A tech entrepreneur who disrupted the fashion business, Tom is now on the board of Verco, which helps companies achieve zero carbon emissions.
Tom Adeyoola
Metail
Kathryn Parsons
Co-founder & CEO, Decoded
Kathryn is a regular public speaker and campaigns globally for code to be included on curriculums and gender diversity in technology. She successfully campaigned for coding to become mandatory on the UK national curriculum in September 2014.
In 2016 she was appointed Chairwoman of the UK Government Institute of Coding and received an MBE in the New Year’s Honours list.
In 2017 Kathryn joined the Mayor’s London Business Advisory Board, the UK Government Cyber Security Skills Advisory Board and the non-executive board of the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Kathryn studied Classics and Cambridge, turning from the languages of the ancients to code and the languages of the digital world.
An engineer and social tech specialist, Gi also chairs Freeformers, which teaches digital skills to company employees.
Gi Fernando
FreeFormers
Cash rich but time poor, Zia craved meaningful experiences. So he used tech to create something that helped people in the same situation.
Zia Yusuf
Velocity Black
As a creative director, Steve has won every marketing award going in the advertising sector and went on to make coding accessible for all.
Steve Henry
Decoded