with the UK Police IT organisation (PITO) he headed up the Communications Security section and has been heavily involved at a senior level in leading the successful implementation of the security functionality and features on the UK national emergency service communications system (Airwave).He has been a regular speaker at international events over the last 16 years
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About ETSI: ETSI is a non-profit organization that produces globally-applicable standards for information and communications technologies.
Kevin Gaskell
Chairman of Traderoot Technologies
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About Traderoot Technologies: Traderoot Technologies enable the routing of secure, authenticated commerce transactions for physical and virtual communities.
Tony Collings
Chairman of ECA Group
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About ECA Group: Founded in 1998, ECA’s background is in the protection of UK Government sensitive and classified information.
Eric Van Der Kleij
Chairman of Keybox
Eric van der Kleij is a pioneering technology entrepreneur who founded FinTech company Adeptra (sold to FICO.) In February 2011 he was appointed by the UK Prime Minister as Chief Executive of the UK’s Tech City initiative, after which he created Level39, one of the largest Fintech and Smart City hubs in Europe.Following his entrepreneurial experience in building and selling Adeptra, Eric helped create the strategy for and was appointed the first Chief Executive of the Tech City initiative by 10 Downing Street. After establishing the Tech City organisation he moved to Canary Wharf in 2012 where he created and led Europe’s largest FinTech and Smart City hub Level39 for Canary Wharf Group. In 2016 he was appointed Chairman of the Advisory Group and Adviser for FinTech and Blockchain for the UK Government’s Global Entrepreneur Programme at the Department for International Trade, and is also Special Adviser to clients such as the Swiss Kickstart Accelerator in Zurich. He is a volunteer member of the Tech London Advocates Advisory Board. Eric is currently planning the launch of his next major project, focussed on the 4th Industrial Revolution.
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About ENTIQ, Keybox: Keybox is an SDK for information secure data storage and sharing, built with Activeledger DLT.
Matthew Bryars
Vice Chairman of Aeriandi
Matthew Bryars is a Vice Chairman at Speik (formerly known as Aeriandi Ltd).
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About Aeriandi: An Oxford, UK-based provider of voice security solutions .
DK Matai
Chairman & CEO of mi2g
DK is an engineer turned entrepreneur and philanthropist with a keen interest in the well being of global society. He founded mi2g in 1995, the digital risk specialists, in London, UK, whilst developing simulations for his PhD at Imperial College. He helped found ATCA — The Asymmetric Threats Contingency Alliance — in 2001, a philanthropic initiative to understand and to address complex global challenges. He is widely quoted in the international media on the risk and reward of digitisation. DK co-founded The Philanthropia in 2005 — Trinity Club, Syndicates and Ethical Investment Funds — with entrepreneurs, family foundations, private banks, non-governmental organisations and specialist advisors to resolve complex global challenges through collaborative & sustained efforts. DK’s online presence: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, HQR, Open ATCA, Intent & IntentBlog.
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About mi2g: mi2g is a U.K.-based company that provides security practices and techniques for wealth creation and protection of enterprises.
Richard Bampfylde
Chairman of 4Sight Communications
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About 4Sight Communications: 4Sight Communications is one of the leading providers of business telecommunications and managed services for public sector organisations.
Roger Wilson
Chairman and Founder of Adept Technology Group Plc
Roger has worked in telecommunications since 1993. In addition to being the first Managing Director for Telewest’s residential consumer business in the UK he spent 3 years in Poland successfully building a business for American investors. He was Managing Director of the European Competitive Telecommunications Association until January 2006.
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About Adept Technology Group Plc: Adept Technology Group is one of COMMS Integrators offering best-in-class breed solutions from any UK network, customized to your needs.
Bob Rainford
Chairman / FD of BASE Media Cloud
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About BASE Media Cloud: BASE Media Cloud is an innovative Managed Cloud Services company.
Larry Hirst
Deputy Chairman of The Board Of Advisors of The Research Institute in Science of Cyber Security
Larry Hirst joined the Board in January 2011. He is the former Chairman of IBM Europe, Middle East and Africa. He retired from IBM in 2010 having previously held a wide range of senior positions since joining the company in 1977. He currently chairs the Imperial College Data Science Institute Advisory Board. He is the Senior Independent Director at MITIE Group plc and an Ambassador to Everywoman and Black British Business. Former roles include being a UK Business Ambassador, a Commissioner for the Commission for Employment and Skills, and Chair of e-skills UK (the UK Sector Skills Council for Business and Information Technology) and he was also on the International Advisory Board for British Airways. He was awarded a CBE in 2006.
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About The Research Institute in Science of Cyber Security: The Research Institute in Science of Cyber Security is a U.K.-based academic research institute.
Roberto Rivero
Chairman of Vable
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About Vable: Vable is a software that helps companies manage all their sources of information in one place to deliver the best content to your audience.
Bob Brittaine
Chairman & Director of CMI
Bob Brittaine, an electronics engineer by profession owned and managed a successful UK IT services company, employing 300 staff before selling it to a PLC in 2007. Bob continued with the new entity heading up Sales and Marketing and integrating his former company. He also is the President of Euroserv, an association comprising IT services companies across Europe, a post he has held for over 20 years. In 2010 Bob formed a consultancy business focused on assisting owner managers in achieving their personal aims and strategic goals. With these aims in mind, Bob joined CMI in 2012 as an investor and Chairman, as the business embarked on an expansionary phase to develop CMI into a UK National Managed Services business. With a wealth of experience and track record in the IT services sector Bob brings the pragmatic input and advice where needed and the energy to develop the business. With interests also in a Mussel farm, property portfolio and property development, Bob also finds time for gardening and following F1 motor racing
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About CMI: CMI is a company offering manufacturer business streamlining and growth services.
Max Royde
Chairman of Trailight
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About Trailight: Trailight is a pioneering compliance technology business based in York and London.
Adam Anderson
Chairman and CEO of T. Parker Host
Adam Anderson joined the company as a boarding agent in 1998, where he gained hands-on waterfront experience, and quickly became an influential part of business development for the company. By the age of 24, he developed and negotiated Host’s first terminal operation contract. During his first 13 years with the company, he had many jobs including truck loader, stevedore, terminal manager, business development manager, marketing, and regional manager. When he became executive vice president, he was able to take his first-hand knowledge developed on the docks and grow Host’s top and bottom lines by more than 600% in eight years. In 2011, he was elected to his current role of president. In this position, he is responsible for setting the vision for the Host company and leading our team through rapid scalable growth across all of our platforms. He currently sits on several maritime board associations and has become a recognized industry expert who shares his wealth of knowledge within the maritime industry through conferences, forums, and events.
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About T. Parker Host: T. Parker Host is a solutions provider for customers’ terminal, stevedoring, marine asset, and agency needs.
Robert Brown
Executive Chairman of RazorSecure
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About RazorSecure, Route Reports: RazorSecure is a cyber security software that provides continuous threat monitoring & active defence strategy for trains, buses, cars & etc.
Ken Blakeslee
Chairman of WebMobility Ventures
Ken’s involvement over the past few years has been specifically in the area of private equity investing in the mobile sector, and his previous experience in developing telecoms, IT and web commerce business strategies spans 25+ years. His focus has been on the emerging new media content, applications and commerce methodologies, and the merging of these with the ubiquitous, personal access of mobile. Recent emphasis has been placed on Wearable Technologies, Fitness/Wellness, mHealth, Augmented Reality, Mobile TV, Virtual Reality Devices, 3D360º content and other personal viewing scenarios for rich media and innovations in technologies enabling multiscreen convergence. Alternate energy, energy harvesting and additive manufacturing (3D printing) technologies and applications are also a recent focus. Ken’s Company, WebMobility Ventures, focuses on private investing and advising companies on bringing innovations in multimedia mobility to market. He has also been an Investment Advisor to Ascension Ventures who manage early stage EIS and SEIS funds. Prior to that he was Chairman of WirelessWorks with The Vesta Group, managing the investments of one of Europe’s top networked venture capital funds, Frontiers Capital. In addition to being a venture partner, he established and was Chairman of their Board of Advisors. He has also served on the board of directors and advisory board of several companies, all innovatively active in various sectors of mobile investment, product definition and service delivery. Previously, he was VP of Business Strategy for Wireless Internet at Nortel Networks. Ken has held numerous industry positions including chairman of the Mobile Data Association, vice chair of the UMTS Forum Market Aspects Group, and in 2001 was named to the GSM Association ‘roll of honour’ for “longstanding commitment to the GSM industry”. In 2004 Ken launched and produced “Cool and Connected” a ‘Wearable Technology Fashion Show’ and in 2006 the “Innovation Showcase” of emerging key technologies at 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona and also at the International Broadcasters Conference in Amsterdam. Ken was born, raised and educated in New England, USA (NH and Maine mostly) and has settled in the UK “for the time being” (30 years so far!).
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About : WebMobility Ventures, focuses on advising companies on bringing innovations in multimedia mobility to market.
Dennis Wright
Chairman of Audux (POBIT)
Dennis Wright is the CEO of Igloo Vision.
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About Audux (POBIT), Igloo Vision: Audux (POBIT) is a broadcasting company that provides secure live video streaming for corporate and entertainment events.
Gautam Mitra
Founder, Managing Director, and Chairman of Optirisk Systems
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About OptiRisk India, Optirisk Systems: Optirisk Systems a global reach that provides products and services for Optimisation and Risk Management solutions.
Ryan McCarry
Chairman of Oriium Consulting
Ryan has worked in the tech sector for more than 20 years and has provided the infrastructure for some of the biggest and busiest websites in the UK. He has a number of commercial interests in tech companies, and was the founder of Sleek Networks, a leading enterprise cloud habitat provider which was acquired by Adapt in 2013. In June 2015 he became ORIIUM’s Chairman to assist with the growth and development of the business.
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About Oriium Consulting: Oriium Consulting provide innovative IT Solutions along with first class customer service.
Pat Curran
Chairman of FSI
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About FSI: FSI provides workplace technology and services.
Rob Nicoll
Chairman of ZetaSafe
Rob Nicoll specialises in the development and application of software for the management of regulatory ‘environmental’ data. Rob began his career in 1990 when he joined water treatment company, Houseman after completing a Bachelor of Science degree at the Royal Holloway College (University of London).
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About ZetaSafe: ZetaSafe is the global leader in quality, safety, compliance and data solutions.
Rob Nicoll
Chairman of ZetaSafe
Rob Nicoll specialises in the development and application of software for the management of regulatory ‘environmental’ data. Rob began his career in 1990 when he joined water treatment company, Houseman after completing a Bachelor of Science degree at the Royal Holloway College (University of London).
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About ZetaSafe: ZetaSafe is the global leader in quality, safety, compliance and data solutions.
Roger Adcock
Chairman of Reactec
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About Reactec: Reactec is the market leader in monitoring and management support solutions for hand and arm vibration syndrome
Julia Hobsbawm
Founder & Chairman Of The Board of Editorial Intelligence
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About Editorial Intelligence: Knowledge Networking, Thought Leadership
Ingolv Urnes
Executive Chairman of psHEALTH
Ingolv Urnes is a successful technology entrepreneur based in London with an obsession for process automation. He is the founder of psKINETIC, a leading provider of digital process automation solutions in the UK, which has leveraged Appian extensively for nearly 10 years with customers such as AIG, Bupa, hospital chain BMI, Goldman Sachs. In addition to healthcare, psKINETIC delivers compliance solutions and facilities management – all built on Appian. He is also the founder of ART which uses Appian, AI and sophisticated rules engines to provide automated Referral Management and Care Coordination software to enable better health outcomes at lower cost delivering to NHS organizations. Ingolv was the co-founder of Mobizio, a successful mobile app for nurses in the field, and Active Health Partners, a pioneer in technology-based absence management and occupational health. Prior to his involvement in technology, Ingolv spent a decade as an investment banker with Goldman Sachs in Frankfurt, New York and London. Ingolv is known for his energy and for pushing his teams hard to leverage new technologies to solve big problems.
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About psHEALTH: Case Management, fieldforce mobilisation
Shimon Sheves
Founder & Chairman of HolistiCyber
Deeply committed to Israel, Shimon Sheves works diligently in support of his homeland. And yet he is also a veteran businessman, and highly regarded international management and finance consultant with a deep knowledge of the intricacies of the corporate world. Sheves does not procrastinate. He is constantly on the lookout for ways in which he can increase his expertise and gain more experience. Early Years and Public Service Shimon Sheves was born in Israel and entered politics early in his life when he worked in the Ministry of Defense with Yitzhak Rabin, the former Prime Minister of Israel. Sheves was appointed as the personal assistant to Rabin when he was serving as the Defense Minister. During his tenure Sheves managed the implemented infrastructure initiatives and was in charge of maintaining the growth of these programs – particularly initiatives pertaining to the Jewish West Bank settlements. Sheves’ unique vision and contributions to this area of the government is widely recognized as a major factor in the successful implementation of economic policies in the future of Israel. In 1992, as the Yitzhak Rabin and the Labour Party were about to enter into a general election Shimon Sheves was appointed as campaign manager. His innovative approach and leadership skills helped Rabin achieve victory, and the party to achieve majority votes in the Knesset. These successes lead to Rabin appointing Sheves as his Chief of Staff and General Director. In 1995 Prime Minister Rabin was assassinated. Sheves experienced a deep sense of loss and resigned from Israeli politics. He continued his social work and also started working as consultant for various private sector companies. he has served as a crucial political advisor to prime ministers from Romania. Entrepreneurial Ventures The sudden rapid growth of the Israeli cyber industry years ago was an inspiration to Sheves. He started working with some of the most prominent cyber development and cyber security companies in the country. The massive expansion of tech companies in Israel over the past decade has given Sheves the opportunity to use his skills to help start-ups. Shimon Sheves co-founded RSLB, a consulting company located in Washington DC. The RSLB team of professionals consists of experts in politics, finance and business. They work with Sheves in the lead to promote Israeli companies around the globe and with various prominent cyber firms. The technology and cyber industries in Israel continue to experience exponential growth, and RSLB works closely with several Israeli start-ups interested in promoting and expanding their service offering to Europe and the US. Focus on Social Causes A vision and commitment to provide results-driven and sustainable long-term programs that bring about improvement is what drives Shimon Sheves. By facilitating collaboration between the international real estate markets and developing nations around South America and Africa, Sheves is helping local economies to be stimulated – and to benefit from international investment. He aims to help keep investments and skills within the countries to facilitate economic improvement. Sheves also devotedly supports the Yitzhak Rabin Center in Tel Aviv and several non-profit organizations that focus on providing assistance to the disabled.
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About HolistiCyber: With many years of experience in the public and private secotr providing a nation-state level cyber security.
Paul Thompson
Chairman of DGA Technology
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About DGA Technology: DGA Technology provides consultation services and solutions to improve business growth.
Kevin Smith
Chairman of Aspen Waite Chartered Accountants
Kevin is Chairman of Aspen Waite Accountants, CEO of AWS International Business Development, and non executive director of a number of other companies both in the UK and overseas. His career has spanned banking, secondment to the British Government as a business advisor, and acting as a consultant for large and small businesses globally. He has been a published author for over 20 years on many aspects of growing a business but his main focus is on SMEs.
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About Aspen Waite Chartered Accountants, AWS International Business Development: We specialise in Accounts Preparation, Audit Services and Business Support for all types of companies.
Peter Howells
Chairman of Howells Associates Ltd
Peter formed Howells Associates Ltd in 1991. He has 40 years’ experience of share-based remuneration; as a benefit consultant, as a stockbroker and 21 years as an administration specialist. After starting his career in accountancy, followed by a short service commission in the Royal Engineers, Peter was a consultant with WM Mercer from 1973 to 1986 and a director of stockbrokers Wise Speke (now Brewin Dolphin) from 1986 to 1991. He is a founder member of the UK Share Schemes Advanced Studies Group and also of the Global Group.
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About Howells Associates Ltd: Howells Associates have provided innovative and market leading services for share scheme administration.
Richard Holway
Chairman of TechMarketView
Richard Holway MBE is chairman of TechMarketView LLP, and is considered to be one of the UK’s leading ICT analysts. Richard Holway started his career in 1966, forming Richard Holway Limited in 1986. Richard Holway Limited became the leading authority on the financial performance of the UK software and IT services market and its constituent companies. In November 2000 Richard Holway Limited was acquired by Ovum. Richard was appointed as a director of Ovum as well as continuing as a leading analyst with Ovum. Ovum was acquired by Datamonitor in 2006. Richard joined forces with Anthony Miller once again in October 2008 to launch TechMarketView LLP, where he is now Chairman. Richard was awarded an MBE in the 2012 Queen’s Birthday Honours for his ten years involvement as a volunteer at the Prince’s Trust. Richard will join a panel discussion to answer the question whether legacy analysts can survive. An expert panel will look at how new types of analysts and IT research are changing the industry, and how analysts firms need to adapt their operations and business models to remain relevant to all types of research consumers.
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About : TechMarketView LLP provides authoritative research and analysis on the technology.
Richard Holway
Chairman of TechMarketView
Richard Holway MBE is chairman of TechMarketView LLP, and is considered to be one of the UK’s leading ICT analysts. Richard Holway started his career in 1966, forming Richard Holway Limited in 1986. Richard Holway Limited became the leading authority on the financial performance of the UK software and IT services market and its constituent companies. In November 2000 Richard Holway Limited was acquired by Ovum. Richard was appointed as a director of Ovum as well as continuing as a leading analyst with Ovum. Ovum was acquired by Datamonitor in 2006. Richard joined forces with Anthony Miller once again in October 2008 to launch TechMarketView LLP, where he is now Chairman. Richard was awarded an MBE in the 2012 Queen’s Birthday Honours for his ten years involvement as a volunteer at the Prince’s Trust. Richard will join a panel discussion to answer the question whether legacy analysts can survive. An expert panel will look at how new types of analysts and IT research are changing the industry, and how analysts firms need to adapt their operations and business models to remain relevant to all types of research consumers.
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About : TechMarketView LLP provides authoritative research and analysis on the technology.
Chris Corson
Executive Chairman of The Disruption House
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About The Disruption House: The Disruption House is the first specialist ratings agency for early and growth stage Fintechs.
