I‘m a passionate, internationally experienced business leader with an energetic digital spirit based in Hamburg and Berlin, Germany.
In my CEO role at BrewDog I develop, market and sell beers, build brands and create experiences while telling engaging stories around it. It is my responsibility to lead, develop and grow a fantastic team of almost 200 people for the world’s first climate positive brewery. This includes our teams in the brewery, office staff, sales, marketing, digital as well as the hospitality sector.
With our own start up Welttournee Media, me and my best friend turn our travel adventures into media – audio, books and digital content. Since 2018 we developed a travel audio brand for full time working people in Germany. Alongside our own story telling we integrate brand communication of our partners and destinations into our media products. As a spin off of our > 4mio downloads podcast, we are playing live shows across the country. On top of that we are qualified experts giving key notes, do workshops with companies and lectures at Universities on topics like ‚new work’ and ‚destination management‘. We help to increase employee retention by inspiring people how much is possible with their annual 30 days off.
As an individual, I always challenge the status quo and am fascinated by progressive ideas, perspectives and practices. One of my strongest interests is the transformation of our economy and the technologies enabling it to become more sustainable. Since my earliest childhood I spent half the time on the football pitch and love few things more than winning and celebrating within a team.
Dr Daniele Magazzeni is Managing Director at J.P. Morgan, where he is AI Research Director and Head of the firmwide Explainable AI Center of Excellence. Daniele is also Visiting Professor at King’s College London.
His main research interests are in AI Planning and Machine Learning for efficient resource allocation and processes optimization, and Explainability and Fairness in AI. Daniele is the former President of the International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS), and General Chair of the ACM International Conference on AI in Finance (ICAIF).
Francesca is the CEO of Baker Tilly International. She was appointed to the role on 1 June 2022 and is responsible for the network operations for Baker Tilly International, a top ten global accounting network, with member firms in over 140 territories.
Francesca has 30 years of experience in professional services, including working in global networks, specialising in cross-border and international business support, with a focus on growth. She has senior leadership experience in mid-market firms and began her career in a Big 4 firm. Her roles have also included Global head of tax, legal, risk, mergers and acquisitions and people & culture. She has led teams based around the world. She has also worked in industry and won awards in the fields of international accounting, private client work and professional lecturing.
She has frequently commented on TV, radio and in the press on global developments and the need for diversity of thinking, especially to encourage a broader range of people to take on senior roles and create an environment that helps support this aim. She has sat on several UK Government committees and played an active role in the work of the ICAEW and the CIOT.
Francesca is a qualified lawyer, chartered accountant and tax adviser. She lives in the south of England with her husband, three children and two dogs.
Simon is a principal of London-based architects Henley Halebrown. The practice has been shortlisted twice for the RIBA Stirling Prize. First, in 2018 for the Chadwick Hall student housing for the University of Roehampton and this year, in 2022, for Hackney New Primary School & 333 Kingsland Road which is also shortlisted for the Neave Brown Award for Housing. Chadwick Hall was nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award EU Prize in 2019; and in 2020 won the Fritz Höger Silver Award for Brick Architecture. In 2018 Quart Verlag published a monograph on the practice in the De Aedibus International series.
For more than 20 years Simon has advocated for a palpably sustainable architecture, one that people understand, engage with and participate in as occupants. He explores these ideas in his essay ‘Façade Studies’ in The Hybrid Practitioner published by Leuven University Press (2022). Crucially, he strives through the work of the practice to facilitate a sustainable way of life.
Simon studied at the University of Liverpool and the University of Oregon, USA. He combines practice with teaching, writing and research, and is the author of Redefining Brutalism (2017) and The Architecture of Parking (2007) which won the RIBA International Book Award for Construction. Simon is a postgraduate unit master at the Kingston School of Art.
