London Tech Week: How can we skill tech to reach net zero goals?

Elena Avesani

Global Sustainability Director - Head of Sustainability Strategy EMEA, Oracle

Elena Avesani is Global Sustainability Director and Head of EMEA Sustainability Strategy at Oracle. Since 2009, she has worked with a global team of internal and external stakeholders to drive Oracle's sustainability programs and pioneer technology solutions to solve social and environmental challenges. Elena was listed in the Top 100 Women in Sustainability by Sustainability Magazine in 2022. In her 24-years journey at Oracle, she has worked in product management and consulting, designing and implementing Financials, Supply Chain Management, Customer Relationship Management, and Analytics solutions. Elena holds a master's degree in International and Public Affairs from Columbia University, New York, and a master's degree in Industrial Engineering from Politecnico of Milan, Italy. She lives in London, UK.

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Patrick Brodie

Partner, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP

Head of Reynolds Porter Chamberlain's LLP (RPC) Employment, engagement and equality practice, Patrick Brodie is often called in to help resolve complex workforce issues.

Typical instructions for Patrick involve advising on domestic and European integration, outsourcing and restructuring projects. In the UK market he acts across both the public and private sectors. Patrick has built a reputation for helping organisations design and implement inclusion and diversity strategies. 

Specialising in financial services regulation, whistleblowing and corporate governance, Patrick edits the whistleblowing chapter for Tolley's and is the updating author for Xpert HR's guide on TUPE.

On the litigation side, Patrick has worked on cases which have been taken to the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union.

He was a winner of The Lawyer's Employment Team of the Year award. Patrick's work has also been shortlisted on two previous occasions for Commercial and, also, Employment Team of the Year Awards by Legal Week and the Lawyer.

: www.rpc.co.uk
: patrick-brodie-a37679/
: @RPCLaw

Jannes Klaas

Tech Lead - Sustainability Insights, QuantumBlack, McKinsey & Company

Jannes is a Tech Lead in McKinsey’s sustainability practice, where he is using data and analytics to help clients reach net zero.

He and his team have built a data platform and a suite of analytics tools, which are being applied in a wide range of industries. Typical examples range from charting country wide decarbonization strategies, to fully transforming a manufacturer into a low carbon company.

Jannes has a background in data science and financial economics.

: jannes-klaas/
: @jannesklaas

Deepak Malhotra

Head of Utilities Consulting (UK), Infosys Consulting

No bio provided

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Nimmi Patel

Policy Manager - Skills, Talent & Diversity, techUK

Nimmi Patel is the Policy Manager for Skills, Talent and Diversity at techUK. She is committed to embedding diversity in the UK tech pipeline from classroom to boardroom working.

Prior to joining the team, she worked for the UK Labour Party and New Zealand Labour Party and studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the University of Manchester. She is currently studying MA Strategic Communications at King's College London

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: @nimmiptl