Julian David OBE, CEO, techUK

Julian David is the CEO of techUK, the leading technology trade association that aims to realise the positive outcomes that digital technology can achieve for People, Society, the Economy and the Planet.

He leads techUK’s nearly 100 strong team representing over a thousand British based tech companies, comprising global and national champions and more than 600 SMEs and ScaleUP companies. techUK is the voice of the tech industry in the UK with 21 member led programmes covering all of tech from ‘Chips to Clicks’ and addressing 11 market sectors from Defence and Central Government, through to Health, Consumer Electronics and Financial Services.

In 2021 techUK launched TechSkills, the employer-led accreditation organisation that aims to improve the flow of talent into the digital workforce and open up access for all to high value tech jobs.

Julian has over thirty years of experience in the technology industry. Prior to joining techUK, he had a series of leadership roles at IBM including Vice President for Small and Medium Business and Public Sector. After leaving IBM he worked as a consultant helping tech SMEs establish successful operations in the U.K. His personal interests include Football (West Ham, Balham FC and Real Madrid) and Art.

Professor Sir Peter Mathieson, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, The University of Edinburgh

Professor Sir Peter Mathieson (MBBS(Hons)(London), PhD(Cambridge), FRCP(London), FRCPE, FMedSci, FRSE, FRSA) was born and educated in the United Kingdom and was the first in his family to go to university. He read Medicine at the London Hospital Medical College and qualified with First Class Honours from the University of London in 1983. After junior medical posts in and around London, he obtained a research training fellowship at the University of Cambridge, leading to a PhD in 1992. He became Director of Studies for Clinical Medicine at Christ’s College, Cambridge. 

Karl Havard, Chief Commercial Officer, Nscale

Karl Havard has 25+ years in the IT, Cloud and AI industry. Has previously held senior leadership roles inside AWS and Google as well as building and leading start-up businesses in the HPC and Generative AI cloud service provider industry.

David Sully, CEO & Co-Founder, Advai

David Sully is the CEO and co-founder of Advai, a world leader in testing, evaluation and Assurance of AI systems. Since being established in 2020, they have become a trusted partner to Financial Services, UK Defence and Government. Their technology is used by customers for everything from accelerating procurement times, by benchmarking AI providers, to automated Assurance and Red Teaming of Agentic systems.