Tech Policy Expertise: Skills & education

  • Sophie Nye

    I am currently working at Ofcom as chief-of-staff for the Head of Online Safety. Throughout my career, I’ve been driven by balancing safety and rights for children online. When first joining Ofcom, I led on key policy areas under the Protection of Children duties in the Online Safety Act. Prior to Ofcom, I studied at the Oxford Internet Institute, where I focused on youth political participation online, and the impacts of AI and data analytics tools on inequality. I started my career working with tech companies in a strategic insight consultancy.

  • Rose Beaumont

    Rose Beaumont is a highly accomplished senior executive with a distinguished career spanning technology, social media, FinTech & Payments, and entertainment. Having held leadership positions at some of the world’s most influential global brands, she brings exceptional expertise in steering complex multinational teams and shaping strategies that thrive at the intersection of innovation, policy & regulation and purpose.

    With decades of experience advising senior leadership teams, she has become a trusted voice in navigating the global landscape of policy and regulation.

    She is a passionate champion of women in leadership and a tireless advocate for aligning business success with social impact.

    She is adept at driving advocacy at the highest levels, ensuring businesses are not just participants but shapers of the global dialogue on technology, commerce and culture.

  • Ani Attamian

    Ani Attamian is the Founder of LEMA® Collective Limited, guiding organisations through disruptive innovation in response to the growing need to address the complexity of fast-paced change. With over 20 years in media and tech, Ani’s experience includes leadership roles at global firms such as Aegis Media, IPG, and Hearst, transforming businesses across B2B and B2C sectors.

    Most notably, during her 11-year tenure at Google, Ani led EMEA’s Publishing Product Partnerships, driving AI-driven initiatives that utilised text-to-speech technology to enhance auto-narration capabilities. This wealth of experience now informs her work at LEMA Collective, where she assembles expert teams to help organisations leverage emerging technologies and uncover growth opportunities in today’s fast-paced business landscape.

    An internationally recognised technology leader, Ani is a sought-after speaker at major industry events, including the World Travel Market, AI @ Media Conference, the International Congress of Creative Industries and Bologna’s Audio Forum. She also serves as a Board Adviser to the ARI Literacy Foundation, championing educational access.

    Ani holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Northeastern University and a Master of Science in Media from Boston University.

  • Pooja Patel

    Pooja is a dedicated and focused professional with proven experience working in high-profile government policy, analysis, and intelligence.

    Specific analytical and policy expertise includes key global issues, such as cyber, synthetic biology, AI, and Large Language Models and regional expertise in Middle East and Asia.

    Pooja has been working in the Science and Tech fields for the last 7 years, and is passionate about bringing more women of colour into leadership roles in tech, cyber, and security professions

  • Vicki Shotbolt

    Vicki Shotbolt is the founder and chief executive of Parent Zone. She has been mapping, understanding and responding to the impact of technology on family life for twenty years finding ways to unlock opportunity and minimise harms. She is the host of Tech Shock, a podcast that unpacks emerging issues and explores the latest research about the impact of digital on family life. She is co-chair of VoiceBox a global youth led platform, a trustee of the Media and Information Literacy Alliance and chair of a consortium exploring Child Financial Harms.

  • Claire Spiller

    I am an advocate for creating fair access to tech careers and supporting people to reach their potential. Over the last twenty years, I have designed and managed re-skilling programmes, including those for marginalised groups of society. I support females, refugees, ex-offenders, people with disabilities and other people across our communities.

    Now I bridge the gap between education and paid employment, by providing work placements at a Tech For Good, non-profit, The Cloud Crew CIC. By populating CV’s with AI and digital transformation projects, more under-represented people stand out in recruitment processes.

    Through my work on the Digital Skills Council (DiSC) I have seen first-hand how policies could be better aligned and how initiatives could benefit from having more consistent quality-control measures across counties.

    Through my work at AWS, rolling out an EMEA-wide tech re-skilling programme, I am passionate about sharing ideas and concepts across boarders. Ideas shaped in a different country, based on the context of their economic climate, industry needs and socio-economic requirements, can often be translated into other countries and cultures, bringing a fresh perspective to shared challenges.

    I am an experienced speaker on topics such as diversity in tech, purposeful leadership and skills-based hiring and have contributed to articles, studies and interviews on the subjects.

  • Eliz Peck

  • Gisella Lomax

    Gisella Lomax is the Senior Advisor on Information Integrity at UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, leading a ‘Digital Protection’ capacity to address the harmful impact of information risks such as misinformation, disinformation and hate speech on refugees and people forced to flee, and on humanitarian action.

    Following a career in journalism with global media organisations, Gisella joined the UN in 2011: a year of global disruption to the information ecosystem driven by digital platforms. She has worked in partnerships, external engagement, digital and strategic communications roles across various parts of UN, including on climate action, human rights, peace-building, disarmament, and trade and development.

  • Mia Haffety

    Mia joined techUK in September 2023 within the Digital Infrastructure and Climate team(s) before transitioning to the Digital Economy team in April 2024.

    Before joining techUK, Mia worked as a Senior Policy Adviser at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) sitting within the Policy Unit.

    Outside of work, Mia enjoys running, yoga, bouldering and art.

  • Oyetola Florence Idowu

    A dynamic digital transformation Tech leader, Global AI Delegate for the United Kingdom with Gafai and an advocate for responsible AI, ethics and sustainability in Tech with over 13 years of experience driving digital transformation across healthcare, government, public, private, and consulting sectors.


    I currently work with the NHS, where I lead cross-functional teams to deliver innovative digital products and process re-engineering initiatives using Agile (Scrum), Waterfall, and Lean methodologies. My expertise spans Digital Product Delivery, Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, Process Improvement, and Responsible AI. An award-winning researcher and co-author in AI Automation Framework, sustainability, Embedding ethics into AI collaboration, and healthcare technology.


    I am a mentor and an Early Career Advocate with the British Computer Society (BCS), showcasing my passion for empowering the next generation of tech professionals. I also mentor young professionals with the Association for black and minority Engineers (AFBE)UK, and MSc Big Data Analytics students at the University of Derby during the MSc enrichment week, guiding and empowering the next generation of tech professionals.


    I am an active member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (MIET), a Professional member of the British Computer Society (BCS), a Corporate member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (MNSE), Registered Engineer with council of Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) and the Internet Society UK, cementing my reputation as a respected leader in the global tech ecosystem.