THE FUTURE OF UK CONNECTIVITY

Sir Chris Bryant was appointed Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology on 8 July 2024. Previously he served as Chair of the House of Commons Committees of Standards and Privileges from 2020 to 2023 and a Member of the Foreign...

Daren Baythorpe is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at ITS. Daren is a dynamic leader who drives the strategy, growth and direction of ITS. He has led the business to be the UK’s leading business fibre network, building innovative commercial models across public and private sector, and building a...

Graeme is CEO of Community Fibre, London’s largest full fibre network, connecting consumers and businesses to a rapidly expanding 10GB capable full fibre network. Prior to joining Community Fibre, Graeme was CEO of Lebara, a European mobile operator active in 6 European countries with over 3...

A prominent leader in the Altnet sector with over a decade of experience in leading telecoms businesses, James has successfully navigated multiple mergers/integrations and taken these business’ from start-up to established market players delivering high growth. The most recent of these is FullFibre ...

With a golden thread of helping people, Jess has a background in employability, skills, recruiting and teaching at both undergraduate and masters level. Passionate about creating a more equitable society, and driving digital inclusion through partnership working and collaboration, Jess leads with...

  Lorna has over 30 years experience delivering innovative and societal interventions across the public and private sector. Currently heading-up the Delivery and Assurance Unit at the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Lorna has successfully led on many regional programmes that are...

  Irene is the founding CEO and a board director of the ScaleUp Institute, a private sector, not-for-profit company focused on making the UK the best place in the world to scale up a business.  She is a former senior banker at Standard Chartered where she held both European and global managing ...

Richard is founder and CEO of Zen Internet, the UK’s largest B Corp certified telecommunications and technology service provider. A multi-time Which? recommended broadband provider, and PC Pro’s best provider for 21 years, Richard started Zen in 1995 with only a handful of dial-up modems. The rise...