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Meet the Judges

Dave Davis MBE BSc(Hons) CEng FIET FITP

Dave Davis is a Chartered Engineer with a seasoned background in Satellite Communications (Satcom). Learning his trade as an apprentice in the British Army in 1988, he went on to specialize in Satcom ...

Heidi Godfrey-Jones

Heidi Godfrey-Jones is the Head of Partner Services at Virgin Media O2. She is a versatile, motivated, and energetic business leader with 25 years in telecommunications. Heidi has extensive experience ...

Claire Jaques FITP

An innovative and impactful leader with over 25 years in the tech industry, Claire Jacques is Group Head of Operational Support at Giacom, covering both telecoms and cloud areas of the business, with ...

Chris Starling

Having started his telecoms career as a residential installation technician for Telewest in the late 90’s, Chris progressed into various operational and people roles including being part of the team t ...

John Wood FRICS FITP

John is Director of Property & Utilities at Telent Technology Services Limited (formerly Head of Acquisition, Estates and Planning) and has over 30 years’ experience in both the public and private sec ...

Lindsay Booth FITP

Lindsay has worked in the telecoms industry for over 26 years developing network solutions and building networks for a variety of business solutions. During her career Lindsay has been heavily involve ...

Jim Pritchard

Jim Pritchard served for 23 years in Her Majesty’s British Army before joining Openreach Ltd. is current the Openreach Regional Manager for the Lancashire and Liverpool regions.

Dr Mike Short CBE FITP

Mike joined the Dept for International Trade in December 2016 as Chief Scientific Advisor after close to 40 years in Electronics and Telecommunications, with the last 30 years in Mobile Communications ...

Joanna Parker

Joanna Parker began her career in telecoms in 2004 and joined Ricoh UK in 2010 as an Account Manager aligned to a telecoms customer. Now through the building of technical sales and delivery teams Joan ...

Christian McBride FITP

Christian is a true entrepreneur with a business style that mixes a strong entrepreneurial sense with a commitment to the community.

Tony Lee FITP

With a leadership career spanning over 25 years, Tony has established a considerable network of contacts in the UK Telecoms industry and enjoys the well earned the respect of many senior leaders in th ...