Future of Digital Twinning in the UK - Green Paper Launch

Ali Nicholl

Vice - Chair Digital Twin Steering Board,

Ali Nicholl is a unique voice in digital twins and ecosystem innovation; he’s on a mission to revolutionise how enterprises increase their impact - connecting, collaborating, and creating value from data.

A cheerleader for change, Ali is dedicated to data and technology for good. He’s Vice-Chair of TechUK’s Digital Twin Steering Board, served as Co-Chair of the Digital Twin Hub’s Community Council, and has advised on National Grid ESO’s Virtual Energy System.

Ali speaks globally about cooperative ecosystems, trust and interoperability, and the power of data-driven purpose-focused transformation. He’s passionate about helping organisations navigate uncertainty, ambiguity and chaos with confidence.

Akouvi Ahoomey

Director Business Development Europe, BizzTech

Akouvi Ahoomey has worked at the intersection of real-time 3D and the built environment, championing the use of 3D game engine technology in sectors like architecture, manufacturing, aerospace and automotive — well before it became a standard approach. At Unity, she played a key role in helping industries reimagine how they design, plan, and communicate through immersive tools.

Today, she supports organisations across Europe in scaling digital twin strategies that are grounded, people-focused, and built for real-world impact. Her work is driven by a belief that technology should serve clarity, safety, and smarter decision-making — not complexity for its own sake.

Mark Barlow

Head of Property Governance, WHP Telecoms

Mark Barlow MRICS, Head of Property Governance, has over 25 years’ experience in the telecommunications industry and chairs multiple NCA/OFCOM working groups, advising OFCOM on matters relating to practices and professional conduct. WHP utilises the application of Digital Twin technology within the sector, enabling WHP to model upgrades and future sharing scenarios remotely, without the need for site visits. By collaborating closely with network operators, we are able to support the planning of network enhancements through desktop-based analysis, significantly reducing both project timelines and environmental impact. DTs in practical use.

Christine Chen

Senior Engineering Manager, Google

Christine is experienced in the tech sectors in Europe, Australia and Asia across multinationals, startups and nonprofits. She's a Senior Engineering Manager at Google and a Women in Digital Pivot steering board member at the City of London. She's served as board director at thinktanks and startups and co-founded 2 startups. She's been recognised as 40 under 40 women in Tech Taiwan, Sydney 10 Women to Watch, and Sydney Young Engineer of the Year. Christine has an ExecMBA from the University of Cambridge, an ME from the University of Sydney, and is pursuing a part-time PhD in AI and digital twins at the University of Cambridge.

Mark Enzer OBE FREng

Prime Minister's Council for Science and Technology, Mott MacDonald Fellow

Mark Enzer OBE FREng

Mark is a keen champion of outcomes-focused systems-thinking, collaborative delivery models, digitalisation, connected digital twins and the circular economy in the built environment.  Mark is the Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor in the digitalisation of the built environment at the University of Cambridge, and he is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London.  As a Mott MacDonald Fellow, Mark provides advice to key clients on digitalisation and broader industry transformation.  Previously, Mark was the CTO of Mott MacDonald and the Director of the Centre for Digital Built Britain, where he was the Head of the National Digital Twin programme.  Mark is a member of the Prime Minister's Council for Science and Technology.

Aneela Nasim

Infrastructure, Energy and Materials Director, Dassault Systèmes

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David Rex

Senior Digitalisation Consultant Digital Energy Energy Systems, DNV

David is experienced in working with digital twins in multiple segments of the energy industry, and he is active in the efforts to realise a data-driven, holistic energy system in the UK. He was the DNV’s Data Lead on the Collaborative Visual Data Twin - Phase 2 (CVDT) project which resulted in National Gas Transmission fulfilling their required digital twin use cases through unlocking new ways to access and work with their data.

David is also vocal in the area of cyber-physical infrastructure where he guides organisations within the energy industry to bridge the gap between IT and OT. This entails the capture, storage and sharing of data for algorithms, modelling and AI to provide the data-driven insights required to help solve key challenges within the industry.

Dr Jason Shepherd

Programme Director, Fujitsu

Dr Jason Shepherd is a Fujitsu Distinguished Engineer. His career has involved public and private sector strategy and policy, focusing on national security; and shaping and leading complex technology programmes, and organisational transformation, using systems engineering techniques. Previously Director of the Digital Twin Programme Office in Fujitsu, he now works with Fujitsu's global investment team.

Professor Jason Underwood

PhD, MSc, BEng (Hons), CPsychol, MCInstCES, FHEA, MAC Programme Director: MSc. BIM & Digital Built, University of Saford

Jason Underwood is a Professor in Construction ICT & Digital Built Environments and Programme Director of the MSc. in Building Information Modelling (BIM) & Digital Built Environments within the School of Science, Engineering & Environment at the University of Salford, a Chartered Psychologist, and Qualified Life Coach. He is a Chartered Member of both the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (MCInstCES) and The British Psychological Society (CPsychol), Member of the Association for Coaching (MAC), and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Jason has over 30 year's research and enterprise experience on which he has published extensively in the areas of concurrent engineering, integrated and collaborative computing in construction, product and building information modelling, digital built environments and transformation, collaborative construction and behaviours, BIM maturity assessment, BIM education and training in the development of BIM capabilities, organisational e-readiness towards delivering strategic value from ICT/BIM investment, Digital Twins/Twinning. He is actively engaged in the digital transformation of the UK construction industry through affiliations at international, national, and regional levels, and is the current Chair of the UK BIM Academic Forum. Jason is the former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Digital Innovation in the Built Environments (IJDIBE).