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.
I am a government relations and business development consultant with a vast and varies experience in a multitude of sectors across the UK, US and Australia currently focused on AI, data centre cooling technology, education, transport, and healthcare.
My network is significant and I am active in supporting and mentoring those starting in their careers with guidance and introductions.
I’m a dual UK/US citizen with deep expertise at the intersection of technology, regulation, and public policy. I’m a strategic leader with a strong track record of advancing trust and safety initiatives, shaping digital governance, and driving global regulatory strategy. I work directly with some of the world’s largest tech platforms, giving me a clear understanding of their challenges and how they can improve online safety outcomes. I excel at building high-impact relationships across government, industry, and civil society to support safer, more accountable digital ecosystems.
At Ofcom, the UK’s digital and communications regulator, I led the development of multi-year strategic roadmaps and external engagement strategies. I’m skilled at convening expert communities, translating complex regulatory insights into actionable frameworks, and managing high-performing, cross-functional teams. I bring a global perspective and a nuanced understanding of UK, US, and EU digital policy landscapes. I hold a Master’s in Government and Regulation and an MBA Essentials certificate from the London School of Economics.
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.
Sophia is the Group Manager for Artificial Intelligence Policy at the ICO, leading the UK data protection authority’s team of AI policy and technology experts. Her portfolio covers areas such as strategic thinking on AI for the organisation, policy on emerging issues such as generative AI, advising on high-impact regulatory positions such as automated decision-making and cross-regulatory coordination.
She is the ICO sponsor at the Artificial Intelligence workstream of the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) and has represented the ICO at a variety of international fora. Prior to the ICO Sophia was an Academy Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) and a journalist.
Shivani Lodhia is a cofounder of Parisi Consulting, where she advises clients in the emerging technology and digital infrastructure sectors, providing practical and trusted guidance. She also advocates for policy changes to support firms in these spaces, as well as issues affecting scaleups, using her Substack and an ongoing programme mentoring emerging talent from Warwick University to tackle and evaluate complex, future-facing industry challenges.
She recently presented her team’s data and analysis on government engagement with digital infrastructure in the House of Lords at a private roundtable, has participated in high-level discussions on the future of the UK’s semiconductor industry, and has been quoted in Politico and City AM.
Shivani is also studying for an MBA at Warwick Business School, bringing academic rigour to her work while championing a new generation of policy thinking within the technology sector. She is the CIPR’s Outstanding Young Communicator of the Year 2025.
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.