Richard Parker
Mayor
West Midlands Combined Authority
The Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP
The Secretary of State for Science, Innovation & Technology
UK Government
Nicola Hodson
Chief Executive – UK & Ireland
IBM
Richard Harpin
Founder and Chairman
Homeserve
Henrietta Brealy
CEO
Greater Birmingham
Chambers of Commerce
Irene Graham OBE
CEO
ScaleUp Institute
Sheridan Ash MBE
Co-founder
Tech She Can
Charlie Blakemore
CEO
Intercity
Anwen Robinson
Senior Vice President
OneAdvanced
Marcus Stuttard,
Head of AIM & UK Primary Markets,
London Stock Exchange
Carolyn Dawson
CEO
Founders Forum
Yiannis Maos MBE
Founder & CEO
TechWM
Neil Rami
CEO
West Midlands Growth Company
Aaron Baker
Investor
BGF
Aleks Subic
Vice Chancellor
Aston University
Jason Sahota
Chairman
TechWM
Melissa Snover
Founder
Nourish3d
Hilary Smyth-Allen
Executive Director
Supertech WM
Gareth Wilson
Executive Vice President, Head of Banking & Capital Markets
Capgemini
Bindiya Verma
UK Representative
Invest Region Leipzig GmbH
Deirdre Bounds
Founder
Moonrise
Alexeis Garcia Perez
Professor of Digital Business and Society
Aston University
Dr. Abena F. Dadze-Arthur
Founder & CEO
Mindset Dynamics
Yvonne Thompson
Founder & CEO
Change Innovators
Suzie Archer
Director of Customer & Employee Experience
Huler
Kyle Long
Partner
BGF
Alison Kilby
Associate Director
ARUP
Robert Franks
Managing Director
WM5G
Alex Favier
Program Director
Midlands Innovation
Richard Austin
Partner
Crowe UK
Claire Spiller
EMEA Leader
AWS – re/Start Programme
Jof Walters
CEO
Good Things
Tom Harrison
Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor for Education Innovation
University of Birmingham
Mo Isap
CEO
IN4 Group
Georgia Lewis Anderson
Generative AI Content Strategist
Meta
Richard Austin
Managing Partner – Global Business Solutions
Crowe UK
Rich Bovey
Club Executive
AND Digital
Elizabeth Gooch MBE
Founder & CEO
Tech Growth Factory
Davie Okeowo
Business Finance Specialist
Oxford Innovation Advice
Jack Tasker
Business Engagement Partner
Birmingham Digital Future
David Keene
Founder
Aurrigo
Zoe Radnor
PVC & Executive Dean
College of Business and Social Sciences
Divya Kesavan
Head of Corporate Data Science & Insights, Transaction Banking
Barclays
Dr. Chris Meah
Founder & CEO
School of Code
Ashleigh Miles
OT Cyber Security Senior Associate
PwC
Neil Dsouza
Senior Consultant – Generative AI
Capgemini
John Catarinich
CEO
Agilyx Group
Johnathan Dudley
Partner National Head of Corporate SME Business
Crowe UK
Anushka Malhotra
Head of Marketing
TechWM
Louise Campton
Founder & Interim CEO
Primary Goal
Steve Wade
Founder
Cloud Native Club
Justin Nesbitt
Sales Director – UK
nlighten UK
Harpal Mattu
Managing Director
Agilyx Group
Ryan Hardwick
Solution Architect
AWS
Laura Hyatt
Senior Cloud Architect
Google
Valeria Vigilante
FDA Utilisation Lead
DBT
Nigel Driffield
Deputy pro vice chancellor
University of Warwick
Matthew Izatt-Lowry
Senior Economist
Farrpoint
Matt Robinson
Head of Nations & Regions
techUK
Hoda Shahzadeh
Senior Trade Consultant
OCO Global
Helen Turner
Director
Midlands Innovation
Frederike Thone
Senior Trade Adviser
British Embassy The Hague
Ben Brabyn
Director
Amitypath
Dan Clark
Chair
techUK
Charles Brant
Relationship Development Manager
Gowling WLG
Roland Emmans
Head of Technology Sector & Growth Lending
HSBC UK
Steve Crane
CEO and Co-Founder
Export to Japan
Tendai Chetse
Head of Creative Industries
DBT
Rick Shaw
Partner
Evelyn Partners
Tom Newman-Taylor
CEO
East Midlands Freeport
Kieran Borrett
Director
Plug and Play UK
John Burt
CEO
Medherant
Ashlene Smith
Innovation & Scale Manager
WMGC
Sarah Windrum
Future Mobility Cluster Lead
HORIBA MIRA
Raj Mack
Head of Digital City & innovation
Birmingham City Council
Peter Laybourn
Chairman
International Synergies Limited
Manolya Kavakli-Thorne
Program Lead for Gamification & Simulation Technology
ADFI – Aston University
Iain Mansell
Cluster Leadership Delivery Manager
WMCA
Aline Martins
Global Business & Partnerships Lead
Connected Places Catapult
Lloyd Broad
Head of European and International Affairs
Birmingham City Council
Philip Cupitt
Partner
Marks & Clerk
Callum Whyte
Managing Director
Bump Digital
Paul Dragoonis
CTO
ByteHire
Ameen Alde
Frontend Engineer
Google Developers Group
Simon Bennetts
Founder and Project Lead
Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP)
Simon Gurney
CTO
Punk Security
Abby Bangser
Principal Engineer
Syntasso
Beckett Leclaire
Senior Engineer
5Rights Foundation
Andrew Fitzpatrick
Staff Engineer
TravelPerk
James Prince
Software Engineer
Celcat
Leonardo Giordani
Associate Director
e-therapeautics
Kathryn Lupin
Delivery Manager
NHS Property Services
Andy Bell
Founder
Set Studio
Alez Craven
Co-founder
The Data City
Joshua Mo
DevRel Engineer
Shuttle.rs.
Paul Collins
Co-founder & NED
Spica Technologies
Becki Floyd
UX Designer
NHS Education for Scotland
Daniel Tallentire
Engineering Manager
The Citation Group
Jinkyung Lee
Team Lead, Global Strategy Team
Ulsan Center for Creative Economy & Innovation
Hung- Suck Park
Emeritus Professor
Ulsan College