The Digital Responsibility Forum

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Market Sectors: All

Expertise: Lawyer, Compliance & Technology

Regions: Worldwide

Jonathan Armstrong is an experienced lawyer at Punter Southall Law based in London with a concentration on compliance & technology.  He is also a Professor at Fordham Law School teaching a new post-graduate course on international compliance which includes modules on AI.

Jonathan is regarded as an acknowledged expert in AI and he currently serves on the New York State Bar Association’s AI Task Force looking at the impact of AI on law and regulation.  Jonathan also sits on the Law Society AI Group.

Jonathan’s professional practice includes advising multinational companies on risk and compliance across Europe.  Jonathan gives legal and compliance advice to household name corporations on:

●  Prevention (e.g. putting in place policies and procedures);

●  Training (including state of the art video learning); and

●  Cure (such as internal investigations and dealing with regulatory authorities).

Jonathan has handled legal matters in more than 60 countries covering a wide range of compliance issues.  Clients include Fortune 250 organisations & household names in manufacturing, technology, healthcare, luxury goods, automotive, construction & financial services.   Jonathan and his team have developed an innovative approach to EU AI Act risk assessment and regularly advise on the legal and ethical aspects of AI development.

Jonathan has been selected as one of the Thomson Reuters stand-out lawyers for 2024 - an honour bestowed on him every year since the survey began.  In April 2017 Thomson Reuters listed Jonathan as the 6th most influential figure in risk, compliance and fintech in the UK.  Jonathan is listed as a Super Lawyer and has been listed in Legal Experts from 2002 to date.  

Market Sectors: Non-profit, global conservation and development, digital ID 

Expertise: Innovation, tech-for-good, strategy 

Regions: Worldwide

 Ken Banks  is a British award-winning social entrepreneur, mobile technology specialist and global conservation and development expert with an undergraduate major in Social Anthropology. He is best known for developing FrontlineSMS, a mobile messaging platform which, at its peak, supported non-profits in over 190 countries. 

He is a Cambridge Judge Fellow, a Tech Awards Laureate, an Ashoka Fellow and a National Geographic Explorer. In 2013 he was nominated for the TED Prize. In recognition of his work, Ken was presented with the 2017 Eugene L. Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contributions within Computer Science. 

In addition to his pioneering social impact efforts, Ken is a recognised keynote speaker and published author. In early 2024 he returned to his consultancy roots, and is available for hire on a long- or short-term basis. 

Market Sectors: Fintech, Technology, and Telecoms

Expertise: Regulatory compliance, Compliance, Data privacy, and AI Governance

Regions: Worldwide

Martin Bate boasts an impressive 30-year career in the regulatory compliance space, where he has consistently provided invaluable expertise to facilitate the seamless market entry of various products and services. His extensive experience spans across some of the top fintech and technology companies, where he has excelled in delivering comprehensive solutions in data protection, ethics, sanctions, export control, risk management, and product compliance.

Throughout his career, Martin has played a pivotal role in navigating complex regulatory landscapes, ensuring that companies not only meet but exceed compliance standards. He has successfully implemented new compliance programs when companies have merged and demerged via market acquisitions, showcasing his ability to manage regulatory challenges in dynamic corporate environments. His deep understanding of the regulatory environment and his ability to anticipate and mitigate potential risks have been instrumental in the success of numerous high-profile projects.

Market Sectors: Financial Services, Aviation & Transportation. 

Expertise:  Sustainability and Transition Pathways, AI & Digital Ethicist, Sustainable Responsible Investing
Regions: US & EMEA

Alex Brown has a background as a scholar of identity and conflict transformation and as a consultant in sustainability and digital ethics that evolved from an earlier career in storytelling and strategy through creating productions in live art.. He is now working in the nexus of foresights and strategy applying a broad perspective to approach problems from multiple directions to help identify transition pathways and support sustainable future envisioning. This requires the application of multidisciplinary lenses to create approaches that carefully map the topography and legibility of these challenges that are not identified by  applying existing rigid frameworks. This approach is grounded in curiosity and broadly empathetic techniques to transform conflicts and challenges into opportunities for meaningful and long lasting transition towards a better shared vision for the future.

His approach to sustainability ethics, AI and Digital Ethics and ESG stems from holistic and multifaceted approaches embracing different perspectives in the room nested within complex questions addressing resilience, identity and interconnectedness which we face in the 21st Century. Some recent projects include delivering interactive sessions on situational judgement and system drift to a supranational organisation, working on strategy and messaging for a water security policy thinktank, data privacy and AI ethics questions for AI startups.

Market Sectors: All

Expertise: Digital Businesses, Sustainability Management & CDR

Regions: Germany, DACH & Europe

With over 20 years in the information and communication sector, Dr. Saskia Dörr has become a trusted advisor for businesses aiming for ethical and sustainable digitalization. Through her management consultancy WiseWay, she offers practical guidance on Corporate Digital Responsibility, particularly catering to Chief Sustainability Officers and key decision-makers. 

Her hands-on experience, combined with a deep understanding of digital trends, sustainability, and organizational growth, sets her apart. An MBA in Sustainability Management from Leuphana Universität Lüneburg and a history of impactful roles at Deutsche Telekom underscore her expertise. She's also the author of the first management book on Corporate Digital Responsibility, a foundational guide for businesses in the digital age. Connect with her to explore the responsible side of digital transformation via https://wiseway.de

Market Sectors: FS, Public Sector

Expertise: Academic, AI Ethics

Regions: UK

Professor Karen Elliott is Chair of Practice in Finance and FinTech at Birmingham University Business School and Co-Director of the FinTech MSc Degree Programme. She has been named as ‘Standout #35 Women in FinTech Powerlist by Innovate Finance’ for Policy and Governance 2019, 2020 and listed for the new Hubs (governance) category in 2021. Karen co-leads FinTrust, Agency, and the UKFin Network+ projects with Prof van Moorsel to optimise trustworthy and ethical AI, engineered to deliver citizen transparency, fairness, and inclusion. Likewise, co-led Finclusion (Gates Foundation/Turing Institute £100k), which explored verifiable credentials for vulnerable groups, focusing on dementia in the digital economy following her mother’s diagnosis. A member of the UK Prime Minister’s Champions Group for Dementia, Corporate Digital Responsibility, ForHumanity, Radix, the IEEE Global Initiative Planet Positive and an Ambassador for the Digital Poverty Alliance, Karen creates a fusion of academic and practical ethical considerations at the individual and societal level, seeking to find balance for an equitable digital society while protecting and sustaining the planet.

Market sectors: All

Expertise: Academic

Regions: Worldwide

Dr. Andri Georgiadou is an Associate Professor and Director of External Engagement (OB/HRM) at the Nottingham University Business School of University of Nottingham. Her research agenda is driven by a passion for inclusion and characterised by curiosity-driven, theoretically rigorous, empirically grounded, and policy-relevant inquiries. Her work focuses on exploring multi-domestic, relational, interdisciplinary, and global approaches to inclusion and diversity, as well as how algorithmic solutions and AI can transform management and leadership approaches, contributing to the development of more inclusive and sustainable workplaces.

Dr. Georgiadou has published extensively in top-tier journals and her research has been supported by over €3 million in funding from prestigious sources like the European Commission and the ESRC, highlighting the significance and impact of her work. Dr. Georgiadou is also actively engaged in shaping international standards on gender equality, human capital, and diversity and inclusion through her involvement with the British Standards Institution (BSI) and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) committees.

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Market Sectors: All

Expertise:  AI, Digital & Data Ethics, Bias, Privacy, Policy, and Consulting

Regions:  UK & EU  

Ben Gilburt has over 8 years of experience in technology consulting and digital ethics. He co-founded Sopra Steria’s Digital Ethics Practice, providing consulting services to clients across all market sectors, from government to hospitality. Ben has degrees in Social Science from the University of Oxford and Philosophy from UWE and has published papers on bias measurement, and mitigation methods for LLMs.

Ben can provide ethical evaluation services for AI and digital platforms, utilising market-leading assessment methodologies, and provide bespoke process and policy recommendations to maximise ethical goods and minimise risks.

 Market Sectors: All

 Expertise: AI Ethics & Governance 

Regions: UK, Europe and US

Simone Larsson is Executive Director and CEO of The Good Technology Company Ltd, providing AI ethics and governance strategy and operationalisation expertise, and go to market and benefit realisation advisory services for AI technologies and technology companies. She has a strong focus on AI for good use cases and the intersection of people, planet, profit.  She has been an expert in applied AI for over seven years and is a career technologist with over 20 years of experience in Tier 1 consultancies. Her experience also includes the commercialisation and application of advanced digital technologies such as 5G (Advanced Digital Networks), IoT, and Immersive. 

In the last five years she has co-chaired the British Interactive Media Association's AI Council, authored the ESG focused Frugal AI series, co-authored thought leadership on the Business Case for Ethics, was the master of ceremonies for Dataiku's 2022 Everyday AI Conference (attended by +1k non Dataiku delegates), and presented at CogX and a host of other AI and technology conferences. She currently chairs the Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS) Alumni council, sits on the CJBS advisory council, and actively mentors current CJBS MBA students.

Market Sectors: Technology

Expertise: Academic, AI Ethics, Regulatory Expert

Regions: UK/EU

Keivan Navaie holds the position of Chair Professor in Intelligent Networks at the School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University. Simultaneously, he serves as the Principal AI Technology Consultant at the Information Commissioner's Office in the UK. With a primary focus on Human-Centred AI, he spearheads UK regulatory activities, concentrating on safeguarding data privacy rights.

Keivan possesses a diverse research portfolio aimed at pioneering interdisciplinary solutions to address fundamental technical and design challenges within intelligent cyber-physical systems and their applications. His research spans various domains, including Deep Learning, privacy-enhancing AI, AI Regulations, distributed and federated AI, connectivity resilience in cyber-physical systems and the IoT, applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence, cognitive communications networks, and cryptosystems.

 He actively contributes to the academic community, holding positions on the editorial board of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications and the IEEE Technical Committee on Cyber-Physical Systems. 

In addition to his academic engagements, Keivan played a crucial role in evidence-based policymaking, collaborating with organizations such as the United Nations' International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the EU Environment Agency, the Information Commissioner's Office, and the EU Parliament. Actively engaging with industry, He also provided technical consultancy to prominent players in communication technology, including HUAWEI, Dolby, BT, and various UK-based SMEs.

Keivan is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), a Chartered Engineer in the UK, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA).

Market Sectors: All

Expertise: Technologist and CDR

Regions: Worldwide

Rob Price  is one of the co-founders of Corporate Digital Responsibility, and leads the Digital Responsibility Forum, through Digital Responsibility Limited. 

He is a career technologist, and has helped organisations, public and private sector, local and global, to take advantage of emerging technologies to have a positive impact. 

He is co-founder of a number of other businesses including the recruitment business Accelleo, re-imagining recruitment in an AI world, and Futuria.ai, a business using multi-AI agent teams to solve complex problems and accelerate productivity. 

He co-authored the academic paper "Towards an Equitable Digital Society" https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12115-021-00594-8 with Karen Elliott and Patricia Shaw and others, and is collaborating with the same team in contribution to global standards with IEEE.