Meri Williams
Chief Technology Officer, Pleo

Meri is an experienced CTO and tech leader who coaches and advises through her consultancy, ChromeRose. She has led teams of 30 to 300 across companies like Procter & Gamble, Government Digital Service, MOO, Monzo, and Healx. Meri specialises in developing technical leaders and managers.

Nimisha Patel
Chief Digital & Information Officer | NED | 2022 and 2023 Top 100 Chief Digital Officers

Nimisha’s mantra is ‘There is not a problem technology cannot solve’; her passion, drive and determination to deliver on this has fuelled her global executive career. She was the Cabinet Office’s first Chief Digital Information Officer and later Bupa’s Global and UK CDIO. Recognized for her achievements, Nimisha won the Global Top 100 Chief Digital Officer Award in 2021 and 2022 and was named CIO of the Year at the 2020 Women in IT Excellence Awards. As a role model, she champions female representation, with 33% of 200 recent hires in her function being women.

Sam Burrows
VP Technology Services, Carnival UK

Sam is a strategic technologist with a strong track record in managing complex global change initiatives and product builds. She excels in fast-paced environments, handling resource management, stakeholder engagement, client relationships, and budgeting. Sam has delivered major projects, including results systems for the Commonwealth, Olympic, and Paralympic Games, next-gen platforms at Kingfisher, DAZN’s boxing platform, British Airways’ tech delivery, and now leads technology transformation at Carnival.