Meet the Judges
Nine tech startups will be invited to our London Pitchday event, This will be held in the iconic Shard building, in February 2025, where they will pitch their business for up to $1m USD investment.
Paul Collier - Professor of Economics and Public Policy
Oxford University
Paul is the author of Left Behind, The Future of Capitalism, Refuge, the Bottom Billion, and other books on social and economic reform - more
Lisa Lambie
Managing Partner
Maroon Invest Global
Over 25 years, Lisa has successfully founded and built institutional and entrepreneurial ventures; establishing a track record globally as a successful entrepreneur, investment banker, and institutional investor across private equity, venture capital, mezzanine, and venture debt.
Jack Morrison
Co-Founder/CEO
Zooki
Jack is the co-founder and CEO of disruptive health and nutrition brand Zooki.​ He started the business on leaving university and now has 10 years of front-line entrepreneurial experience gained through taking an idea from zero to being sold in 33 countries worldwide.
Sylvana Quader Sinha Founder/CEO
Praava Health
Since Sylvana founded Praava Health in 2018 it has become one of the fastest-growing healthcare providers in emerging markets, having already served more than half a million patients to date in Bangladesh.
Annabelle Bryde
Head of UK Private Bank Wealth Management, Barclays
With more than 25 years investment banking and wealth management experience Annabelle joined Barclays in 2022 as Head of UK Private Bank & Crown Dependencies.
She is responsible for driving scalable growth across their UK, Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man platforms.
Gil Hakim
CEO
Matricelf
Gil brings over 20 years of experience in the life sciences industry, with a proven track record of identifying promising early-stage concepts across diverse fields and devising the optimal strategy for bringing them to market - more
David Tosh
Director, Relationship Management
Royal Bank of Canada
David Tosh is a Director at the Royal Bank of Canada, Wealth Management in the UK. Based in London, David is responsible for providing integrated wealth management solutions mainly for Ultra High Net Worth Business Owners and Entrepreneurs.
Deniz Ucbasaran
Professor of Entrepreneurship
Warwick University
Deniz's research explores entrepreneurial activity involving new value creation at the level of the individual, the team and the firm. She is widely published in a range of journals which include the Harvard Business Review - more
Nina Ho
Former Executive Director
Launchpad - UT Austin
Nina is a social impact consultant passionate about program design and strategic storytelling. Based in Austin, Texas, she has 13 years of experience in youth development and entrepreneurship education and is an Advisory Board Member for SXSW Pitches.
John Norman
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur with over 40 years’ experience, John has enjoyed starting, growing, acquiring, selling businesses, such as Prima Solutions, with an ethos of fun, fair trade, and social engagement.