Colin Mayer was the first professor at the Saïd Business School in 1994 and the Peter Moores Dean of the Business School between 2006 and 2011. In 2013, Colin published the book ‘Firm Commitment: Why the Corporation is Failing Us and How to Restore Trust in It’. Based on Colin’s research over three decades, the book describes a new approach to thinking about the firm which not only stops it destroying us but turns it into the means of protecting our environment, addressing social problems, and creating new sources of entrepreneurship and innovation.

Jaideep is the co-author of ‘Jugaad Innovation: Think Frugal, Be Flexible, Generate Breakthrough Growth’, described by The Economist as “the most comprehensive book yet” on the subject of frugal innovation. His most recent book, Frugal Innovation, was published in February 2015. He has published in leading academic journals and his work has been profiled by the BBC, The Economist, The New York Times and others.

Danuta is a publishing analyst, writer and media commentator. She recently published Writing the Future: Black and Asian Writers and Publishers in the UK Marketplace. She has published a number of other reports on diversity in the book trade, including In Full Colour, the first report about diversity in the industry ever undertaken, and Free Verse, which looked at the representation of BAME poets on the printed page. Her work appears widely in publications that include the Financial Times and Daily Mail, as well as business to business magazines and she is a regular speaker at literary festivals.

Dr Elizabeth Pollitzer is the director of Portia; a not-for-profit organisation that promotes effective institutional strategies for gender equality in science, engineering and technology. Elizabeth has been active in promoting evidence-based actions to address issues concerning gender and science for over 15 years. With a background in Computing and Biophysics, she spent over 25 years in academia, mainly at Imperial College, London. An expert on equality in science, she recently co-authored the report, "How to consider gender in science reporting."

Amanda Ariss is the first Executive Director of the Creative Diversity Network (CDN) and is responsible for leading industry-wide efforts to achieve greater diversity in television. Amanda joined CDN in April 2015 and brings extensive senior-level experience of diversity, equality and human rights work. She spent six years as Chief Executive of the Equality and Diversity Forum, the national network of equality and human rights charities, and seven years as Head of Policy and Research for the Equal Opportunities Commission. Previously she was an Associate Director of the Audit Commission and worked in London local government.

Alistair is the Head of Product Strategy at iProspect, the UK's largest performance agency, part of Dentsu Aegis Network. Working closely with media owners, technology platforms and clients, he ensure that the right digital strategies are in place to improve performance. He is responsible for all bought media channel product roadmaps; driving best practice across paid search, paid social, display, lead gen, programmatic, affiliates and video. Prior to joining iProspect, he was Director of Paid Media at Periscopix, leading paid search and programmatic departments, and worked at Deloitte.

Colin Strong is a leading UK-based consumer researcher. Behavioural science runs throughout his research practice, not only to design experimental approaches, but also to guide data analytics. Colin recently wrote a White Paper for the UK’s MRS group entitled ‘Private Lives’ which explores the way in which privacy is increasingly becoming a key issue for brands to renegotiate with consumers. He is also the author of the book ‘Humanizing Big Data: Marketing at the Meeting of Data, Social Science and Consumer Insight’.

Renate joined Big Brother Watch as Chief Executive in November 2014. She is former Chief of Staff to Rt Hon David Davis MP with whom she worked for five years predominantly on his civil liberties campaigns such as the Snoopers Charter, NHS data sharing, protection for whistleblowers, Reform Section 5 and the DRIP Bill. Prior to working in Parliament, Renate produced documentaries for the BBC, ITV, Sky and other international broadcasters.