View our Speakers from Birmingham Tech Week 2023.
Paul Scully MP
Minister for London
UK Parliament
Andy Street
Mayor
The West Midlands
Carolyn Dawson OB
CEO
Founders Forum
Henrietta Brealey
CEO
Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce
Ian Stuart
CEO
HSBC UK
Martin Ward
Tech Commissioner
The West Midlands
Erin Platts
CEO
HSBC Innovation Banking
Melissa Snover
CEO & Founder
Nourished
Claire Bacall
Chief of People
AND Digital
Yiannis Maos MBE
CEO
TechWM
Will Tomlins
SMB Territory Segment Manager
AWS
Tracy Sherratt
West Midlands Senior Manager
British Business Bank
Clare Walker
West Midlands & Tech Sector Lead
HSBC UK
Sud Parwana
Midlands Technology, Entertainment & Media and Telecoms Leader
PwC
Manish Dhawaria
Senior Solutions Architect
AWS
Christopher Philips
STSM and Integration Architect
IBM
Dalwinder Bagdi
Client Success Manager
IBM
Prof Kerensa Jennings
Senior Advisor
BT Group
Matthew Evans
Director, Markets
techUK
Marie Hamilton
Regional Client Director
Microsoft
Victoria Pargetter-Garner
Assistant Director (Business Engagement & Research Impact)
University of Birmingham
Suzie Branch-Haddow
Vice Principal (External Development)
BMET
Rebecca Riley
Associate Professor and Co-Director (Enterprise, Engagement and Impact)
CityRedi
Nicola Wilkins
Academic Director for Digital Education and Equity
University of Birmingham
Zephaniah Chukwudum
Director (Local Government)
Microsoft
Richard Bovey
Club Executive
AND Digital
Jack Tasker
Business Engagement Partner
Birmingham Digital Future
Claire Ross
Director of DE&I Change)
Advanced
Mikayla Sinead
Community Manager
Birmingham Open Media (BOM)
James Hammersley
CEO & Co-Founder
Good Growth
Pam Waddell OBE
Director
Innovation Alliance
Guy McEvoy
Founder & CEO
Guykat
Danielle McGrellis
Midlands Digital Services Lead
Arup
Gavin Williams
CTO
Arcade F1
Richard Fallon
Founder
The Technology Supply Chain
Tara Attfield-Tomes
Founder & CEO
East Village PR
Naomi Nash
Head of Community & Collaboration
TechWM
Harpal Mattu
Managing Director
Agilyx Group
Iain Mansell
Cluster Leadership Delivery Manager
West Midlands Combined Authority
Alisha Cohen
People Director
Vanti
Christina Pendleton
Chief People Officer
Intercity
Aaron Baker
Investor
BGF
Stuart Pilgrim
Director | Head of Cyber M&A | Head of Midlands TMT M&A
KPMG
Roland Emmans
Head of Technology Sector & Growth Lending
HSBC UK
Sebastian Saywood
Investor
BGF
Daljinder Mattu
Senior Policy Lead for Cyber Security in the Midlands
DSIT
Linda Smith
Founder & Strategic Advisor
Midlands Cyber
Prof Prashant Pillai MBE
Managing Director
Cyber Quarter
Vanessa Eyles
Director of The Cyber Resilience Centre for the West Midlands
West Midlands Police
Dr. Harjinder Singh Lallie
Associate Professor of Cyber Security
University of Warwick
Junaid Arshad
Deputy Head of Computing
Birmingham City University
Dr Anitha Chinnaswamy
Deputy Director, Cyber Security Innovation (CSI) Research Centre
Aston Business School
Mike Lewis
Tech Sector Lead
West Midlands Growth Company
Ed Trimbee
WM Regional Cyber Crime Unit Lead
ROCU
Afshan Sheikh
Cyber Practice Director
Cyber Chain Alliance
Michael Wevill
Projects Director
Systra
Dr. Colin Tucker
Chairman
Novocomms
Yusra Ahmad
Managing Director
Acuity Data
Victoria Bentley
Partner
Shoosmiths
Emma Kendrew
UKI Technology Lead
Accenture
Simon Davis
CEO
Nimbus Maps
Sarah Walker
Managing Director
Enterprise at Cisco
Rachel Davis
Director
Warwick Enterprise, University of Warwick
Pam Sheemar
Director
TechWM
Mike Brooman
CEO
Vanti
Meredith McMurray
UKTL Principal Project Manager
UK National Physics Laboratory
Matt Robinson
Head of Nations & Regions
techUK
Marc Manns
Vehicle Line Director
TATA Technologies
Luke Beckley
Data Privacy Manager
Correla
Lisa Perkins
Director of Research & Innovation
BT Group
Kevin Vincent
Director at Centre for Connected and Autonomous Research and NTDC
Coventry University
Amit Chouhan
UK Portfolio Strategy & Enablement, UK Digital Office
Fujitsu
Ioana Axinte
Founder
One Learning
Helen Ntuadi
Founder
Meka Toys
Illisha Masaun
Founder
Econominds
Guy Newey
CEO
Energy Systems Catapult
Ezechi Britton
CEO
CFIT
Dr. Zoë Webster
Director – Data and AI Solutions
BT Group
Danny Harrison
Innovation Manager
Warwick Manufacturing Group
Cheryl Hiles
Director at Energy Capital
WMCA
Adele Every
Managing Director for Public Sector
Cisco
Willl Turner
Head of Strategic Growth, Partnership & Innovation
HSBC UK
Sally Scott
Chief Marketing Officer
Advanced
Simon Walsh
CEO
Advanced
Paula Bedborough
Founder
Sense Lockers
Neil Fulton
Managing Director
Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation
Melanie Davidson
CEO
Medilink Midlands
Jon Swain
Managing Director
Shine TV
Laolu Dada
Chief Operating Officer
Niyo Group
Elliot Parnham
Founder
Skyfarer
Harinder Kunor
Regional Ecosystem Manager
Women in Business
Debbie Assinder
Enterprise Champion for the West Midlands
Women in Tech
Dr. Thorsten Kampmann
Senior Advisor, Transformation Team
MTC
Danielle Hook
Director Technology & Sector Growth Lending
HSBC UK
Daniel Bridgewater
Founder
Buckt
James Seconde
Senior Developer Advocate
Vonage
David G. Simmons
Head of Developer Relations
Otterize
Steve McDougall
Developer Advocate
Treblle
James Tanna
Senior Software Engineer
Elastic
Esther Agbaje
Developer Advocate
Directus
Derek Allison
VP, UK Public Sector Aerospace And Defence
DXC Technology
Clare Boden-Hatton
Interim Exec Director
West Midlands Combined Authority
Alex Davies-Jones
Labour Member of Parliament
Pontypridd in South Wales
Mark Elliott
Programme Director
CivTech
Molly Watt
Accessibility Specialist,
Nexer Digital
Prakash Kerai
Partner
Shoosmiths
Nick King
Managing Director
Henham Strategy
Jason Loh
Founder
Piece Future
Nikola McNicol-Kenney
VP Sales
Sage
Pooja Mistry
Developer Advocate
Postman
Chris Meah
CEO
School of Code
Tania Rehman
Investment Manager, Praetura Ventures
Praetura Ventures
Richelle Schuster
Regional Development Lead,
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Steve Whitmarsh
Managing Director
runyourfleet
Lee Johnson
Chief Technology Officer
Air IT
Farhin Khan
Head of UKI Databases Sales, GTM and Business Development
AWS
Dr. Roozbeh Nabiei
Lead AI/ML Scientist
Sperry Rail
Abelether Germa
Software Engineer
Sperry Rail
Phil Horn
Director
Steamhaus
Ahmed Nuaman
Managing Director
Firemind
Asha Devi
Programme & Management Advisory
Arup
Alex Harvey
Co-Founder & CEO
RiVR
Malcol Harold
Senior Manager and Digital Manufacturing Specialist
Innovate UK EDGE
Stephen Paterson
Chief of Tech Evolution & People
AND Digital
Tony Randel
Partner & Head of Client Strategy
Shoosmiths
Monica Todd
Product Principal
AND Digital
Suneal Ram Kissun
Social Impact Partnerships Manager
2U
Stephanie Burras
CEO
Ahead Partnerships
Harriet Perks
Academy and Onboarding Lead
AND Digital
Richard Kuti
Inclusion Lead
AND Digital
Ian Vicker
CEO
METACLOUD
Dr Mohammad Nazir OBE
Managing Director
Nazir Consulting Group
Andy Campbell
Director, Solutions Marketing
Certinia
Rowan Bray
Managing Director
Clear Cut Nations & Regions
David Higgins
Professor
Birmingham City University
Daniel Richardson
Senior Director of Engineering
Travelperk
Edward Eden
VP, Strategic Finance
Travelperk
Chris Furneaux
Director – Midlands Transport Leader
ARUP
Don-Paul Dhaliwal
Founder & CEO
Conigital Group
Chris Pritchett
Partner
Shoosmiths
Dr Samuel Lellouch
Assistant Professor in Digital Twinning, Quantum Department Representative University of Birmingham
Emma Haynes
Partnerships Director
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
Steve Goldspink
Head of Business Development
Siemens
Jon Swain
Managing Director
Shine TV
Kieran Borrett
Director
Plug and Play
Rupert Lyle
Investment Director
Midven
Thomas Morrissey
Managing Director
Goldman Sachs
Toby Siddall
Managing Director & Sustainability Lead
Accenture UK & Ireland
Laura Foster
Head of Technology and Innovation
techUK