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Chris is the Founder and CTO of bigspark, one of the UK’s Top 100 fastest-growing companies. With over 15 years of consulting experience in the Financial Services sector, he’s a principal engineer and technology leader specializing in data platforms and the industrialization of data engineering delivery.
Jessica is the Managing Director of Cosimo Consulting, leading the firm’s strategy, client delivery, and growth across major transformation initiatives. She works with senior stakeholders to modernise technology, improve operational performance, and deliver measurable business outcomes, known for her people-focused and high-clarity leadership style.
Jessica is also a double world record breaker, holding the title for Fastest Female Pair to row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean in 2022 and Fastest Overall Pair to row 2,800 miles across the Pacific Ocean in 2024. She won the World’s Toughest Row Pacific 2024 Female Class and has raised over £130,000 for Shelter, Women’s Aid, and Mind through endurance challenges. She was Highly Commended in the Women of the Future Awards, MBA Star category, in 2021.
Lucy is a seasoned technology leader with more than 20 years of experience driving cloud transformation and digital innovation for global enterprises. She leads the Go to Market strategy for NTT DATA’s Cloud and Security Practice across Europe, building on prior leadership roles as a Partner at KPMG, a member of the UKI leadership team at Google Cloud, and a Director at Accenture. Her career spans high-profile cyber recoveries, major divestitures, strategic alliances, large-scale digital transformations, and AI prototyping. Lucy has overseen a multi-million-pound consulting practice and 2,000 delivery professionals, leading complex cloud programs across retail, consumer goods, energy, utilities, and manufacturing. Recognized for scaling businesses and delivering measurable growth, she combines deep technical expertise with commercial acumen and is passionate about using cloud and AI to unlock sustainable innovation and business value.
Mohamed is a distinguished CRM executive with more than two decades of experience delivering complex, end-to-end sales and marketing transformation programs globally. As Senior Director in Cognizant’s Global Partner Ecosystem, he leads strategic alliances with Salesforce, Oracle, ServiceNow and IBM across the UK, Ireland and Europe, and manages a team of Partner Managers supporting Cognizant’s most important technology relationships. A Founding Fellow of the Institute of Sales Professionals, Mohamed is widely recognized for driving partnership-led growth, innovation and high-impact customer outcomes.
Neil is Director of Technology Delivery at Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, where he is leading the organization’s enterprise-wide digital transformation. He has extensive experience building and guiding high-performing technology teams with a clear, business-aligned vision, purpose and measurable goals. Neil has a proven track record of delivering customer-centric digital transformations that enhance engagement, streamline onboarding, accelerate revenue growth and optimize operations through scalable enterprise systems.
Paul is Director of Global IT at KD Pharma Group, a leading Omega-3 pharmaceutical manufacturer. He drives digital transformation and operational excellence across global manufacturing and business operations, focusing on innovation, efficiency, compliance and the alignment of technology with business strategy. Outside of work, Paul is passionate about cars, design, snowboarding and exploring emerging technologies.
Pablo is a senior technology leader with more than 25 years of global experience driving digital transformation. As Senior Managing Director for Technology Solutions at Omnicom, he delivers enterprise-scale innovation across complex production ecosystems. Previously CTO at Omnicom Production, he blends strategic vision, AI adoption, and operational excellence to modernize workflows and accelerate growth for global brands.
Rob is the UK AI Business Process Applications Lead at Microsoft, with over a decade of experience in business applications, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation. He helps organizations unlock the potential of Copilot Studio, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform to drive innovation and measurable business impact. Working closely with C-suite leaders, customers, and partners across the UK and EMEA, Rob brings deep expertise in AI-driven business value, product enablement, and go-to-market strategy, with a passion for connecting technology to strategic outcomes.
Sarah is the CEO of Nebula Consulting, a Salesforce Marketing Champion, and a regular speaker at tech community events. With over 10 years in the Salesforce consulting ecosystem, she holds 10 certifications and has delivered hundreds of successful customer projects. Sarah brings deep expertise in B2B customer journeys, strategy design, and business analysis, and is a proud advocate for women in technology.
Steve is CTO at Leighton with more than 24 years of experience delivering technology solutions for global brands including British Airways, Avios, and International Airlines Group. A specialist in cloud-native and serverless technologies, he has spent the past decade focusing on AWS and is recognised as an AWS Community Builder, one of only four in Newcastle.
He co-created on:tech, a technical blog and event series for AWS and software development, and is a driving force behind the AWS North Community Conference, which welcomed more than 150 professionals in its inaugural year in 2025. An international speaker, Steve has presented at the World Aviation Festival in Lisbon and regularly supports local AWS User Groups. He also champions open-source innovation at Leighton through several Leighton Tools packages.
Trevor is an award-winning Global CIO and Transformation Leader, recognized in Computing Magazine’s Top 5 CIOs. He has delivered large-scale digital, AI, and infrastructure transformations across PE-backed and FTSE-listed enterprises including IVC Evidensia, Informa, and WPP. With a proven track record in value creation and global team leadership, Trevor combines commercial acumen, technology innovation, and inclusive leadership to drive sustainable business growth.
