Henley Business School

The University of Edinburgh

RMS for Girls

Provider of actionable market and competitive insights

Miroma Founders Network

Co-Founder

RM plc is a British company that specialises in providing information technology products and services to educational organisations and establishments. Its key market is UK education including schools, colleges, universities, government education departments and educational agencies.

RM plc

Board Member

The creative partner to Europe’s leading challengers, scaleups and major brands.

Founders Makers

01 Founders is a free-to-access coding school with a job-guarantee for every student, training students from zero skills to high-end full-stack engineers in two years, through an innovative, peer-to-peer learning model. 

The school is focusing on removing financial barriers to high-quality digital education, looking to enable people all over the UK, from all walks of life, to learn how to code.

01 Founders

Grip is the leading AI-powered event networking solution for Virtual, Hybrid and In-person events.

Grip

Founders Forum is a global community at the epicentre of technology innovation where ideas are shared, supported and brought to life. In addition to the global network, Founders Forum has built a family of businesses at the forefront of digital. These businesses offer a wide range of support for entrepreneurs and innovators across advisory, executive search, giving, diversity and inclusion, education and more. These 14 businesses support entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey, employing over 150 people across 3 continents.

Founders Forum

CEO, Founders Forum Group

The Digital Economy Council is a non-statutory advisory committee of independent members set up to provide advice to the government. Its purpose is to harness the expertise of industry and the wider tech community to develop a world-leading digital economy that works for everyone.

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

Council Member, Digital Economy Council

Founders4Schools

Advisory Member - Marketing Group

- Verticals include Automotive, Telecoms, Media and Gaming, Government, Manufacturing and technology impacts to those sectors and general digital transformation, globally
- Responsible for identifying, establishing the strategy and business case to enter new markets
- Set revenue and operating profit targets and achieve organic revenue growth
- Responsible for inorganic growth opportunities via partnership or acquisition
- Brands include Omdia, Africa Tech Festival, Games Developer Conference, Light Reading, Channel Partners, 5G World, Wards Auto, IWCE, Founders Forum, Asia Tech X

Informa Tech

President, Verticals and ESG

- Steered the business through acquisition and organic revenue growth 
- Extended the business from telecoms to high growth tech markets including AI, IOT and Blockchain
- Grew digital media products and revenues diversifying from events to marketing services
- Relaunched London Tech Week, a global festival showcasing the UK as a technology hub, championing the start-up ecosystem, diversity and skills within the sector. Subsequent Tech Week launches include Asia and Africa

KNect365 TMT

Managing Director

- Responsible for 50 global events ranging up to 10,000 attendees and turnover of £15m
- Developed long-term strategic plans, go-to-market strategy including responsibility for operations for the business unit

IIR Telecoms

- Managed the budgeting process and P&L for research, media and events within the Media and Entertainment division
- Set objectives and strategy for Portfolio including product, marketing and sales
- Overall customer relationship management for Portfolio
- Researched and project managed 10 annual international events, exceeding revenue growth targets

Informa Telecoms & Media

Senior Researcher - Head of Special Projects - Portfolio Director

- Conducted primary research across the global telecoms market. Developed in depth knowledge through developing a network within the industry; tracking and analysing trends
- Journalism and news analysis for multi-channel distribution
- Produced relevant, timely and commercial event programmes, securing speakers. Created value propositions for the event, go-to-market handovers and materials for sales and marketing, sourced commercial opportunities and experiential features for each event.

Carolyn Dawson