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John Vincent co-founded and led the natural fast-food brand LEON, which he sold in 2021. He co-wrote the British government's School Food Plan and was part of the team that led the transformation of beverage company Whyte and Mackay. He previously had a career in consulting and investment, including four years at P&G and seven years at Bain and Company. He is now working with Asti Wagner to build the social media technology platform Invyted, which connects brands with social media influencers. Invyted seeks to help creatives and great brands share what they do and make people's lives more fun and interesting.

Mother of three children, founder and creative director of HubDot. A former Goldman Sachs employee turned jazz singer, Simona saw the people around her as passionate individuals with multi-faceted lives, but whose stories and synergies would never come together because of the social labels that defined them — a title, a job description, a CV. In 2012, with 98 friends around her kitchen table in London, she began to change this status quo and launched HubDot, a global movement on a mission to help people around the world connect in a more human way — one that is not driven by ego, elitism or competition. Simona and her colourful dots have visited 25 cities around the world, from Riga to Antigua and Paris to Portland. In each of these cities, people have come forwards to share their stories of success and development, reinvention and rebirth. The resulting connections have been life-changing and inspirational. HubDot Piazzas have become a place where you can be whoever you want to be, but also a place to share your authenticity, celebrate your successes and inspire others to take ownership of their power. Today, HubDot is a social movement that encourages the art of connection through experiences and stories. Its pioneering and innovative methodology helps and supports companies seeking to improve brand awareness, highlight their brand values and achieve their DEI objectives.

Alessandro Giudici, PhD, is a Reader in Strategy and Director of the Executive MBA at Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) in London, United Kingdom, where he is a member of the "Digital Leadership" and "Business Models and Technology" research centres. Alessandro's research focuses on innovation and business ecosystems and digital platforms, but also on technology for impact innovation, with a particular focus on emerging economies. At Bayes, Alessandro teaches applied strategy and digital transformation, contributing directly to the school's steady position in the top ten institutions in the Financial Times global ranking for strategy teaching. He leads the Executive MBA consulting week in Vietnam and the cross-MBA module on Technology for Good in Kenya. In 2020, Alessandro was included in the prestigious "Top 40 Under 40 Business School Professors" list by Poets & Quants, with the largest number of nominations ever recorded, and he received the ASFOR-Spina Award for "Best Under 40 Italian Business Professor". He holds a doctorate in strategy and a master's degree in research from the Cranfield School of Management (United Kingdom), as well as a master's degree in strategy from the University of Pisa. Before entering academia, he worked as a marketing manager for a large consumer goods multinational in the United Kingdom.

Andy is a founding member and the Managing Director of Virgin StartUp, a non-profit organisation funded by the Branson family that aims to help founders in the United Kingdom during the creation and start-up phase of their businesses. Before contributing to the launch of Virgin StartUp in 2013, Andy trained as a chartered accountant at PwC and Deloitte, specialising in venture capital and private equity. This experience brought professional depth to his passion for entrepreneurship, having owned several businesses himself. These included Impact Artworks, an online service to transform photos into original hand-painted canvases, and My Club Mail, an email service for football fans.