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John Vincent co-founded and led the natural fast food brand LEON, which he sold in 2021. He was a co-author of the UK government's school nutrition plan and was part of a team that led the turnaround of drinks company Whyte and Mackay. He previously worked in consulting and investment, including four years at P&G and seven years at Bain and Company. He is now working with Asti Wagner to build the social media tech platform Invyted, which connects brands with social media influencers. Invyted aims to help creatives and successful brands share their plans and make people's lives more fun and interesting.

Mother of three, Founder and Creative Director of HubDot. Simona, a former Goldman Sachs lawyer turned jazz singer, saw the people around her as passionate individuals with multi-faceted lives whose stories and synergies, however, would never meet because of the social labels that defined them — a title, a job description, a CV. Starting in 2012 with 98 friends at her kitchen table in London, she began to change that status quo and launched HubDot, a global movement on a mission to help people all over the world connect in a more human way — one that isn't ego-driven, elitist or competitive. Simona and her coloured dots visited 25 cities around the world, from Riga to Antigua, from Paris to Portland. In each of the cities, people came forward to share their stories of overcoming and growing, reinvention and rebirth. The connections made through this journey were life-changing and so inspiring. HubDot Piazza became a place where you could be anyone you wanted to be, but also a place where you could share your authentic self, celebrate your successes, and inspire others to step into their power. Today, HubDot is a social movement that promotes the art of connection through experiences and stories, with a pioneering and innovative methodology that helps and supports companies focused on improving their brand recognition, showcasing their brand values and achieving their DEI goals.

Alessandro Giudici, PhD, is Associate Professor in Strategy and Director of the Executive MBA at Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) in London, UK, where he is a member of the "Digital Leadership" and "Business Models and Technology" research centres. Alessandro's research investigates innovative/entrepreneurial ecosystems and digital platforms, but also technology for impact innovation, with a particular focus on emerging countries. At Bayes, Alessandro teaches applied strategy and digital transformation, making a direct contribution to the school consistently being awarded a spot in the Financial Times' global top-ten ranking for strategy teaching. He leads the Executive MBA International Consulting Week in Vietnam and the cross-MBA module "Technology For Good" in Kenya. In 2020, Alessandro was named in the prestigious "Top 40 Under 40 Business School Professors" list by Poets & Quants with the highest number of nominations and was awarded the ASFOR-Spina Award as the "Best Under 40 Italian Business Professor". He holds an award-winning PhD in Strategy and a Master of Research from Cranfield School of Management (UK) as well as an MSc cum laude in Strategy from the University of Pisa. Before pursuing his academic career, he worked as a marketing manager for a large multinational FMCG company in the UK.

Andy Fishburn is a founding member and Managing Director of Virgin StartUp, a non-profit organisation that was founded by the Branson family and supports UK-based entrepreneurs in the early stages of starting a business. Prior to founding Virgin StartUp in 2013, Andy Fishburn worked at in audit at PwC and Deloitte, focusing on venture capital and private equity. This experience added a professional perspective to his passion for entrepreneurship, having already implemented a number of his own projects: from 'Impact Artworks', an online service for transferring photos onto original hand-painted canvases, to 'My Club Mail', an email service for football fans.