Meet our Judges
A distinguished panel recognising the UK’s AI leaders
Maria Axente
Founder and CEO
NED
Blythe Crawford
Director
Tiberius
Mike Beaven
Executive Lead
AWS
Mike Fairbairn
DigitLAB
Exeter University
Alan Blanchard
Business Development Director
TSO
Claire Fewings
AI Delivery Lead
Salford
Vic Gabrie
Leading Solutions Architecture for UK Public Sector
Red Hat
Dave Horton
Managing Consultant
Triad
Maggie Philbin OBE
Founder and CEO
Teentech
Elizabeth Vega OBE
Chair
Informed Solutions
Dr. Mattie Yeta
CSO
CGI
Sabby Gill
CEO
DEXT
Jo Miller
National Security Advisor
Microsoft
Barney Quinn
Strategic Advisor
Insoft
Goru Yahaya
Founder and CEO
Upskill Universe
Dr. Rox Heaton
CIO
Barclays
Andrew Morris
VP Product and Development
AQL
Rikesh Shah
Head of Innovation & Procrurement Empowerment Centre
Connected Places Catapult
Fiz Yazdi
Managing Director
Sopra Steria Next
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