{"id":131116,"date":"2024-01-26T13:55:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T13:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technation.io\/?page_id=131116"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:10:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:10:54","slug":"tech-nation-advisors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/technation.io\/tech-nation-advisors\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Nation Advisors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"team-block-block_1061185fb0899fc6479ac3d56b23112d\" class=\"section padding-section team-block-section\">\n\t\t<div class=\"padding-container container\">\n\t\t<div class=\" container-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-container common-wrap txt-l clear\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex-box flex-space-between flex-y-align content-container padding-bottom-l\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrap \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"margin-bottom-m\"><strong>Meet the Tech Nation Advisors<\/strong><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-container common-wrap clear\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"team-wrapper grid-container grid-row-auto grid-container-2 lg:grid-container-4-equal grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"grid-item flex flex-col team-item padding-bottom-xs lg:padding-bottom-m \">\n\t \n\t<a href=\"#team-modal-764\" data-modal=\"team-modal-block_1061185fb0899fc6479ac3d56b23112d\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb\">\n\t\t<div class=\"aspect-ratio-31-37\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BrentHoberman-e1698788362948.png\"  alt=\"\" class=\"bg-img lazyload\" \n\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BrentHoberman-e1698788362948.png\" 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\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-12-19-at-11.58.01-1024x986.png\"  alt=\"\" class=\"bg-img lazyload\" \n\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-12-19-at-11.58.01-1024x986.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-12-19-at-11.58.01-1024x986.png 1024w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-12-19-at-11.58.01-300x289.png 300w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-12-19-at-11.58.01-768x739.png 768w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-12-19-at-11.58.01-1536x1479.png 1536w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-12-19-at-11.58.01.png 1556w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\"figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col team-member-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-xs\"><strong>Tej Lalvani<\/strong><\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">CEO, Vitabiotics and Dragon, Dragon&#8217;s Den<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"grid-item flex flex-col team-item padding-bottom-xs lg:padding-bottom-m \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb\">\n\t\t<div class=\"aspect-ratio-31-37\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Tania-Boler-1-e1706272484157.jpg\"  alt=\"\" class=\"bg-img lazyload\" \n\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Tania-Boler-1-e1706272484157.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Tania-Boler-1-e1706272484157.jpg 552w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Tania-Boler-1-e1706272484157-300x254.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\"figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col team-member-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-xs\"><strong>Tania Boler<\/strong><\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">Founder and President, Elvie<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"grid-item flex flex-col team-item padding-bottom-xs lg:padding-bottom-m \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb\">\n\t\t<div class=\"aspect-ratio-31-37\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/mas.png\"  alt=\"\" class=\"bg-img lazyload\" \n\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/mas.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/mas.png 900w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/mas-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/mas-768x576.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\"figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col team-member-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-xs\"><strong>Michael Acton-Smith<\/strong><\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, Calm<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"grid-item flex flex-col team-item padding-bottom-xs lg:padding-bottom-m \">\n\t \n\t<a href=\"#team-modal-766\" data-modal=\"team-modal-block_1061185fb0899fc6479ac3d56b23112d\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb\">\n\t\t<div 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data-parent-container=\"figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col team-member-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-xs\"><strong>Carolyn Dawson OBE<\/strong><\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">CEO, Founders Forum Group<\/p>\t\t \n\t\t\t<p class=\"sml-text margin-top-xs margin-bottom-none txt-underline\">Read More<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t \n\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"grid-item flex flex-col team-item padding-bottom-xs lg:padding-bottom-m \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb\">\n\t\t<div class=\"aspect-ratio-31-37\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PRINT-2023-04-17-Melissa-Snover-001-of-093-2398-1-scaled-e1706272584137-943x1024.jpg\"  alt=\"\" class=\"bg-img lazyload\" \n\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PRINT-2023-04-17-Melissa-Snover-001-of-093-2398-1-scaled-e1706272584137-943x1024.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PRINT-2023-04-17-Melissa-Snover-001-of-093-2398-1-scaled-e1706272584137-943x1024.jpg 943w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PRINT-2023-04-17-Melissa-Snover-001-of-093-2398-1-scaled-e1706272584137-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PRINT-2023-04-17-Melissa-Snover-001-of-093-2398-1-scaled-e1706272584137-768x834.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PRINT-2023-04-17-Melissa-Snover-001-of-093-2398-1-scaled-e1706272584137.jpg 1288w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\"figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col team-member-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-xs\"><strong>Melissa Snover<\/strong><\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">Founder and CEO, Rem3dy<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"grid-item flex flex-col team-item padding-bottom-xs lg:padding-bottom-m \">\n\t \n\t<a href=\"#team-modal-131113\" data-modal=\"team-modal-block_1061185fb0899fc6479ac3d56b23112d\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb\">\n\t\t<div class=\"aspect-ratio-31-37\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MS-Headshot-square-1-e1706272664894-1024x932.jpg\"  alt=\"\" class=\"bg-img lazyload\" \n\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MS-Headshot-square-1-e1706272664894-1024x932.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MS-Headshot-square-1-e1706272664894-1024x932.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MS-Headshot-square-1-e1706272664894-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MS-Headshot-square-1-e1706272664894-768x699.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MS-Headshot-square-1-e1706272664894.jpg 1303w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\"figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col team-member-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-xs\"><strong>Matthew Scullion<\/strong><\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">Co-Founder and CEO, Matillion<\/p>\t\t \n\t\t\t<p class=\"sml-text margin-top-xs margin-bottom-none txt-underline\">Read More<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t \n\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"grid-item flex flex-col team-item padding-bottom-xs lg:padding-bottom-m \">\n\t \n\t<a href=\"#team-modal-768\" data-modal=\"team-modal-block_1061185fb0899fc6479ac3d56b23112d\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb\">\n\t\t<div class=\"aspect-ratio-31-37\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/George-Mensah-Headshot-937x1024.webp\"  alt=\"\" class=\"bg-img lazyload\" \n\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/George-Mensah-Headshot-937x1024.webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/George-Mensah-Headshot-937x1024.webp 937w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/George-Mensah-Headshot-274x300.webp 274w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/George-Mensah-Headshot-768x840.webp 768w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/George-Mensah-Headshot.webp 1105w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\"figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col team-member-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-xs\"><strong>George Mensah<\/strong><\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">VC Investor, Sure Valley Ventures<\/p>\t\t \n\t\t\t<p class=\"sml-text margin-top-xs margin-bottom-none txt-underline\">Read More<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t \n\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"grid-item flex flex-col team-item padding-bottom-xs lg:padding-bottom-m \">\n\t \n\t<a href=\"#team-modal-762\" data-modal=\"team-modal-block_1061185fb0899fc6479ac3d56b23112d\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb\">\n\t\t<div class=\"aspect-ratio-31-37\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Annette-Wilson-Headshot-978x1024.webp\"  alt=\"\" class=\"bg-img lazyload\" \n\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Annette-Wilson-Headshot-978x1024.webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Annette-Wilson-Headshot-978x1024.webp 978w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Annette-Wilson-Headshot-286x300.webp 286w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Annette-Wilson-Headshot-768x804.webp 768w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Annette-Wilson-Headshot.webp 1098w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\"figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col team-member-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-xs\"><strong>Annette Wilson<\/strong><\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">Chair, NED and Strategic Adviser<\/p>\t\t \n\t\t\t<p class=\"sml-text margin-top-xs margin-bottom-none txt-underline\">Read More<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t \n\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"grid-item flex flex-col team-item padding-bottom-xs lg:padding-bottom-m \">\n\t \n\t<a href=\"#team-modal-131119\" data-modal=\"team-modal-block_1061185fb0899fc6479ac3d56b23112d\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb\">\n\t\t<div class=\"aspect-ratio-31-37\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/OKB-HS-2024-1024x819.jpg\"  alt=\"\" class=\"bg-img lazyload\" \n\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/OKB-HS-2024-1024x819.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/OKB-HS-2024-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/OKB-HS-2024-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/OKB-HS-2024-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/OKB-HS-2024-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/OKB-HS-2024-2048x1638.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/OKB-HS-2024-1920x1536.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\"figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col team-member-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-xs\"><strong>Oliver Kent-Braham<\/strong><\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">Co-Founder and CO-CEO, Marshmallow<\/p>\t\t \n\t\t\t<p class=\"sml-text margin-top-xs margin-bottom-none txt-underline\">Read More<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t \n\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"grid-item flex flex-col team-item padding-bottom-xs lg:padding-bottom-m \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb\">\n\t\t<div class=\"aspect-ratio-31-37\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/emily-turner-img.jpg\"  alt=\"\" class=\"bg-img lazyload\" \n\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/emily-turner-img.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/emily-turner-img.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/emily-turner-img-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/emily-turner-img-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/emily-turner-img-768x768.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\"figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col team-member-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-xs\"><strong>Emily Turner<\/strong><\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">CEO, HSBC Innovation Banking<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"grid-item flex flex-col team-item padding-bottom-xs lg:padding-bottom-m \">\n\t \n\t<a href=\"#team-modal-131114\" data-modal=\"team-modal-block_1061185fb0899fc6479ac3d56b23112d\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb\">\n\t\t<div class=\"aspect-ratio-31-37\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Tom-Hulme-4-1-1-1024x683.jpg\"  alt=\"\" class=\"bg-img lazyload\" \n\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Tom-Hulme-4-1-1-1024x683.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Tom-Hulme-4-1-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Tom-Hulme-4-1-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" 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margin-top-xs margin-bottom-none txt-underline\">Read More<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t \n\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modal-wrapper team-modal\" id=\"team-modal-block_1061185fb0899fc6479ac3d56b23112d\">\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-y-align m:flex-top-align team-modal-content padding-y-l\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"page-container common-wrap clear\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"team-modal-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"team-modal-item\" id=\"team-modal-764\">\n\t<div class=\"has-brand-background-color has-white-color padding-m lg:padding-xl content-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"close-modal\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/themes\/base-theme\/assets\/svg\/assets\/XCircle.svg\" alt=\"Close Modal\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\" padding-right-xxl flex flex-col lg:flex-row lg:flex-nowrap flex-bottom-align team-member-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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med-text\">\n\t\t\t<p>Brent is Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Founders Factory (global venture studios, seed programmes and accelerator programmes), Founders Forum (global community of founders, corporates and tech leaders), and firstminute capital ($320m seed fund with global remit, backed by over 120+ unicorn founders). Previously, Brent co-founded made.com in 2010 which went public last year with a valuation of $1.1bn, and lastminute.com in 1998 where he was CEO from its inception and sold it in 2005 to Sabre for $1.1bn.<\/p>\n<p>Brent has backed nine unicorns at Seed stage and technology businesses Brent has co-founded have raised over $1bn and include Karakuri (provider of robotics, AI and automation systems), Founders Intelligence (entrepreneur-powered consultancy &#8211; recently acquired by Accenture), EQL:HER (network taking action to change the underrepresentation of women in technology), Founders Keepers (technology executive search firm), Founders of the Future (network that identifies and supports aspiring entrepreneurs), Founders Pledge (community for entrepreneurs committed to finding and funding solutions to global challenges), Grip (AI-powered event networking solution), 01 Founders (a network of free-to-access coding schools with a job guarantee), Founders Law (full-service tech law firm), Founders Makers (a creative partner for challengers and forward-thinking corporates), and Polygo (graduate talent accelerator).<\/p>\n<p>Brent sits on the advisory boards of Google Cloud, The Tessa Jowell Foundation, the UK Government Digital Service and the WEF Digital Europe Group. He was also a founding Champion of Change for The Global Tech Group, has been an advisor to four UK prime ministers and in 2015 was awarded a CBE for his services to entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"team-modal-item\" id=\"team-modal-766\">\n\t<div class=\"has-brand-background-color has-white-color padding-m lg:padding-xl content-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"close-modal\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/themes\/base-theme\/assets\/svg\/assets\/XCircle.svg\" alt=\"Close Modal\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\" padding-right-xxl flex flex-col lg:flex-row lg:flex-nowrap flex-bottom-align team-member-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb padding-right-m\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aspect-ratio-31-37\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Carolyn-Dawson-Headshot-768x889.webp\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Carolyn-Dawson-Headshot-768x889.webp\" alt=\"CEO, Founders Forum Group\" class=\"lazyload bg-img\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Carolyn-Dawson-Headshot-768x889.webp 768w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Carolyn-Dawson-Headshot-259x300.webp 259w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Carolyn-Dawson-Headshot-884x1024.webp 884w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Carolyn-Dawson-Headshot.webp 1191w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\"figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" flex flex-col flex-justify-end margin-bottom-s\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"margin-bottom-s\"><strong>Carolyn Dawson OBE<\/strong><\/h5>\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">CEO, Founders Forum Group<\/h6>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"margin-top-m lg:margin-top-xl team-member-bio med-text\">\n\t\t\t<p>Carolyn Dawson is Chief Executive of Founders Forum Group, overseeing all FF events and businesses, and steering the strategic development of our global network. Previously, Carolyn was President at Informa Tech, a FTSE 100 UK company championing specialists in their core markets. Carolyn led a global portfolio of Digital Media, Research, Events, and Training across a variety of technology sectors and presided over the joint venture between Founders Forum and Informa Tech, prior to her assuming her role as FFG CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Carolyn was recently appointed an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for her services to London Tech Week, which she\u2019s led for the past seven years. In this time, she built its global profile and advanced its mission to showcase the best of UK tech. Carolyn is passionate about growing a dynamic and inclusive tech community to realise the positive impact of technology on our world and to empower the next generation of entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"team-modal-item\" id=\"team-modal-131113\">\n\t<div class=\"has-brand-background-color has-white-color padding-m lg:padding-xl content-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"close-modal\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/themes\/base-theme\/assets\/svg\/assets\/XCircle.svg\" alt=\"Close Modal\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\" padding-right-xxl flex flex-col lg:flex-row lg:flex-nowrap flex-bottom-align team-member-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb padding-right-m\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aspect-ratio-31-37\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MS-Headshot-square-1-e1706272664894-768x699.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MS-Headshot-square-1-e1706272664894-768x699.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload bg-img\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MS-Headshot-square-1-e1706272664894-768x699.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MS-Headshot-square-1-e1706272664894-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MS-Headshot-square-1-e1706272664894-1024x932.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MS-Headshot-square-1-e1706272664894.jpg 1303w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\"figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" flex flex-col flex-justify-end margin-bottom-s\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"margin-bottom-s\"><strong>Matthew Scullion<\/strong><\/h5>\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">Co-Founder and CEO, Matillion<\/h6>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"margin-top-m lg:margin-top-xl team-member-bio med-text\">\n\t\t\t<p>Matthew Scullion is the co-founder and CEO of tech unicorn Matillion.<\/p>\n<p>Having started his career in software and IT, Matthew founded data productivity provider Matillion in 2011 to help struggling companies turn their data into meaningful insights.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Matillion helps thousands of customers across the globe &#8211; including Docusign, Western Union, Slack, Tui and Cisco &#8211; accelerate their time to insights.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew is also on the Capital Markets Industry Taskforce, and is passionate about helping more UK businesses succeed on home soil. <\/p>\n<p>Matthew lives in Hale, Manchester, with his wife and two daughters, but splits his time between home and Denver, Colorado, Matillion&#8217;s joint HQ.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"team-modal-item\" id=\"team-modal-768\">\n\t<div class=\"has-brand-background-color has-white-color padding-m lg:padding-xl content-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"close-modal\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/themes\/base-theme\/assets\/svg\/assets\/XCircle.svg\" alt=\"Close Modal\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\" padding-right-xxl flex flex-col lg:flex-row lg:flex-nowrap flex-bottom-align team-member-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb padding-right-m\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aspect-ratio-31-37\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/George-Mensah-Headshot-768x840.webp\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/George-Mensah-Headshot-768x840.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload bg-img\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/George-Mensah-Headshot-768x840.webp 768w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/George-Mensah-Headshot-274x300.webp 274w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/George-Mensah-Headshot-937x1024.webp 937w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/George-Mensah-Headshot.webp 1105w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\"figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" flex flex-col flex-justify-end margin-bottom-s\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"margin-bottom-s\"><strong>George Mensah<\/strong><\/h5>\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">VC Investor, Sure Valley Ventures<\/h6>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"margin-top-m lg:margin-top-xl team-member-bio med-text\">\n\t\t\t<p>George joined Sure Valley Ventures in April 2022 as a Principal. He has nearly a decade of experience in the capital markets focusing predominantly on high growth companies. Prior to Sure Valley Ventures, he was an Investment Manager at ACF Investors (an early-stage VC which co-invests alongside domain expert-led syndicates of angel investors) , where he played an active role in investing and portfolio management with early stage companies.<\/p>\n<p>George started his investment career at Shore Capital as an Equity Research Analyst, with a sector focus in Online Retail and eCommerce as well as helping companies IPO. He has also held roles at family office Growth Partner LLP and U.S. based investment firm Aegis Capital Corp.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"team-modal-item\" id=\"team-modal-762\">\n\t<div class=\"has-brand-background-color has-white-color padding-m lg:padding-xl content-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"close-modal\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/themes\/base-theme\/assets\/svg\/assets\/XCircle.svg\" alt=\"Close Modal\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\" padding-right-xxl flex flex-col lg:flex-row lg:flex-nowrap flex-bottom-align team-member-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb padding-right-m\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aspect-ratio-31-37\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Annette-Wilson-Headshot-768x804.webp\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Annette-Wilson-Headshot-768x804.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload bg-img\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Annette-Wilson-Headshot-768x804.webp 768w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Annette-Wilson-Headshot-286x300.webp 286w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Annette-Wilson-Headshot-978x1024.webp 978w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Annette-Wilson-Headshot.webp 1098w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\"figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" flex flex-col flex-justify-end margin-bottom-s\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"margin-bottom-s\"><strong>Annette Wilson<\/strong><\/h5>\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">Chair, NED and Strategic Adviser<\/h6>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"margin-top-m lg:margin-top-xl team-member-bio med-text\">\n\t\t\t<p>Annette was appointed as Advisor to the Tech Nation Advisory Board in October 2023.  <\/p>\n<p>Annette has more than 25 years\u2019 experience working in private equity and venture capital and in that time focused on scaling founder-led businesses. Prior to that she held management roles with LSE listed companies in the insurance industry, having started her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers. She is a former member of the VC Council of Invest Europe and is a former Board member of the British Venture Capital Association.<br \/>\nToday Annette serves as non-executive director and adviser to several international companies and also is Founder and Chair of the Board of Trustees of ADHD Embrace, a UK registered charity.  She is excited about the significant opportunities innovative technological development are playing in the future economic growth.  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