Defaqto Annual Conference 2024

Speakers

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  Tim Papandreou

  Keynote Speaker - Gen AI, Robotics, Emerging Technologies & Google X Advisor, Ex-Waymo/Google & Forbes Writer

  Tim is a pragmatic futurist who uses his expertise in policy, emerging technology, and strategic operations to build the future, today. He's a thought leader with a deep understanding of AI ecosystems, supply chains, moonshot thinking, digital transformation, and the impact of technology on living, working, wellness, and cities. Tim's an architect of innovation. As the Founder and CEO of ETA Advisors, he empowers investors, companies, startups, and governments to navigate the ever-changing tech landscape with ever-shifting geopolitics. His guidance is built on real-world experience, serving as a key advisor at X, the Moonshot Factory (Google parent Alphabet's top secret innovation lab). Here, he focuses on commercializing cutting-edge technologies like generative AI and robotics.

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  Georgie Frost

  Georgie is a multi-award-winning freelance personal finance journalist, broadcaster and editor. She is currently editor-at-large of Times Money Mentor and host of the Times' new video series Bread & Honey. Georgie is a regular contributor and presenter on national TV and radio, including the BBC, ITV, Times Radio, and Talk. She is a popular podcast, with #1s in the iTunes business charts on both sides of the Atlantic, with This is Money (Daily Mail) in the UK and The So What from BCG in the US. Last year she was named Personal Finance Journalist of The Year at the British Bank Awards. Georgie has broadcast from around the world, including from COP, Cannes Lions Festival, Milken, and Mobile World Congress. Before entering finance, Georgie spent a decade as a successful BBC sports broadcaster. She is a qualified football coach, passionate about encouraging more girls into sport.

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  Professor Anand Menon

  Motivational Political Speaker

  Professor Anand Menon is a leading analyst of British and European politics, and one of the UK’s foremost commentators on Brexit and the future of the EU. He is Director of UK in a Changing Europe, a think tank dedicated to high-quality, impartial research into the impact of EU policies, attitudes towards the EU, and the evolving relationship between the EU and Britain. In his latest book, Brexit and British Politics(October 2017), he makes the case that Brexit is the result of long-term trends that have been in motion for decades. To fully grasp the implications of Brexit for Britain and Europe, he argues it is crucial to place it in this wider context. Anand is currently Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King’s College London. Previously he was Professor of West European Politics and Founder of the European Institute at the University of Birmingham. Before that, he was University Lecturer in European Politics at Oxford University. He currently also holds the posts of Associate Fellow of Chatham House and Senior Associate Member of Nuffield College Oxford. Few people are as well-versed in the intricacies of British and European politics as Anand, and few can match his reputation for rigorous and impartial analysis. With exceptional clarity, he provides expert insights on the immediate issues surrounding Brexit, but crucially, by placing Brexit in the context of long-term political, economic and social trends, he helps us understand the bigger picture: what does it tell us about the direction Britain and the EU are headed? Indeed, what does it tell us about the prospects for “the West” and the international order as a whole?