Judges

Chris Adelsbach
Founding Partner
Outrun Ventures

Rodney Appiah
Chairman
Cornerstone Partners

Mark Barry
Investment Director
British Business Investments

Roderick Beer
Managing Director
UKBAA

Hemaxi Bhatt
Programme Lead – Innovation Loans
Innovate UK

Ollie Blears
Associate Partner
RW Blears

Simon Bond
Executive Director
SETsquared

Susanne Coles
Head of Investment & Business Development
Innovate UK KTN

Ian Constance
CEO
The Advanced Propulsion Centre

Peter Cowley
Author
The Invested Investor

Joshua Denne
Head of SME Programmes
Advanced Propulsion Centre UK

Posy Drywood
Partner
Mathys & Squire

Susan Ganje
Senior Credit Specialist
Innovate UK

Pippa Gawley
Founding Partner
Zero Carbon Capital

Jon Gill
Partner
Eversheds Sutherland

Louise Harvey
Institutional Investor Manager
Seedrs

Sophie Lonergan
Lead for Investor and Startup Engagement
Digital Catapult

Johnathan Matlock
Co-Founder
Science Angel Syndicate

David Mott
Founder Partner
Oxford Capital

Eloise Morgan
Director of UK FI
Paragon International Insurance Brokers

Katie Nagy de Nagybaczon
Partner
CMS

Deepali Nangia
Partner
Speedinvest

Andrew Noble
Partner
Par Equity LLP

Emily Nott
Head of Diversity and Inclusion Programmes
Innovate UK

Helen Oldham
Founder
Fund Her North

Stephen Page
CEO
SFC Capital

Mehjabeen Patrick
Chief Financial and Investment Officer
Creative England

Stephen Pegge
Managing Director, Commercial Finance
UK Finance

Cate Poulson
Head of Talent Network
BGF

Sam Pout
Partner
CMS

Warren Ralls
Managing Director, UK Network
British Business Bank

Christiana Stewart-Lockhart
Director General
Enterprise Investment Scheme Association

Lyn Tomlinson
Head of Impact
Cazenove Capital

Jenny Tooth
CEO
UKBAA

Paul Tselentis
CEO
24Haymarket

Andrew White
Partner
Mathys & Squire

George Whitehead
Partner
ACF Investors

Henry Whorwood
Head of Research and Consultancy
Beauhurst