Verity Freeman is an Associate in Global Counsel’s tech, media and telecoms (TMT) team. She works with clients to help shape their policy and engagement strategy across a range of issues including AI, digital competition, digital economy, online safety and public sector digitisation.
She previously worked for political intelligence company DeHavilland where she focused on culture, media and sport policy.
Tammarrian has over 30 years of experience in the U.S. tech industry, contributing to engineering teams at General Motors, Apple, Microsoft, and Snap. She has led cross-functional teams in IT, Quality Engineering, Release Management, and Globalization.
Tammarrian was recognized on Forbes’ lists of America’s Top 50 Women in Tech and the World’s Top 50 Women in Tech in 2018. She has also served on advisory councils and boards for organizations like Ada Developer’s Academy, NordVPN, and Northwest Tech Equity Initiative (NWTEI).
In November 2021, Tammarrian left her role as Snap’s first Inclusive Engineering Director to focus on global collective healing leveraging tech as a catalyst. She founded Sarell with a vision to rebuild trust in tech by elevating social well-being as equally important as traditional success metrics.
Believing that active listening is key to collective healing, Sarell partners with experts in tech, psychology, social science, and policy to create feedback mechanisms that integrate actionable social well-being metrics, prioritizing customer trust and collective wellness as central to financial success.
Tammarrian enjoys traveling, hiking, dancing, other people’s pets, and (lots of) moments of stillness. She currently resides in London.
Shruti Kakade is an Master of Data Science student at the Hertie School. Having a background in Computer engineering, she is interested in AI Ethics, Digital Governance, Responsible AI & related regulations.
Sian Wilson is the Co-founder and Executive Director of Day One- a global leader in early careers. Sian is a global leader with over 25 years of experience in growth, skills, tech, policy and strategic organisational development in tech and skills-based businesses.
Sian is a Fellow of the RSA, Chartered Institute of Marketing, Institute of Employability and Chartered Member of CIPD. She is the Chair of Tech UK’s Skills and Inclusivity Council, sits on the EdTech and Education Council at Tech UK, is a member of the Women in Tech Policy Group, member of the London Corporation taskforce for Women pivoting into Tech, member of the North Est Connecting for Impact Group and Non-Executive Director of Society Matters CIC in Gateshead.
I am passionate about navigating and influencing digital policy as I think it offers an interesting mix of existing and new policies. For example, I enjoy how it offers the opportunity to build evidence and create novel solutions or apply existing legislation/regulations where they work in a similar sector.
I currently work as a senior associate at Inline Policy, providing policy and regulatory analysis and political strategy for innovative tech businesses across the tech sector. I previously worked at the ICO where I led on data protection and generative AI, engaging with and influencing some of the largest tech firms. Prior to this, I worked at DSIT on various digital related policy areas including the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill.
As Head of Paid Media, Safyah leads the department with a sharp focus on delivering performance-driven outcomes for our clients. With over 10 years of international experience across e-commerce, EdTech, FinTech, and non-profit sectors, she is passionate about building media strategies that maximise ROI, scale impact, and drive sustainable growth.
Safyah brings deep expertise in paid media strategy, advanced audience targeting, and AI-driven performance marketing. She has led high-performing global teams and managed multi-million-pound budgets, with a proven track record of elevating campaign effectiveness through data-led insights, continuous optimisation, and rigorous performance measurement.
A committed thought leader in the paid media space, Safyah closely tracks emerging trends in AI, attribution modelling, customer journey analytics, and platform innovations to ensure that her strategies are not only effective today but also future-ready.
Outside of work, she enjoys travelling, exploring new cuisines, learning languages, and spending quality time with her children.
Digital Marketer with over 10 years experience, managing
monthly budgets ranging from £5000 up to £2.1M, leading
high performing teams and driving organisational vision.
Data-driven approach with a laser focus on ROI.
Providing cross-functional strategic direction, with
winning digital marketing strategies and applying subject
expertise across e-commerce, EdTech, FinTech sectors as
well as spearheading non-profit growth.
Self-motivated, worked remote and hybrid, in local and
international teams. British and Canadian.