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Armando is a technology entrepreneur and the CEO and Co-founder of RavenPack, the leading provider of big data analytics for financial institutions. At RavenPack, he oversees all product design and engineering of the company’s data products and analytical tools. Armando is a recognized expert in applied big data and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. He is widely regarded as one of the most knowledgeable authorities on systematic data analysis in finance. He is a recognized speaker at academic and business conferences across the globe. Armando holds degrees in Economics and International Business Administration from the American University in Paris. As a thought leader, his commentary and research has appeared in leading business publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, among many others.

Digital technology has characterized Carlo De Matteo’s career since his beginnings in London, where he initially worked in law firms specialized in media and IT. From 2002 to 2008 at Hewlett-Packard, he managed the marketing in-housing strategies, first in EMEA and then globally. In 2008 he met Andrea Pezzi, with whom a very productive professional partnership was born. First he held the role of General Manager of OVO, an  encyclopedic documentary videos platform, and he became a partner and co-founder of TheOutplay in 2010 and MINT in 2014.

A profound connoisseur of the digital industry, he is the creator of the products and processes that have given shape to the innovative MINT proposal: a platform that integrates and automates the processes and technologies of digital advertising allowing for a true transformation of the industry.

Born in 1973, Carlo De Matteo graduated in Law from the State University of Milan and subsequently received a Master’s degree in Media and Technology from the European School of Advanced Studies. Since 2017, he has joined his entrepreneurial activity with his academic activity at the University of the Union of the Chambers of Commerce, where he teaches the first course in Digital Economy in Italy.

Gareth is an experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated successful track record of growing and transforming software and services businesses. He has a deep understanding of technology, digital transformation, and commercialization of IP, and is an experienced executive working with Private Equity sponsors.

“Making profits is not a purpose of business. It’s a derivative. A purpose is what problems it is solving for us as customers and communities.” – Colin Mayer

Anton Pavlovsky is the Founder & CEO of Headway, a global EdTech startup with Ukrainian roots and an emerging unicorn. In just four years, Headway has grown into an ecosystem of microlearning products with over 60 million users, a team of 150+ people, and offices in London, Kyiv, Warsaw, and Nicosia. In 2023, Headway was recognized by GP Bullhound as “Europe’s Next Generation” — one of the top 50 companies with the most potential to become billion-dollar companies in the next two years, and by Global Silicon Valley as “GSV 150” — one of the world’s most transformative digital learning and workforce skills companies. The company’s flagship, the Headway app, is the world’s most downloaded book summary app, with over 25 million users and the Editor’s Choice award from the Apple App Store. Anton is a serial entrepreneur who loves to launch and scale startups, develop digital products that impact the market, and build teams with a cohesive culture. Before Headway, he founded a startup in the social discovery space and, as the CPO, built an embryonic startup into the #1 in its market. Anton advocates for lifelong learning and is passionate about self-improvement and the doors it can open.

Karsten Boehrs is an experienced management executive with a track record of more than 25 years in major enterprises. He worked for international eCommerce and media companies in C-level positions focused on sales, operations, and digitalization, held responsibility for thousands of employees and took leading roles in business development, joint venture, M+A and restructuring projects.

From 2008 on, Karsten decided to steer his career towards more personal projects and to support promising business models and companies with advice as well as venture funding.

In 2013 Karsten joined simpleshow, the market leader for explainer videos, as an investor as well as CEO. After 10 years under his lead, Karsten has managed the company to grow into the leading B2B platform for the creation of animated videos. While users can easily create their own animated videos with the help of AI-backed text-to-video technology, the simpleshow marketplace provides for professional creative services.

Karsten expanded simpleshow’s business to a range of international markets, above all the US and the DACH region, with further presence in EMEA and APAC. Large brands and multinational companies value simpleshow as a partner for simple explanation.

Matti Niebelschütz is co-founder and CEO of CoachHub, the leading global digital coaching platform, funded with over $330M from leading investors including Sofina and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and operated by a passionate team of 600 people from over 50 nations on a mission to democratize coaching worldwide. Matti has been named Top40 Under 40 by Capital Magazine. He is a serial entrepreneur and former McKinsey management consultant with 15 years of experience in Future of Work, startups and digital business building.

Melissa Morris is the CEO and Founder of Lantum. Lantum is a workforce platform that transforms how healthcare organisations and workers connect, with a platform that simplifies rota management, staff engagement, and clinical governance for 18 ICSs, 300+ PCNs and 1-in-2 practices in the UK.

Lantum has raised in total £25 million from leading European Venture Capital firms Piton Capital and Finch Capital and employs over 100 people. They recently launched in the US, working with Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles.

Melissa previously worked in the Strategy Directorate at NHS London. Prior to that she was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, where she focused on transformation projects within healthcare. She is passionate about large-scale transformation in healthcare through effective workforce management and is a fellow on the NHS Innovation Accelerator, as well as an alumni of the Cedars-Sinai Innovation Accelerator.

Melissa has been featured in a number of national publications such as The Sunday Times, The Evening Standard, City AM, Sky News and was named as one of Management Today’s 35 under 35.