Meet our team of experts who work to accelerate the adoption of digital technologies.
Digital Catapult is home to a diverse community of over 230 professionals, spanning expertise in innovation, technology, industry and policy. Helping organisations and academia to inspire new products, services and business models and increase the early adoption of digital technology.
Jeremy Silver, CEO of Digital Catapult, is an entrepreneur, author and angel investor. He is a Trustee of the British…
A senior policy and strategy specialist with 20 years’ experience, Jessica Rushworth is Chief Strategy & Policy Officer for Digital…
Digital leader, technologist and strategic thinker, Geraldina Iraheta is the Chief Commercial Officer at Digital Catapult. Passionate about turning innovative…
David brings financial expertise from a career in several sectors including marketing & communications, publishing, retail & leisure and the…
Joe Butler is a highly respected and well recognised technology leader with a career that has ranged from startups and…
A senior corporate reputation specialist with 20 years’ marketing and communications experience, Amanda Kamin is Chief Marketing Communications Officer for…
Bringing over 20 years programme and operations experience Ray Lambe is Digital Catapult’s Chief Operating Officer. With a technical and…
An accomplished HR leader with a specialism in the IT and services industry, Allyssa Gregory is Digital Catapult’s Chief People…
Juergen Maier is Chair of the Digital Catapult, co-Chairs Made Smarter and serves on the Industrial Strategy Council which advises…
Damien Buie is Sector Lead, Energy Transition at Amazon Web Services (AWS). With over 20 years of experience in the…
Jessica Cecil is the Founder of the Trusted News Initiative (TNI) and a former BBC Chief of Staff to four…
Perdita Fraser is Chair of National Numeracy and Trustee of the Campaign for Science and Engineering. Perdita is an experienced…
Priya is a Venture Partner at Merian Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in women-led innovation
Belinda Howell is the Founder & Managing Director of strategic sustainability consultancy Decarbonize Limited, and brings extensive experience at board…
William is an experienced Board Adviser and Non-Executive Director, in the public and private sectors. He is currently on the…
Yvonne Rogers is the Director of the Interaction Centre at UCL (UCLIC), deputy head of department for Computer Science and…
Valerie Todd is the former People and Organisation Director for Siemens Plc UK and Ireland and supported the business through…
Keith has worked in the media industry for over 20 years and has successfully managed a broad range of business…
With 30 years experience as a technologist and researcher in communication networks, distributed system design and interoperability, Dritan is Director…
Digital Catapult’s Director of Policy, Research & Strategic Engagement, Philip Young has a strong background in emerging technology policy, research…
An immersive technology specialist Jessica Driscoll is Director of Immersive Technology at Digital Catapult. She has an MA in Digital…
A digital transformation specialist, Steven Wood is a Senior Commercial Manager for Digital Catapult. Responsible for helping large, established companies…
As Digital Catapult’s Director, Market Development, Nick Wright combines his domain expertise and passion for engineering and manufacturing with advanced…
Madalina is leading the Collaborative Research and Development (CR&D) team at Digital Catapult. In her role she builds partnerships and…
Sarah is responsible for regional engagement within the Business Development team across both Digital Catapult’s market and technology layers.
Elmer is Head of Design at Digital Catapult and is an advocate of human-centred design across internal and client projects…
Rob is the Head of Technology – Distributed Systems. He is involved in developing new programmes to help groups from…
Claire Caminade is currently Head of 5G Product and Partnerships at Digital Catapult.
A seasoned technologist and senior product manager, Peter Karney heads up Digital Catapult’s Product Innovation team which defines the scope…
Dr David Pugh is Digital Catapult’s Head of Sustainability. In his role David sits at the interface between advanced digital…
Robert Smith oversees the AI and machine learning team, the flagship Machine Intelligence Garage programme – which supports high-growth potential…
Munir is an experienced technology leader with more than 20 years’ experience in digital and cellular communication; IoT, R&D digital…
Paul Ceely has over 20 years’ experience in technology and network strategy, covering strategy and solutions for mobile, internet, security,…
Daniel has a Masters in Quantum Technology at University College, London, and researched Quantum Error Correction Codes. He has experience…
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