Speakers

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

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

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