Innovating Up: Unleashing digital skills now and for the future

Matthew Evans

Director, Markets, techUK

Matthew Evans leads techUK’s Market Programme teams and is a member of the senior leadership team.

The Market Programme teams help techUK members apply innovative technology solutions across a range of sectors, including the Public Sector, Financial Services and Cyber. 

Prior to his appointment in early 2019, Matt led techUK’s Smart Infrastructure and IoT work, as well as being CEO of the Broadband Stakeholder Group. During this time he led the telecoms industry’s approach to lowering the cost of network deployment, played a key role in coordinating it’s response to Brexit and was closely involved in the development of the Government’s Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review. He also assisted in the development of the UK’s first secure by design Code of Practice aimed at consumer IoT, oversaw the publication of a paper outlining the tech sector’s view of future mobility services and drove engagement around the use of digital twins.

Matt sits on the Steering Board of the Electric Vehicle Energy Taskforce, Digital Framework Task Group,  andthe advisory board for the Prospering from the Energy Revolution industrial challenge fund.

Prior to joining techUK, Matt worked in Arqiva's public policy team, across the broadcast and telecoms markets. Before that he was a researcher for an MP at Westminster.

Kulveer Ranger

SVP Head of Strategy, Marketing, Comms & Public Affairs - N Europe, APAC & India, Atos

Kulveer Ranger is Senior Vice-President, Strategy and Communications for Atos UK&I. He is responsible for alignment between the UK&I business strategy and corporate communications, and sits on the UK Executive Leadership Team. He is a Digital Leader and sits on the SmarterUK, Cities and Communities Board. His previous positions included leading the Mayor of London’s Transport, Environment, and Digital Strategy Policy divisions between 2008-12.

He was also a member of the London 2012 Olympic Transport Board, the C40 International Steering Committee, and the Bristol 2015 Green Capital Board. He was also chairman of the Digital City Exchange Advisory Board at Imperial College Business School from 2012-17.

He has extensive knowledge of developing and delivering major infrastructure and technology led programmes. Kulveer is an international public speaker and is also a regular broadcaster for TV and radio.

He is co-founder of the Modern Britain Policy Group, a fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and is a passionate supporter of Tottenham Hotspur football club.

Martin Ward

West Midlands Tech Commissioner,

Martin is the new West Midlands Tech Commissioner and senior executive in the software industry with 30+ years’ experience of B2B enterprise technology and associated services across EMEA. As a Partner at Waypoint Partners, he specialize in advising early-stage tech-centric ventures on their growth and fundraising strategies.

Previously, he’s worked in sales, business development and general management positions for several global blue chip enterprises including SAP, Fujitsu and Oracle. I’ve been a successful co-founder and have enjoyed multiple trade transactions. I’m an alumnus of MIT, IESE and Imperial College, and a serial angel investor and start-up mentor with personal investments spanning martech, customer analytics, machine learning and fintech.