We’re looking forward to tomorrow’s event on The Curve at Taylor Wessing’s office, 5 New Street Square, London EC4A 7TW. In a break from the normal format it’s an afternoon event – light refreshments and networking from 1pm with the discussion starting at 2pm.
The guest list up to 12 noon today is:
- Antony Abell, Managing Partner, Variable Pitch Partners
- Stephen Allott, Crown Rep SME, Cabinet Office
- Carole Ankers, Product Development Director, Landmark Information Group
- Richard Anson, Chairman, Reevoo
- Rob Atkin, CEO, Xylyx
- Andrei Bgatov, Independent, NED
- Aditya Bhaskar, Management Consultant, Oorja Labs, QuickBlox
- Niels Bischoff, CEO, The Sauce
- Chris Book, CEO, Bardowl
- David Boyd, Digital Director, Clear Channel Outdoor
- Erika Brodnock, CEO, Karisma Kidz
- Tom Bucknall, Senior Counsel, Monitise
- Cameron Carswell, Manager, PwC
- Jamie Cassell, Partner, Blick Rothenberg
- Henry Catchpole, Chief Executive, Inform Direct
- Nina Chesterton, Marketing & Business Development, BDO
- Chuen-Man Chow, Development Director, Integrity Software
- Sarah Cochrane, consultant, PA Consulting
- Jon Coker, Investment Director, MMC Ventures
- Rupert Cook, Head of Technology M&A, goetzpartners
- Hermione Crease, Marketing, The BLN
- Nick Cronin, Partner, Bean Partners
- Chetan Damani, Director, YO.TV
- Andrew Davis, Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
- Tina de Souza, Founder, Moskardo
- Kevin Douglas, Antrak Capital
- Claudia Dreier – Poepperl, CEO & Founder, Adaffix
- Elizabeth Dunn, Creative Director, Cheekyshoes
- Mike Eberlin, Managing Director, Lime Technology Limited
- James Eder, Founder, The Beans Group
- Sara Ensor, Director, RBS
- David Esteves, CTO, Wicastr
- Malia Eugenio, Director of Marketing, Tickmeet
- Mark Fabes, Director of IT & Digital, McDonald’s Restaurants Ltd
- Ian Farrell, Photographer, Ian Farrell Photography
- Robert Fillmore, Director, me-mo
- Anthony Finbow, Trinamo
- Martin Finegold, CEO & Co-Founder, Cambridge Place Investment Management
- Paul Fisher, Partner, Forward Venture Partners
- Dean Forbes, Founder, Brand Dean
- Michelle Gallen, CEO & co-founder, Shhmooze
- Thomas Gatten, CEO, Growth Intelligence
- Nathalie Gaveau, Founder & CEO, Shopcade
- Emi Gibson, Operations, The BLN
- Daniel Gillespie, Tech Lead, Birdie List
- Kevin Goodings, CEO, SessionCam
- Nick Grant, Founder, Hacktech Ltd
- Adam Green, Director, Syntomy
- Paul Halliwell, Advisor, Halliwell Associates
- Michael Healy, CEO, Ratemash
- Adrian Hobbs, CEO, Cogenta Systems
- Stewart Holness, CEO, Integrity Software
- Daniel Hyde, CEO, Erevena Executive Search
- Phillipa James, Director, Venture Snack
- Peter Janes, Founder/CEO, shopa
- Charles Jenkins, Executive Director, UBS
- Anna Jennett, Associate, Silicon Valley Bank
- Aaron Johnston, Partner, B.leading
- Peter Jones, Founder, Break Through I.T.
- Istvan Juhasz, CEO, InPho Ltd
- Stephen Kellett, Founder, Software Verification
- Greg Kennaugh, Legal Counsel, Macmillan Science and Education
- Andrey Kessel, Managing Director, ATZ Management
- Salman Khan, Founder, CoutAllure
- Tim Kindt, Analyst, Fidelity Growth Partners
- Zaneta Kucerova, Relationship Manager, StrategyEye
- Ruth Lake, Director of Product Management and Development, RICS
- Greg Lamond, Partner, Bean Partners
- Nick Lansley, IT New Technologies Manager, Tesco.com
- Adam Lauffer, Assistant Commercial Director, Monitise
- John Laurence, CEO, CTRLio
- Andy Leigh, Technical Director, Baconium
- Dominic Lewis, COO, Tray.io
- Mark Littlewood, Director, The BLN
- Roberta Lucca, Co-Founder, MD, Bossa Studios
- Ed Maklouf, CEO, Siine
- Berenice Mann, Marketing manager, Sentec
- David Mardle, Partner, Taylor Wessing
- Neil McClements, CEO, Merchenta
- Kevin Meynard, Founder, Gradraft
- Laura Morris, MBA 2014, London Business School
- James Mundy, Founder, Foundbite
- Philip Newell, Director, Chalfont Capital
- Chloe Nicholls, Editor, Public Beta
- Jason Noble, Managing Director, Optimas Consulting
- Mariann Nordvik, Cogniance
- Andrew Nowell, Technology Developer, Sentec
- Douglas Orr, CEO & Co-Founder, ShopChat
- Navid Ostadian-Binai, EMEA Business Development Director, Cogniance
- Laurence O’Toole, Founder, Analytics SEO
- Julia O’Toole, Director, Lookiimedia
- Chris Padfield, CEO, DeskPRO
- Howard Palmer, Partner, Taylor Wessing
- Dikla Peebles, Chairman & Director, FanWing
- Mark Perera, Founder, Old Street Labs
- Philipp Prince, Corporate Finance, Self Employed
- Jamie Qiu, Consultant, Ernst & Young
- Simon Raitt, Senior Partner, Erevena Executive Search
- Roy Rodford, Director, The Wireless Theatre Company
- Rodolfo Rosini, CFO, Namaste Entertainment
- Bruining Rutger, Founder, Stealth
- Armine Saidi, CEO, Wicastr
- David Senior, CEO, Lowdownapp
- Robert Shaw, Director, International Sales EMEA, Participatory Culture Foundation
- Russell Sheffield, Managing Director, Operando
- Alun Simpson, Director, goetzpartners
- Alun Simpson, Advisory Partner, Par Equity
- Pete Smyth, CIO, GoCompare.com
- Csaba Solymosi, Director, CustLabs
- Peter Stepman, Entrepreneur / Consultant, Bleading
- Arek Stryjski, CTO, Accountz.com
- Dene Stuart, Director, Iwanttobe
- Nick Sunderland, Director, Why Projects
- Dominic Taylor, Commercial Director, Release Mobile
- Jon Treadway, Holtzbrinck
- Matthew Trowbridge, Founder & Managing Director, MGT Support
- Mike Turner, Partner, Taylor Wessing
- James Tye, Chief Executive, Dennis Publishing
- Ben Van Rooyen, The Boss, Have You Seen
- Paul Vanstone, Director, Catalyst Corporate Finance
- John Webb, Marketing Director – Startups & Developers, Rackspace
- Betsy Weber, CEO, TechSmith
- David Wilkinson, Partner-Entrepreneurial Services, Ernst & Young
- Stephanie Wilson, Partner, Erevena Executive Search
- Avin Wong, MD, Which Social
- Ian Woosey, Senior Director, Alvarez and Marsal
- Michael Worley, Creative Director, Lowdownapp
- Scott Wotherspoon, CEO, Plum
- Marcin Zaba, Director, Cheekyshoes
The hashtag for discussion this afternoon event is #CEOTales, and if you have any questions that you would particularly like to put to the panel please do send them to us, via Hermione@thebln.com
Tomorrow’s event would not have been possible without the expertise and support of Taylor Wessing, Rackspace and Erevena Executive Search.