Speakers

Paul Excell  CEng FBCS FIET  Board Chair, Advisor, Investor & Award Winning Executive Coach   Paul is an award winning Global CxO and Executive Coach with a successful track record of delivering exceptional leadership performance in global companies large ($bn) and start-ups scaling up   He is Current roles: 

* Chair, AI4C (AI for Charities) - the leading, pro bono learning exchange helping over 70 charities deploy AI for Good solutions to support their communities (1M people+) by providing collaborative insights from leading AI industry experts.

* Partner and Investor, ScaleUp Group - providing Tech ScaleUps with unique insights from successful entrepreneurs with over $4bn in exits who co-invest plus growth funding (£3-15M). £65m+ raised to date... 

* Founder, CEO Excelerate - Award winning Executive Coaching and board advisory services focused on transforming executive leadership performance at major ($Bns) global organisations. CEO Exec Coach of the year 2022,2023,2024

* Mentor, Royal Academy of Engineering Shott ScaleUp Leaders programme (>150 SME Leaders, £133m in Grants, £976m in equity funding, 3000+ jobs created, £1.76bn increase in business valuation)

* Judge for Tech Nation Rising Stars, Data Awards

* Keynote speaker and Author of the 7Cs of Exceptional Leaders 

Previous roles:

* Chief Innovation Officer, Group Technology Officer, SVP Global Platforms & Services at BT launching new global services and businesses growing profitable revenues to >$4bn, with customers in 170+ countries and 3000+ people in 85 countries after starting as an Apprentice 

* Advisor to UN Sec General & World Economic Forum on sustainability, technology, innovation.     

* Sunday Telegraph National Management Award for pioneering work on UK Broadband