Tech Talks

James is a tech leader who has led the development of a number of applications and the GOV.UK platform. This work has been described as the "default for how government should approach online efforts".

Ali is an engineer and a healthcare entrepreneur. He founded babylon in 2013 with the single aim of putting an accessible and affordable health service in the hand off of every person on earth. babylon combines the ever growing computing power of machines with the best medical expertise of humans to create a comprehensive, immediate, and personalised health service, and make it universally available ("set to revolutionise the healthcare system" Daily Telegraph). Prior to Babylon, Ali founded Circle and built it within a few years to become Europe's largest partnership of clinicians, with some £200m of revenue, near 3,000 employees and a successful IPO.

Marcus currently leads digital transformation at Marks and Spencer and has previously been a tech leader within Apple. At Comic Relief he held the title of CDO and CIO. He has a wealth of experience within tech and digital and is passionate about transforming business and Agile.

Darren is responsible for digital delivery within Hearst Magazines UK. He is chiefly responsible for a new strategy integrating all tech units and highlighting how this can change the business. He has worked for the FT, News UK and Rightmove and has a vast amount of experience to share.

Hung is passionate about making recruitment better for people and business. He has created a service for matching tech talent and is a technologist disrupting the industry.

Kate spent 15 years working for large, international brands before deciding to help more customers come up with the ideas to grow their business. She's the former Digital Director of Consumer Products at L'Oreal and has expertise in what digital is and means.

Edd was one of seven friends who founded graze.com in 2008. They are a firm who have successfully launched grocery products in the space from an online offering and a great tech success story.

Stefano has a life long passion for technology. He has managed Google in Italy, held senior posts in Microsoft and is now leading GoDaddy.com into the digital age ensuring small-business owners are placed to from the connected world.

Andrew is the lead partner for innovation and disruptive digital technologies. He has had a successful consulting career at PA, Capita and Cable and Wireless.

Chris has recently launched Secco Bank, a pre-licence challenger bank aimed at leaving 20th century preconceptions of banking behind. Having previously been an innovation technologist at Lloyds few people are as qualified to discuss this area.