Advisory Board

Gerard Frith

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 07:41:15 GMT

Gerard is a senior product, technology and transformation leader with broad board-level experience and an entrepreneurial track record. Gerard has proven ability to rapidly launch, grow and sell profitable technology businesses. Expertise in legal tech, the business application of leading-edge Artificial Intelligence (AI), digital products, mobile, customer experience and innovation. Organisations need their advisers to be multidisciplinary experts. Gerard began his career as a developer, progressed to architecting and leading digital programmes, and business transformations. As a startup founder he has a couple of successful exits under his belt. Gerard is a qualified executive coach, and has helped many corporates develop innovative services and products, innovation processes, and to launch corporate ventures

Angela Whitty

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 11:46:57 GMT

Angela Whitty is the Managing Director responsible for Cisco’s UKI Partner Organisation. A long-term employee, she has been at Cisco for 28 years during which time she has held many leadership positions. Angela is known for her decisiveness, clear-minded customer focus and proven track record as a leader with the ability to build and run diverse teams. In recent years she has indulged her passion for talent development spending time coaching and mentoring future industry leaders both internally and across the wider business. A mother of two boys, she balances her career with a fulfilling family life as well as a desire to improve her golf skills! She describes herself as an enthusiastic golf novice, never missing the opportunity to be out on the course!

Steve Sanders

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 06:15:31 GMT

Steve is an established expert in corporate value creation and business development, with 20+ years in technology, software and big 4 management consultancy.

His credentials come from driving new business models and technology ideas, building opportunity in clients and markets. Since recently leaving EY where he led global pursuits and advisory programmes, Steve has led strategic fund raising, M&A and strategic advisory projects for clients globally, is on the board or advises leadership in WealthTech, InsureTech and PropTech startups, and advises a global automotive firm’s digital technology go-to-market.

Over his recent career Steve has served clients extensively in TMT, healthcare, life sciences, public sector, in various large global operations along the spectrum to smaller scale-up B2B tech businesses.

In addition Steve is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors; is alumnus business ambassador and contributes as a guest lecturer MBA strategy at Warwick Business School; and is a mentor and advisory board member for the charity Migrant Leaders

Fergus Speight

Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:02:50 GMT

Fergus is General Counsel at two high growth, Digital, FinTech startups, Zilo and Griffin. Fergus has spent his legal career in Financial Services in asset management, insurance, pensions and is now advising and guiding start-ups who are enabling high performance solutions. Fergus is also pro bono, in house legal adviser to The Big Exchange. Recognised for innovation by the FT in 2012 he also featured in the 2022 British Legal awards. Fergus is a mentor to other General Counsels and is regularly invited to contribute to industry events. Having trained in Scotland, he held senior legal and governance roles in the City at Aviva, Nomura, Resolution and was General Counsel at Royal London for 11 years before stepping down from leading that award-winning team earlier this year."