Announcing the new techUK Digital Twins Council 2026-2028
Composed of 26 members, 10 members from SMEs and 16 from larger companies, the new Digital Twins Council brings together a diverse range of industry leaders, innovative thinkers, and perspectives that will support the strategic direction of the programme.
Over its two-year tenure, the Digital Twins Council will help set priorities for relevant working groups, outline key outputs for the programme, opportunities for cross-sector collaborations, and how digital twins might interact with emerging technologies like robotics and agentic AI.
It is with great pleasure we introduce you to our new Digital Twins Council representative for 2026-2028:
Scott Marshall
Scott Marshall
Scott Marshall is CEO & Founder of BCVR Immersive, a leader in immersive storytelling, XR production, and experiential design. An award-winning XR Creative Director and Exec Producer, he has collaborated with institutions and brands such as the Victoria & Albert Museum, Frieze Art Fair, the Commonwealth Games, Burberry, Disney, and Marvel, delivering cutting-edge AR and XR experiences that transform audience engagement.
He is also the founder of EarthXR, the world’s first climate data and spatial computing platform, which turns complex carbon data into compelling immersive experiences for schools, STEM institutes, businesses, and governments.
Scott is currently co-producing Gauguin & the Canal, an innovative immersive exhibition reimagining the life and art of Paul Gauguin, coming to London in 2026.
Aaron Ashby-Gittins
Aaron Ashby-Gittins
Andrew Halliwell
Andrew Halliwell
Andrew Lambert
Andrew Lambert
Asa Caton
Asa Caton
Carson Bradbury
Carson Bradbury
Carson Bradbury is Siemens’ Director – EU Chips Act and Co-Founder of Siemens Cre8Ventures, a UK and EU Chips Act collaborative venturing initiative within Siemens Digital Industries. He leads partner-driven sovereign innovation campaigns focused on semiconductors within the big data economy, using digital twin platforms and a structured three-stage collaborative venturing model
Carson works with startups, scale-ups, investors, corporates, universities, and policymakers to strengthen sovereign supply chains and advance the objectives of the EU and UK Chips Acts. His efforts are aimed at shortening time-to-value, helping to de-risk investment, and drive semiconductor knowledge-based economies across the UK and the EU.
Before joining Siemens, Carson innovated and led Cre8Ventures for a leading Nasdaq-listed company, expanding the initiative from the UK into mainland Europe and India and spinning it out alongside serial entrepreneurs and senior executives. He has also founded and scaled technology ventures to organic profitability.
Dan Rossiter
Dan Rossiter
Daniel Gallagher
Daniel Gallagher
David Buxton
David Buxton
Dr Christina Yan Zhang
Dr Christina Yan Zhang
Christina has 19 years’ experience working with leaders of UN, governments, universities, and corporates on education. She represented the interests of one million overseas students studying at 600 UK higher and further education institutions 2008-2012 at National Union of Students. She was China Director 2013-2020 at QS World university rankings, which evaluate 20,000+ universities in 100+ countries.
She is ITU Co-chair of Pre-standardisation for CitiVerse TaskGroup and authored 1st UN report on “People-Centered CitiVerse,” using AI to develop a people-centered, planet-friendly digital future, leading to international standards. This initiative is supported by 18 UN agencies, including World Bank, UNESCO, UNICEF etc.
Alongside the 73rd President of the UN General Assembly, she sits on Advisory Council for Centre for Science Futures of International Science Council, the world's largest science body of 250 national/international academies of sciences. She sits on The Economist Impact’s “AI Economy” Advisory Board, examining AI’s global economic implications.
Erwin Frank-Schultz
Erwin Frank-Schultz
Gary Richardson
Gary Richardson
Heiko Struebing
Heiko Struebing
Jason Shepherd
Jason Shepherd
Jayakrishnan Chandrappan
Jayakrishnan Chandrappan
John Hunt
John Hunt
Mark Watson
Mark Watson
Nathan Brown
Nathan Brown
Nick Rhodes
Nick Rhodes
Noyan Songur
Noyan Songur
Philip Young
Philip Young
Pierre-Francois Gerard
Pierre-Francois Gerard
Praveen Hortikar
Praveen Hortikar
Robert McGeachy
Robert McGeachy
Steven David Parvin
Steven David Parvin
Sara Duodu
Sara joined techUK in October 2025 as Programme Manager for Quantum and Digital Twins.
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