Monica Shupikai Simmons

Monica Shupikai Simmons is an investment banker at ICON Corporate Finance. With 20+ years of experience, Monica has an MBA from the University of Oxford, and a bachelor’s from the University of Cape Town. Women in finance are rare. Black women in finance are…. unicorns!


Caroline Clark

Varied experience across science, engineering, innovation and startups. PhD Engineering, ultrasonic signal processing. Academia, research commercialisation, innovation. Startup operations and finance, founder journey, people and team development.

Emma Millington

Emma is a female agency owner who sees things differently. Driven by hearts and minds, rather than tech outputs, Emma's compass works differently. In here talks she explores digital projects through a clients' eye, breaking structures in digital and emotionally driven design philosophies.


Nicola Telford

Nicola is the Founder at ViewsForChange The Impact Marketing Platform & Club. She was named techSPARK Founder Of The Year 2022. Nicola enjoys speaking about Marketing, Female Founder Journey, Raising Early Stage Investment, Tech For Good and Corporate Giving.


Ali Kazmi

Ali is the founder of Ethical Equity and A I Simulator. He is on a mission to diversify (and open up) the world of angel investing and provide access to capital without barriers or gatekeepers.


Laura Gemmell

Founder of Edtech company Taught by Humans, Laura saw a need for fun, friendly accessible tech education to make sure everyone has access to the opportunities provided by advancing technology. She loves teaching and she is driven by the lightbulb moment in her students eyes.


Briony Phillips

Briony's commitment to economic development and the entrepreneurial ecosystem doesn’t end with The Investment Activator Programme or Rocketmakers, in 2021 she released an open dataset to raise awareness of Tech for Good businesses and hosts events and projects with the region’s growth at their heart.