Most Important Figures in the Startup Community

Co-Founder and CEO, Railsbank
Nigel Verdon
Nigel Verdon is a well known fintech entrepreneur and has founded three successful fintech firms Evo

President & CEO, Hello Tomorrow
Arnaud de la Tour
Arnaud de la Tour is CEO and co-founder of Hello Tomorrow, a global organization dedicated to levera

COO & Co-Founder, StepLadder
Lucy Mullins
Lucy is the Co-Founder and COO of StepLadder, a fast-growing, award-winning fintech company pioneeri

Associate Partner, ADAPT @ Bain
Luke Ferris

Managing Director, Techstars London
Eamonn Carey
Eamonn Carey is the Managing Director at the Techstars London Accelerator. He was previously MD at T

Founder, Screencloud
Mark McDermott
Mark McDermott is CEO and Co-Founder of ScreenCloud, a growth stage digital signage communications S

Founder, Untapped Pricing
Jenny Millar
Jenny Millar demystifies pricing strategy, giving business owners the clarity and confidence to pric

Associate Dean, MBA at Said Business School
Kathy Harvey
Kathy Harvey is Associate Dean, MBA and Executive Degrees. In this role she is responsible for the s

Founder & CEO, StepEx
Daniel George
Daniel George is the Founder and CEO of StepEx, a uniquely authorised financial institution created

Account Manager, SeedLegals
Lily Siddiqi
Lily works closely with startup founders on the preparation and execution of legal strategy during t

Co-Founder & CTO, Horizan VC
George Quentin
George Quentin is the Co-founder & CTO at Horizan VC - an alt-VC funding idea and early-stage busine

Co-Founder Angels News
Modwenna Rees-Mogg
Modwenna has 30 years experience working in corporate finance, business angel investment and venture

Founder, Canton Marketing Solutions
Rob Webster
Rob has twenty years experience on online media and marketing technology. From startups acquired by

VP Platform Ecosystem at HubSpot
Scott Brinker
Scott is fascinated by the intersection of technology platforms and ecosystems and marketing strateg

Network Lead / Facilitator / Speaker / Pirate
Alex Barker
Alex initially joined Sam Conniff (author of Be More Pirate) as ‘Right Hand Pirate’ to build his

Co-Founder, Horizan VC
Jonathan Sun
Jonathan Sun is the Founder of Horizan VC, an innovative alt-VC utilising Convertible Future Earning

CEO, Difrent
Rachel Murphy
Rachel Murphy is a public speaker, health tech advisor, and CEO of award-winning digital services co

Co-founder & CEO, Space DOTS Ltd (UK)
Bianca Cefalo
Bianca Cefalo is the Co-founder and CEO of Space DOTS Ltd - London-based italo-british New Space sta

Director, Next Level Coaching & Performance Improvement
James Cook
What does ‘better’ look like for you? James is dedicated to helping teams in Leadership, Custom

Fintech consultant, Strategic Advisor, Startup Business Mentor
Nic Lenz
Nic is a strategic advisor in the technology start-up space and holds a number of non-executive boar

Innovation Programmes Officer, Barclays
Alex Ball
I am an Innovation and Fintech Consultant with over 18 years experience in the Financial Services in

Founder and CEO of TeknTrash
Al Costa
Al Costa is a serial entrepreneur: sold his first company to a NASDAQ-listed one and since then crea

Founder & CEO, Good-Loop
Amy Williams
Amy is on a mission to convert people’s attention & data into funding for good causes around the w

Founder & CEO, WeAre8
Sue Fennessy
Sue Fennessy is a serial tech entrepreneur who has spent the last 30 years creating disruptive busin

Head of Ecosystem Strategy, Startup Genome
Stephan Kuester
Stephan works with clients in government and private industry consortia all around the world, advisi

Head of Ecommerce, Havas Media Group
Jessica Chapplow
Selected as one of MediaWeek’s 30 Under 30, and a finalist for Women in Tech’s Young Leader of t

Managing Partner, SOCS GokSon Capital
Sheriff Olujide
Sheriff Olujide is a Managing Partner @ SGC Ventures, a London-based early-stage venture builder, th

Founder, Arkeo
Jana Dowling
Jana is the founder of Arkeo, a fitness brand that’s developed a mental fitness tracking app. Jana

Founder, Public Speaker and Author of F*ck Being Humble
Stefanie Sword-Williams
Stefanie Sword Williams is the founder and author of F*ck Being Humble. She created the business to

Co-Founder, Cushon
Phil Hollingdale
Phil is co-founder of Cushon, a digital wealth platform for the workplace, helping people save & inv

CEO, Cutover
Ky Nichol
Ky has 25 years of experience in technology including NASA, European Space Agency, EE, Barclays, and

Co-Founder & CEO, YEO Messaging
Alan Jones
Alan E J Jones is a successful technology entrepreneur and business leader with proven track record

CEO & Co-Founder, Get My Slice
Oliver Southgate
Oliver Southgate is a digital leader with over 25 years of experience delivering technology to over

Founder, Propelia
Dan Simmons
Dan Simmons is the founder of Propelia. Propelia is the only UK accelerator dedicated to and d

Chief Investment Officer, Seedrs
Kirsty Grant
Kirsty is Chief Investment Officer of Seedrs, Europe’s leading equity crowdfunding platform. Kirst

Chief Operating Officer, Green Angel Syndicate
Cam Ross
Prior to joining Green Angel Syndicate, Cam co-founded, jointly ran and raised two rounds of angel f

Strategy & Operations, SeedLegals
AJ Alao
Since joining SeedLegals, AJ has helped over 500 companies set up their Option Schemes. He’s devel

Founder, Rightfounder
Mike Stevens
Mike is a founder, writer and consultant. He has spent the last 20 years in the CPG space, first in

Co- Founder & MD, LoveGunn
Chris Gunn
Chris is Co-Founder and Managing Director at LoveGunn responsible for overseeing all things business

Co- Founder & Creative Director, LoveGunn
Tom Love
Tom is Co-Founder and Creative Director at LoveGunn responsible for overseeing all things Creative a

CEO, Inventya
Aldo De Leonibus
Aldo is an experienced entrepreneur, business owner and investor. He is currently the director, shar

Head of Investor Partnerships, SeedLegals
Nicholas Richards
Nick has worked in or around private equity and venture capital for the entirety of his 10 year care

Head of Growth, Landscape Ventures
Adam Barlow
After studying Geography at the University of Cambridge I spent two years as a graduate trying to fi

Global Head of Programmes and Strategic Partnerships, Barclays
Sonal Lakhani
Sonal Lakhani is Global Head of Programmes and Strategic Partnership within the Group Innovation Off

Head of US Principal Investments, Barclays
Kester Keating
Kester Keating is Head of US Principal Investments, Barclays Bank, Kester has 15 years’ experience

Global Head of Venture Studio, Anthemis Group
Katie Palencsar
Katie Palencsar is an Investor and the Global Head of Venture Studio at Anthemis Group where she lea

CEO, Swaypay
Kaeya Majmundar
Kaeya Majmundar is the CEO of Swaypay, a fintech x social commerce company delivering unprecedented

Director, Boylett's Communications
James Healy
James has worked as a Coach, Facilitator, Leadership Consultant & Keynote Speaker for 23 years and h

Innovation Programmes Manager, Barclays
Daisy Hopkins
Daisy works in the Programmes and Strategic Initiatives team within Group Innovation at Barclays. Da

Head of UK & Ireland, Tink
Rafa Plantier
Tink’s Head of UK and Ireland. The Brazil-native was Stripe's former head of EMEA banking and now

Founder & CEO, The Secure Payments Group (SPG)
Peter Janes
Founder and CEO of SPG which operates the Shieldpay and Paycast businesses. Shieldpay launched in 20

Co-Founder & CEO, Nossa Data
Julianne Flesher
Co-founder and CEO of Nossa Data. Nossa Data makes it easy for companies to report on their Environm

Investment Director, True Altitude
Harrison Emmett-Lee
Investment Director at True Altitude, Harrison is responsible for sourcing and executing funding opp

Founder & CEO, Sunmo Snacks
Victoria Omobuwajo
Victoria Omobuwajo is an industry disrupter and business influencer. As an inspiring black female fo

Founder, Babes on Waves
Jasmine Douglas
Jasmine is the Founder of Babes on Waves, a platform that gives all women, especially Black Women &

Founder & CEO, Eola
Callum Hemsley
Callum is the founder CEO of eola, a venture backed London tech start-up operating in the experience

CEO, St John’s Innovation Centre in Cambridge
David Gill
David has been CEO of the St John’s Innovation Centre in Cambridge since 2008. He previously ran t

Scaleup Director, Innovate UK EDGE
Charles Ward
Charles is on the board of Scaleup Directors at the UK innovation agency’s business growth and sca

CEO, Super Sharp Space Systems
Marco Gomez-Jenkins
Marco Gomez-Jenkins is a Royal Society of Edinburgh Enterprise Fellow at the University of Cambridge

Founder & CEO, Briteyellow
Fredi Nonyelu
Fredi Nonyelu Founder/CEO Briteyellow is a serial technology entrepreneur and expert product innovat

Programme Lead, Innovation Loans at Innovate UK
Hemaxi Bhatt
Hemaxi Bhatt is Programme Lead, Innovation Loans at Innovate UK. Her financial expertise, along with

Senior Manager, UK Network, South East of England, British Business Bank
Susan Elliott
Susan is an experienced commercial professional working with British Business Bank stakeholders, int

CEO & Co-Founder, Octaive
Sam Peters

Managing Partner, Hex Digital
Stefan Ferguson
Digital agency owner, strategist and early stage investor. 10+ years experience working on leading

Co-Founder & CEO, Settld
Vicky Wilson
Settld was born from a personal experience of loss, and the frustration at spending hours contacting

ADAPT Innovation Team @ Bain
Elizabeth Kimball
Elizabeth coaches teams to develop evidence-based value propositions, marketing messages, and sales

Strategic Account Manager, SeedLegals
Aston Pollington
Aston helps UK entrepreneurs prepare and progress through raising investment with assistance on fund