Technology
Michael Acton Smith, OBE. Founder, CEO and creative director Mind Candy
Chairman: Phil Male.
The UK technology sector is alive and most definitely thriving, with significant government initiatives to stimulate investment and growth both in the public and private sectors. Companies born and bred in the UK, large and small, are standing on a global stage providing innovative products and services in a world where always-on and the network dominate. We have selected individuals who are the key policy makers, those driving investment in the small and the large, and - most of all - the innovators and entrepreneurs who are, and always will be, at the heart of the UK technology sector.
Phil Male has been instrumental in the development of internet and telecoms services in the UK for more than 20 years. After graduating from Imperial he spent his early career with the UK news agency The Press Association, developing new electronic news collection and distribution systems including teletext. He joined internet pioneer Demon as CTO in 1997, floating that business as telecommunications operator THUS in 1999. In 2008 he joined the executive at C&W. Today Phil is CEO of hosting company UK2 Group and serves as a non-executive director for several technology companies, working closely with Private Equity investors.
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Phil Male
Chairman -
Ian Spence
Founder and CEO Megabuyte -
Colin Tyler
Head of Technology Sector OC&C -
Mike Bracken, CBE
Executive director of digital Cabinet Office -
Joanna Shields, OBE
CEO Tech City UK -
Andrew Hornigold
Partner and head of Advanced Manufacturing and Technology Services Sector Pinsent Masons -
Neil Rimer
Co-founder Index Ventures -
Clive Selley
CEO BT Technology, Service and Operations -
Prof Sir Tim O'Shea
Vice-chancellor and principal University of Edinburgh and chair Jisc -
Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho, CBE
Co-founder of lastminute.com -
Michael Acton Smith, OBE
Founder, CEO and creative director Mind Candy -
Joep van Beurden
CEO CSR plc -
Lesley Cowley, OBE
CEO Nominet -
David Stokes
CEO IBM UK and Ireland -
Lewis Brindley
Managing director Yogscast Ltd -
Denise McDonagh. CBE
Chief technology officer Home Office -
Prof Sadie Creese
Professor of cyber security University of Oxford -
Prof Dame Wendy Hall, DBE
Professor of computer science University of Southampton -
Matt Brittin
Vice-president Google UK -
Bernadette Wightman
MD emerging markets partner organisation Cisco UK and Ireland -
Prof Sir Tim Berners-Lee, OM, KBE
Inventor of the World Wide Web