Speakers
Professor Kerensa Jennings
Julian David OBE
Jacqueline de Rojas CBE
Nick King
Sally Scott
Dan Storer
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Julian David is the CEO of techUK, the Digital Technology Trade Association.
Julian leads techUK's 60 strong team in representing over 800 member companies, comprising global and national champions and more than 500 SMEs. He is a member of the UK Government and Industry Cyber Growth Partnership, the Digital Economy Council and the Department of International Trade’s Strategic Trade Advisory Group. He is also the Vice President for National Trade Associations, on the Executive Board of DIGITALEUROPE, Vice President representing Europe on the board of WITSA the Worldwide IT Association, and a member of the board of the Health innovation Network, the South London Academic Health Science Network.
Jacqueline is the President of techUK and the co-chair at the Institute of Coding. She sits as a Non-Executive Director on the board of UK technology business Rightmove plc; on the board of Costain plc, which is committed to solving the nation’s Infrastructure problems; and also rebalance her portfolio towards skills by joining professional services provider FDM Group PLC.
Jacqueline is an advisor to fast moving tech businesses and a business mentor at Merryck offering board and executive level coaching. She advises the board of Accelerate-Her and is especially delighted to lend her support to The Youth Group to improve the odds for young people and to the Girlguiding Association for technology transformation. Passionate about diversity and inclusion which informs where she places her support.
In 2016 she entered the @Computerweekly Hall of Fame after being voted Computer Weekly’s Most Influential Woman in IT 2015; she was listed on Debretts 2016 500 People of Influence and named in Europe’s Inspiring Fifty most inspiring female role models for 2017. Presented the 2017 Catherine Variety Award for Science & Technology.
2018 Women in Tech Award for Advocate of the Year acknowledging her contribution to diversity | #IB100 – Most influential BAME leaders in tech | Awarded the Digital & Technology Award at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards 2019. Included in World’s 100 most influential people in digital government 2019 https://tinyurl.com/y2rel5p7 | Woman of the Year awarded by Women in IT Excellence 2019
Listen to her life and music choices on Desert Island Discs podcast March 2019.
Jacqueline was acknowledged in the Queen’s New Year Honours list 2018 with a CBE for Services to International Trade in Technology.
“If we are to thrive in our digital future, all our voices must be heard when designing technology. If not, we risk creating a world for the few and not for the many.”
Happily married to Roger Andrews, they have three children and two dogs. Yoga is how she finds her balance…
Nick King is the Founder and Managing Director of Henham Strategy, a policy and public affairs consultancy with a particular specialism in economic development, local growth and levelling up. Nick is a former Chief of Staff to Sajid Javid and spent almost six years in Government (from 2012 to 2018) working in the Departments for Culture, Business and, from 2016 to 2018, Communities and Local Government.
Henham Strategy work with both private sector and public sector organisations on some of their most acute policy and political challenges. They have received policy commissions from central Government Departments, routinely partner with think tanks and work regularly with upper tier local authorities, pan-regional partnerships and Local Enterprise Partnerships. They worked with techUK to produce the inaugural index of Local Digital Capital in 2021 and this second version in 2022.
Dan Storer is an experienced Director with 22 years of international business experience in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Strong track record of sales leadership, delivering business growth and of developing productive, long lasting business relationships. Dan is responsible for overseeing the organisation’s Business Attraction and Business Growth programmes, Storer brings with him a wealth of experience that will support WMGC’s expanding, internationally focused aims.
Prior to MIDAS, Storer held the position of Sales Director at Rolls Royce Plc – Civil Aerospace, where he led wide-scale campaigns across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Other previously held positions include a range of internationally stationed leadership roles at Anglo-Dutch shipping company Royal P&O Nedlloyd.
