Christopher Haley is a renowned innovation expert, strategist, and entrepreneur known for his work in technology startups, venture capital, market analysis, and trends forecasting. He has a Ph.D. in History & Philosophy of Science from the University of Cambridge and studied strategy and innovation at the University of Oxford. Additionally, Haley has held several advisory roles, including serving on the Scale-up Taskforce working groups and as a member of the APPG on Entrepreneurship advisory board. He is the Chairman of CUSBC and the Vice-Chairman of CURA. Besides, he is a Senior Entrepreneurship Strategy Specialist at The World Bank and was the former Head of New Technology & Startup Research at Nesta, the UK innovation foundation. Haley is passionate about supporting startups, and he is the co-chair of Tech London Advocates' corporate entrepreneurship group and the Startup Europe Ambassador. Finally, he is the secretariat of the European Digital Forum, the director of the European Digital City Index, and a former advisory board member of the ScaleUp Institute.