2023 Speakers

An inspirational line-up of over 250 speakers providing you with insight and tangible advice on the latest industry trends and biggest career learnings.

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Felicity Oswald

Chief Operating Officer , National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)

Clare Hickie

Chief Technology Officer , Workday

Shubhi Rajnish

Chief Information and Digital Officer , National Grid ESO

Diana Kennedy

Chief Technical Officer , Bupa

Anne Carrigy

Chief Information Officer , Logitech

Sarah Self

Chief Information Security Officer , Aviva UK

Mariam Ogunbambi

Chief Client Officer , Engine by Starling

Rebecca Salsbury

Chief Technology Officer , Financial Times

Jessica Hall

Chief Product Officer , Just Eat Takeaway.com

Gillian Tomlinson

Group Chief Data Officer , The Weir Group PLC

Elaine Arden

Chief Human Resources Officer , HSBC

Miryem Salah

Chief Data Officer & Head of Digital & Transformation , Vodafone Business UK

Dr. Abi Giles-Haigh

Field CTO , Oracle - EMEA

Claire Thomas

Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer , Hitachi Vantara

Suki Fuller

Founder - Analytical Storyteller (2023 Most Influential Women in UK Technology) , Miribure

Dana Haidan

Chief Sustainability Officer , Virgin Media

Claudia Harris

Chief Executive Officer , Makers

Kanika Chaganty

Chief Data Officer , Brit Insurance

Anna Brailsford

CEO & Co-Founder , Code First Girls

Harriet Rees

Chief Information Officer , Starling Bank

Katya Denike

Chief Product Officer , Holland & Barrett

Amaia Lesta

Chief Cloud Product Manager , Vodafone Cloud Engineering

Gemma Collins

Performance and Development Director , Grayce

Janine Hirt

Chief Executive Officer , Innovate Finance

Meri Williams

Chief Technical Officer , Pleo

Catherine Michel

Chief Technology Officer , Halma plc

Lisa Smith

Consulting Partner , Deloitte Digital

Dr. Christina Yan Zhang

Chief Executive Officer , The Metaverse Institute

Kendal Parmer

Chief Executive Officer , Untapped AI

Tehsheena Shams

Founder and CEO , Dynamo

Mairead Masterson

VP of Analytics & Business Intelligence , Bloom & Wild

Leigh-Ann Russell

EVP Innovation & Engineering , bp

Sakshi Anand

VP of Growth , Trainline

Teresa Wu

VP of Software Engineering , Chase

Chai Shetty

Director of Operations , Deliveroo

Natasha Banse

Managing Director - Markets Technology , JP Morgan

Crystal Downie

Executive Director - Markets Production Management , JP Morgan

Michelle Howchin

Senior Director Ecommerce Delivery , ASDA

Emily Renny

Director of Product Management , Checkout.com

Dawn Kelso

Data & Analytics Director , KPMG

Sarah Robinson

Engineering Director , Intel

Kara Radcliffe

Director - Cloud Technologies , PwC

Rose Ahearne

Director - Analytics Engineering , Monzo

Kristina Reddy

Senior Director - Group Finance , PlayStation (Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)

Cassie Craddock

Senior Director - Business Development , RippleX

Carla Harding

Technology Product Director , Tesco

Babette Coke

Technology Programme Director , Tesco

Vidya Laxman

Technology Director , Tesco

Tanja Lichtensteiger

Director of Product Engineering , BBC

Mel Good

Executive Director - Sr Director of Software Engineering , Chase

Arpita Bhayani

Executive Director - Director of Software Engineering , Chase

Danielle Battleson-Porterfield

Executive Director – CX Lead - Banking , Chase

Sharonee Dutta

Managing Director , BCG

Emma Neal

Director - Support Engineering , Microsoft

Tanya Goldhaber

Director of Strategy - English Division , Pearson

Emily Hall-Strutt

Director , Next Tech Girls

Theodora Costley-White

Technical Director and Founder , Women in Tech Coterie

Ilana Simons

Sales Director , Braze

Keiko Kimura

Software Engineering Team Director , BlackRock

Joanne Thurlow

Executive Director , ESG Institute

Sian Wilson

Executive Director- Commercial , The Skills Network

Pam Linton

Group ERP Director , Sky

Amanda Murphy

Head of IT , AstraZeneca

Penny Cuthbert

EMEA Head of Delivery , Cprime

Maya Kaczorowski

Head of Product , Tailscale

Catherine Russell

Head of Sustainable Business , Vodafone

Jess Shepherd

Head of Digital , Vodafone

Dorothy Chou

Head of Policy and Public Engagement , Google DeepMind

Jane Mustoe

Enabling Functions Technology - Technology Innovation Lab and Finance Change Director , Tesco

Dax Grant

Infrastructure and Operations , CFC

Michelle Tolmay

Head of Infosec & Tech Services , Kaluza

Caroline Rademaker

Head of the Netherlands , Templeton

Emma Wicks

Head of Editorial and Product Insight & Analytics , Telegraph Media Group

Steph Marques

Head of UX , Bernadette

Iva Johan

Head of Strategy , Bernadette

Tatiana Campagna

Head of Engineering , Bionic

Lucile Kamar

Head of D&I , ITN

Lee Chambers

Director , Male Allies UK

Rachel Altmann

Chief Executive Officer , BeHive Consulting

Gursh Mendhir

Principal - Innovation , True

Leanne Lawton

Stakeholder Programme Manager & Engagement Lead , HSBC

Laura Duffey

General Manager IT - Low Carbon Solutions , Shell

Amy Challen

General Manager for Artificial Intelligence , Shell

Maya Sellon

Inclusive Design and Accessibility Principal Lead and Experience Design , Shell

Evelien van Meerveld

Sr. People Business Partner - EMEA , Lucid

Catriona Campbell

Client Technology and Innovation Officer , EY UK&I

Diane Alagar

Digital Partner , Wavemaker

Pooja Nayer

Consulting Partner , Wipro Consulting

Phani Solomou

Senior Partner , Digital Consulting Wipro

Becki Howarth

Senior Product Delivery Manager , KrakenFlex

Samanta Wallace

Analytics Innovation Manager , Accenture

Alina Timofeeva

Associate Partner , Oliver Wyman

Monica Norman

Technical Programme Manager , bp

Tanu Sahnan

Software Engineering Manager , BBC

Danielle Troy

Test Manager , BBC

Becky Travis

Software Engineering Team Lead , BBC

Deepa Nair

Manager , Netcompany

Gabi Talbot

Lead Agile Delivery Manager , Costa Coffee

Ruth Wall

Software Engineering Manager , Bionic

Sarah Persov

Engineering Team Lead , Dojo

Nishi Ajmera

Lead Engineer , Publicis Sapient

Shabari Shetty

Senior Technical Product Owner , MMT

Andrea Monge

Technical Program Manager , Roku

Ilona Lubojesmska

GM Client Services , The Trade Desk

Laveena Ramchandani

Quality Engineering Manager , EasyJet

Jan Antons

Product & Business Development Manager , Vertual

Art O’Gnimh

General Manager , Logitech

Katrina Beadle

People Analytics and HR Systems Manager , Accenture

Becky Salen

Purpose led Product Manager , Deloitte Digital

Sarah Al Abed

UX Designer , Deloitte Digital

Yas Caon

UX Designer , Deloitte Digital

Rose Agnew

UX Design Consultant , Deloitte Digital

Rachel Keane

Founder , Data Inspiration Group Ltd (Digdata)

Onyeka Nweze

Chartered Company Secretary & Governance Professional ,

Simi Lindgren

Founder , Yuty

Sophie Creese

Founder , HeyFlow

Jardine Miles

Marketing & Insights Manager , HeyFlow

Sarah Wilson-Carr

Senior Developer , Sky

Jemma Holmes

Hybrid Cloud Platform Automation Engineer , QBE

Filipa Moura

Principal Software Engineer , bp

Vanessa Heron-Hua

Data Engineer , Loveholidays

Blanca Rojo Martin

Distinguished Engineer and Cloud Engineer , UBS

Sam Watkins

Accomplished Engineer & Senior Security Manager , BT

Katie Walker

Software Engineer , Spotify

Jessica Leach

Software Engineer , BBC

Stacey Shkuratoff

Staff Software Engineer , Guild Education

Naamua Dodoo

Software Engineer , Tesco

Xiuli Chen

Applied Scientist , Yelp

Maddie Clingan

Agile Coach , ControlPlane

Beth McIntyre

Business Consultant , Netcompany

Sue Azari

eCommerce Industry Lead , AppsFlyer

Bianca Riemer

CEO , Leader Haus

Pam Bateson

CEO & Founder , Thrive Partners

Minna Vaisanen

Head of Customer Success & Accounts , Thrive Partners

Iryna Tsyganok

Co Founder and CEO , Irysan

Mary Agbesanwa

Fintech Specialist - Founder , Now You’re Talking Network

Antonia Creswell

Founder , BobbyChat

Libby Vincent

Founder , Hodology

Shazia Hussain

Tech Recruiter / BBC Apprentice Candidate 2023 ,

Melissa Heikkilä

Senior Reporter , MIT Technology Review

Carolyn Brand

Business Coach ,

Isabel Walker

Master Facilitator and Coach , PowerSpeaking

Clare Sudbery

Technical Coach , Sudbery Software Engineering

Kaitlin Fritz

Podcast Host , Everyday Entrepreneurship

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