Speakers

Tom Adeyoola is Executive Chair of Innovate UK.

He also sits on the board of Channel 4 and leading independent school St. Paul’s.Tom is a Cambridge alumnus, experienced entrepreneur, and board director with over 25 years in the startup ecosystem.

He previously grew his fashion technology startup Metail (based in Cambridge and London) to exit raising £25 million; as a non executive director, took women’s personal wellness scale-up Elvie from inception to Series B; took net zero strategy consultancy Verco through 3x revenue to acquisition.

He has also been actively involved in investing and policy, co-authoring the ‘Start-Up, Scale-Up’ review for Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP in opposition, co-founding Extend Ventures and sitting on the Creative Industries Taskforce and Startup Coalition board.