Previous Climb Speakers:

  • Jennifer Byrne

    Former CTO, Microsoft

  • Alastair Bathgate

    Founder, Blue Prism

  • John Gleasure

    Executive Vice Chairman, DAZN Group

  • Sophia Shlugler

    Advisor, Angel Investor & Venture Partner, VNTR Capital

  • Judith Hartley

    CEO, British Business Investments

  • June Angelides MBE

    Investor, Samos Investments

  • Estelle Blanks

    CEO & Director, Innovation SuperNetwork

  • Neil Dunlop

    Tech Scale-Up Practitioner

  • Pete Mills

    Executive Director of Crysp & Chair Place Making and Inward Investment Partnership Board Bradford City & District

  • Melanie Hayes

    Managing Partner, Bethnal Green Ventures

  • Ian O'Donnell MBE

    Deputy Chair of UK Policy, Federation of Small Businesses

  • Julian Wheeler

    Partner, Shard Capital Partners LLP

  • Carl Wong

    Chief Engineer, High Value Manufacturing Catapult

  • Dr Gary Crotaz

    Executive coach and host of ‘The Unlock Moment’ podcast

Confirmed for Climb24

Our list of speakers will be updated continually in the run up to Climb24, keep an eye on our social media channels to see more as they are announced.

  • Arun Aggarwal

    Fintech Investment Manager
    Lloyds Banking Group

    Full Bio

  • Tanya Arnold

    TV and Radio Presenter & Reporter

    Full Bio

  • Gordon Bateman

    CEO
    Invesor Ladder & CRSI

    Full Bio

  • Simon Bax

    Chair
    Captur

    Full Bio

  • Andrew Bishop

    Founder
    Reclaim Audio

    Full Bio

  • Chris Black

    MD
    Sound Leisure
    & President of Leeds Chamber of Commerce

    Full Bio

  • Dan Bowyer

    Partner
    SuperSeed VC

    Full Bio

  • Jack Brandwood

    Co-Founder & Director
    Tact IT

    Full Bio

  • Martin SFP Bryant

    Founder
    PreSeed Now

    Full Bio

  • Emma Cooper

    Knowledge Transfer Manager
    Innovate UK Business Connect

    Full Bio

  • Michelle Cooper

    International Trade Adviser
    Department for Business and Trade

    Full Bio

  • Keeley Crockett

    Professor in Computational Intelligence
    Manchester Metropolitan University

    Full Bio

  • Jonathan Crook

    Deputy Head
    Venture Capital Unit

    Full Bio

  • Dr Gary Crotaz

    Executive coach, award-winning author and host of The Unlock Moment podcast

    Full Bio

  • Fiona Dent

    General Partner
    Edge Investments

    Full Bio

  • Mel Ellyard

    Investment Ecosystems Lead
    Innovate UK & Founder
    Include Me

    Full Bio

  • Andy Etches

    Co-Founder & Director
    Rezzil

    Full Bio

  • Alina-Faith Cameron

    Innovation Lead - Creative Industries
    Innovate UK

    Full Bio

  • Glenn Fletcher

    CEO
    Tribosonics

    Full Bio

  • Victoria Garcia

    CEO
    BindEthics

    Full Bio

  • Irene Graham

    Founding CEO
    Scale Up Institute

    Full Bio

  • Lucy Hall

    CEO
    LOANHOOD

    Full Bio

  • Simon Hall

    Founder
    APIMS Privacy Management Software

    Full Bio

  • Laura Harper

    Partner
    Lewis Silkin

    Full Bio

  • Steve Harris

    Regional Director
    Mid Corporate Scotland & North

    Full Bio

  • Bruce Hydes

    Global Head of Talent
    VeUp

    Full Bio

  • Asma Iqbal

    Partner
    Chadwick Lawrence LLP

    Full Bio

  • Hannah Jeffreys

    Senior Product Owner
    Lloyds Banking Group

    Full Bio

  • Andrew Jenkins

    Motivational Speaker, TV Personality… and former ‘Traitor’

    Full Bio

  • Lisa Johnson

    Global VP for Corporate Communucations & Public Affairs
    Starship Technologies

    Full Bio

  • Georgia Kirke

    Founder
    Cliobooks.ai
    & Write Business Results

    Full Bio

  • Simon Landi

    Fractional CMO

    Full Bio

  • Alex La Vie

    Digital Wellbeing Consultant and Speaker
    Founder, Live More Offline

    Full Bio

  • Sophie Lee

    Director
    Electric Peach

    Full Bio

  • David Levine

    Managing Director
    Glenluna Ventures

    Full Bio

  • Jonathan Lloyd

    Founder & CEO
    CGHero

    Full Bio

  • Toby Lywood

    B2B SaaS investor
    Oxx VC

    Full Bio

  • Evan Maindonald

    General Partner
    Hyperlight Ventures

    Full Bio

  • George Mensah

    VC Investor
    Sure Valley Ventures

    Full Bio

  • Marie Labus

    CEO
    AMLo Biosciences Ltd

    Full Bio

  • Tony Mallett

    Coach and Speaker
    Inspirational Leeds

    Full Bio

  • Sherin Mathew

    Founder & CEO
    AI Tech UK

    Full Bio

  • Sinead McHale

    CEO
    Satago

    Full Bio

  • Jessica Moffatt-Owen

    Innovation Lead
    Plexal

    Full Bio

  • Zandra Moore

    CEO & Co-Founder
    Panintelligence

    Full Bio

  • Michael Murray

    Principal
    Murray International Partners Limited

    Full Bio

  • Helen Oldham

    Co-Founder
    Lifted Ventures

    Full Bio

  • Tamsin O'Luanaigh

    Chief People Officer
    nDreams

    Full Bio

  • Adam Pacifico

    Partner
    Heidrick & Struggles

    Full Bio

  • Zsike Peter

    Founder
    Vampire Digital

    Full Bio

  • Emma Plowman

    Co-Founder
    The Diverse Directors Programme

    Full Bio

  • Anishka Prasad

    Head of Investor Intelligence
    Juniper Place

    Full Bio

  • Cliff Prior

    CEO
    The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment

    Full Bio

  • Anders Reeves

    Founder
    CovertSwarm

    Full Bio

  • Claudine Reid

    Chair of Advisory Committee
    Lloyds Banking Group

    Full Bio

  • Guy Remond

    Non-Executive Director,
    Investor & Entrepreneur

    Full Bio

  • Tom Riordan

    Chief Executive
    Leeds City Council

    Full Bio

  • Mark Roberts

    Entrepreneur, NED, Angel Investor & Adviser to startups

    Full Bio

  • Daniel Rooke

    Co-Founder & Partner
    Start Codon

    Full Bio

  • Andy Round

    Experienced Investor

    Full Bio

  • Anthony Rose

    Co-founder and CEO
    SeedLegals

    Full Bio

  • Pilar Rubio

    Principal Healthtech
    CRSI

    Full Bio

  • Colette Safhill

    MD
    Goat Drinks & Myth Drinks

    Full Bio

  • Mark Scott

    Co-Founder
    Bella and Duke Ltd

    Full Bio

  • Phillip Sewell

    Founder and CEO
    Predyktable

    Full Bio

  • Kelvin Shek

    Cluster Development Manager
    Space Hub Yorkshire

    Full Bio

  • Jane Slimming

    Founder & CEO
    Zeal

    Full Bio

  • Manpreet Singh

    CEO
    Bobble Digital

    Full Bio

  • Sim Singh-Landa

    Investment Director
    Praetura Ventures

    Full Bio

  • Sarita Stefani

    Co-Founder & CEO
    Amilis

    Full Bio

  • James Sutherland

    Founder CEO
    Autonomo

    Full Bio

  • Anna Sutton

    Co-Founder & CEO
    The Data Refinery

    Full Bio

  • Martin Sutton

    Founder
    Venture Partner

    Full Bio

  • Sam Taylor

    Co-Founder
    madeby.studio & GreenTech Gathering

    Full Bio

  • Jane Theaker

    CEO
    PbD Biotech Ltd

    Full Bio

  • Glen Thurgood

    Co-Founder & CEO
    Huumans.io

    Full Bio

  • Naomi Timperley

    Innovative Director
    Merseyway Innovation Centre

    Full Bio

  • Dave Tucker

    Founder & Co-CEO
    Glean

    Full Bio

  • Sir Anthony Ullmann

    Executive Chairman
    Shackletons Group

    Full Bio

  • Caner Veli

    Purposeful Profits Accelerator Programme - Managing Partner
    Kind Community

    Full Bio

  • Neil Vose

    Venture Partner, EHE Ventures

    Full Bio

  • Agnes Wamagui

    Knowledge Transfer Manager
    Robotics

    Full Bio

  • Stevie Ward

    Keynote Speaker, Leadership Consultant, ex Rugby League Captain

    Full Bio

  • Matt Wheeler

    Co-Founder
    madeby.studio & GreenTech Gathering

    Full Bio

  • Sam Whitehouse

    CEO & Executive Chairman

    Full Bio

  • Lizzie Withington

    Company Creation Manager &
    Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation

    Full Bio

  • Oliver Wooley

    CEO & Co-founder
    Enventors

    Full Bio

  • Doris Zhang

    Investment Manager
    Enventers

    Full Bio

  • Jake Zim

    Senior Vice President Virtual Reality
    Sony Pictures Entertainment

    Full Bio