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Topic: Sciences, engineering & technology

  • Portrait of Richard Harvey

    Professor Richard Harvey

    Richard Harvey is IT Livery Company Professor of Information Technology at Gresham College and Professor at the School of Computing Sciences at the University of East Anglia. He is also the Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Admissions at the University of East Anglia. Before joining UEA in 1993, Professor Harvey was a mathematician at first Plessey Naval […]

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  • Portrait of Doctor Andy Harter

    Dr. Andy Harter

    Dr Andy Harter is responsible for VNC software which allows remote control of one computer screen from another. The technology is worth over a billion dollars, is on more different kinds of computer than any other application and is an official part of the internet. He is CEO of RealVNC, a company he founded 12 […]

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  • Portrait of David Harding

    David Harding

    David Harding, the Founder & Chairman of Winton Capital Management, is a successful global investment manager, an entrepreneur, an advocate for science education and physics research and a philanthropist. Since graduating from Cambridge University with a First Class Honours degree in Natural Sciences specialising in Theoretical Physics in 1982 David has founded two of the […]

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  • Portrait of Chief Constable Rod Hansen

    Rod Hansen

    Rod Hansen joined Gloucestershire Constabulary as Deputy Chief Constable in May 2013 and in May 2017 took over as Chief Constable. Rod started his career at Avon & Somerset Constabulary more than 30 years ago and during that time has covered a variety of roles from patrol inspector in central Bristol to District Commander for […]

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  • David Handley

    I have extensive experience in the Middle East and South Asia with particular expertise in the aerospace and defence sector. Prior to joining Veracity, I was Head of Group Strategic Analysis for a leading defence company, and tracked international defence politics, monitored the changing military, security, and threat environment, and provided detailed analyses of the […]

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  • Portrait of Matthew Hannaway

    Matthew Hannaway

    Matthew is a Director for Turner and Townsend, and specialised in Risk and Change Management within Infrastructure and Major Programmes. He has worked through the United Kingdom and internationally, in Abu Dhabi. He has held a number of senior role including Head of Risk Management for Magnox, Head of Risk Management for Emirates Nuclear Energy […]

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  • Portrait of Sam Gyimah

    Sam Gyimah

    Born in the UK and educated at state schools in the UK and Ghana, Sam Gyimah was elected MP for East Surrey in 2010. Sam serves as Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation. He has previously served as Minister for Prisons and Probation, Minister for Childcare and Education, Minister for the Constitution […]

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  • Portrait of Luke Hakes

    Luke Hakes

    Luke joined Octopus Ventures in 2008. As well as being a General Partner and heading up the firms “Better Faster” strategy he sits across both the Future of Health and Future of Industry Teams, where he works with the rest of the origination team to identify and invest in the next generation of companies that […]

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  • Portrait of Doctor Samir Guglani

    Dr Samir Guglani

    Dr Sam Guglani is a poet, novelist and consultant clinical oncologist practising in Cheltenham, where he specialises in the management of lung and brain tumours. He has a background in medical ethics and chairs the Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust law and ethics group. He has Masters degrees in Medical Ethics (Keele, 2009) and Creative Writing (Oxford, […]

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  • Portrait of Manu Gupta

    Manu Gupta

    Manu is a Partner, and part of the founding team, at Lakestar, which has raised >€1bn within the last 6 years. He has >20 years of tech experience and nearly a decade of investing experience, splitting his time between Europe and Silicon Valley. Manu led Lakestar’s investments or sits on the board of Engineer.AI, Opendoor, […]

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