Edward Webster is a Director at Plurimi Wealth, where he specialises in providing bespoke wealth management and investment advisory services to high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals. With a deep understanding of global financial markets and sophisticated investment strategies, Edward helps clients navigate complex financial landscapes to achieve their long-term wealth objectives.

Before joining Plurimi Wealth, Edward gained over a decade of experience at leading financial institutions, including Bank Leumi, Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America. He holds the Level 6 Private Client Investment Advice & Management (PCIAM) qualification and is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI).

Plurimi Wealth is a leading independent wealth management firm with offices in London, Dubai, and Monaco. The firm is dedicated to providing tailored financial solutions to its clients, combining institutional expertise with a highly personalised approach.

In this episode, Edward joins Graeme to discuss the evolving role of technology and artificial intelligence in the wealth management sector. They explore how digital innovation is reshaping investment strategies, client interactions, and the broader financial advisory landscape.

The opinions and information shared in this podcast are for informational purposes only and reflect the personal views of the participants. They do not constitute financial advice or a recommendation to act on any investment opportunity. Viewers should not rely on these discussions as a basis for making investment decisions. We strongly advise consulting a qualified investment professional before making any financial or investment choices.

Graeme Gourlay is an experienced leader, project manager, and technologist with a deep background in both technology and business strategy. With nearly 40 years in the IT sector, Graeme is well versed in technical architecture, systems implementation, and client-facing positions with large multinational organisations such as Oracle, Accenture and Hewlett Packard.Graeme brings a wealth of expertise to his current role with Azaries. At Azaries, a UK-based company specialising in Human Artificial Intelligence (HAI), Graeme drives the mission of making AI more human-centric. His work focuses on ensuring that AI outputs are not only accurate but also accessible and meaningful for users, turning complex organisational data into clear, actionable insights.In addition to his work at Azaries, Graeme is currently in Sales Operations & Analytics Consultancy at WLM Consulting Limited, where he leads interim management and consultancy assignments. His focus is on improving sales performance for organisations, specialising in process optimisation, data analytics, and technology implementations that increase productivity and enhance management disciplines.Graeme's passion for innovation and problem-solving shines through in his career, which spans from working on nuclear power plant simulations to his recent work using Microsoft 365 tools like Power BI and Power Query for analytics and executive decision-making. Working with teams globally, specifically in the regions of Northern EMEA, Middle East & Africa, he is known for his ability to bridge the gap between technology, people, and processes, as he specialises in transforming complex data into strategic advantages.https://uk.linkedin.com/in/graemegourlay

Mike Sharples is Emeritus Professor of Educational Technology at The Open University, UK. He gained a PhD from the Department of Artificial Intelligence, University of Edinburgh on Cognition, Computers and Creative Writing. His expertise involves human-centred design and evaluation of new technologies and environments for learning. He provides consultancy for institutions worldwide including UNESCO, UNICEF, universities and companies. He founded the mLearn conference series on mobile and contextual learning. As Academic Lead for FutureLearn.com he led pedagogy-informed design of its open learning platform. He is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education. He is author of over 300 published papers in the areas of educational technology, learning sciences, science education, human-centred design of personal technologies, artificial intelligence and cognitive science. His recent books are Practical Pedagogy: 40 New Ways to Teach and Learn and Story Machines: How Computers Have Become Creative Writers both published by Routledge, and An Introduction to Narrative Generators, published by Oxford University Press.https://www.mikesharples.org/https://x.com/sharplmhttps://iet.open.ac.uk/people/mike.sharples

Professor Deiary Kader is a knee arthroplasty and arthroscopy (Sports) surgeon, researcher, academic, educationalist and humanitarian.After completing his fellowship training in knee and sports surgery in Australia and the UK. He was invited to accept a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon post at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Gateshead and to become a team doctor for Newcastle United football Club. This gave him the opportunity to care for professional athletes and obtain the Membership of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (MFSEM) in the UK.In August 2015 he was appointed as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in complex knee surgery at the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC), and was appointed as Deputy Medical Director from 2019-2021. Currently he is the Director of Research of the Academic Surgical Unit at SWLEOC.He has been a visiting professor at the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Northumbria University, Newcastle since 2007. In the past 15 years he has developed a passion for research and postgraduate training. To date, he has published over 150 scientific papers, book chapters and articles.He is a co-editor of two of the bestselling Postgraduate Orthopaedic books in the UK, Director of London Research course, co-director of the advanced knee arthroscopy cadaveric course run by BOSTAA/RCS and part of the faculty of postgraduate FRCS Orthopaedic education nationally and internationally.Since 2010 he has been dedicating a significant amount of time to humanitarian work. He is the chairman and founder of NGMV medical charity & Life Academy (www.ngmvcharity.co.uk), war trauma reconstruction surgeon for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Lebanon (www.icrc.org/en/where-we-work/middle-east/lebanon) and Swisscross foundation adviser and surgeon in Erbil/Iraq. Recently he published Life Academy (Personal Insights) book (available on amazon). Life Academy’s ultimate goal is to empower people and prepare them mentally to tackle challenging life issues that are rarely taught through traditional schooling, colleges or universities.Furthermore, he is the Current President of BOSTAA (British Orthopaedic Sports Trauma and Arthroscopic Association), since 2017 he has been a member of FRCS Tr&Orth examiner’s board (JCIE-RCS), member of the Royal College of Surgeons (RCSEng) quality assessment panel and appointments advisory committee (AAC).

Andrew Levers is the Chief Marketing Officer at GAEA AI. Andrew is an accomplished CMO and business leader with expertise in traditional and digital marketing, brand growth, communications, and preparing businesses for successful exits, achieving sales of £18m–£210m in the technology sector.. In this episode Andrew discussed 'The Currency of Your Data in Exchange for Revenue'.

Raoul is a Partner in the Technology, Corporate & Commercial teams. He is a specialist commercial technology lawyer who helps his clients with a wide range of contractual, data protection and intellectual property issues. His clients range from start-ups to listed multinational companies and include software developers, digital agencies, virtual reality producers, crowdfunding platforms and online gaming services.

Raoul has experience of representing FinTech clients and negotiating software licencing deals with most of the world’s major banks as well as representing clients in negotiations with European manufacturing companies and research institutions – including advising on the supply of robotics hardware to the European Organization for Nuclear Research (“CERN”).

Raoul regularly appears on the BBC as an expert commentator on technology issues.

Mark is Chief Partnerships Officer at FourthRev, bringing together world-leading universities, technology companies and employer partners to deliver learning experiences with direct pathways to qualifications and jobs in the digital economy.
Previously, Mark was co-founder and Managing Director of Universities and Educational Partnerships at FutureLearn, one of the world's foremost massive open online course (MOOC) platforms. He was responsible for growing FutureLearn's partnerships to over 150 leading research-intensive universities and specialist organisations. In his position, he advised university executives on the higher education landscape, digital strategy and internationalisation. Mark spearheaded FutureLearn's online degrees and microcredential propositions, securing FutureLearn’s first degree partnerships and founding the European Common Microcredential Framework.
Mark is also joint founder of the European MOOC Consortium. He sat on the Management Board of a major DFID-British Council project aimed at supporting access to higher education for 20,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, and on the advisory board of a research project led by Leeds University on The Unbundled University. Mark speaks frequently at industry fora globally on the impact of new technology in education and the emergence of new forms of micro-credential for lifelong learning.
In his earlier career, Mark headed the strategy unit at the Open University in the UK. He has held senior positions in the financial services sector and in the UK civil service. Before that, he worked as a managing consultant at US strategy consultancy, Monitor Group, working on strategic challenges for governments and multinational enterprises in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Yi-Zhe Song is a Professor of Computer Vision and Machine Learning, at the Centre for Vision Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP), one of the UK's oldest and largest research centres on Artificial Intelligence.