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Morgan Brandt is the Global Director of Digital Products for PCI Pharma Services. She has extensive knowledge and experience in the digital space and has previously worked for Capital One, DuPont and AmerisourceBergen. Morgan completed her MBA in Marketing with honors from Saint Joseph’s University.

Anna-Marie Baisden has headed Fitch Solutions’ Automotive research team since 2005 and extensively covers the global autos market. Key new developments such as electrification of vehicles, the rise of autonomous driving and new fuels are among the core topics Anna-Marie leads her team to research. She is responsible for the production and coordination of Fitch Solutions’ auto industry content across the global analyst team. Anna-Marie regularly contributes op-ed pieces for leading industry publications such as Automotive World, and is regularly called on for her expertise on major news programs such as the BBC World Business Report and CNBC.

John Goldwyn leads the planning and landscape design studio in WATG’s London office, and brings a broad variety of global project experience to the team.

His design responds first to the place and the site – looking for the stories in the land. He is committed to finding sustainable solutions for clients that balance economic, social and environmental factors. John believes that the commercial success of any project is directly related to its design content.

John’s experience with WATG spans more than fifteen years and encompasses master planning efforts throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Recent projects include the planning and detailed design of numerous hotels and resorts in Turkey; strategic planning for a major new city on the Caspian Coast of Russia and a 1,000-hectare mountain destination golf and ski resort in Kazakhstan.

Martha Tsigkari is a Partner at Foster + Partners. Her background spans architecture, engineering, and computer science. She has two decades of experience working in projects of all scales and uses.

Martha’s work for the Applied Research and Development group incorporates computational design, human-computer interaction, machine learning, and optimisation. She has investigated the usage of deep neural networks and genetic algorithms in the design process, aiming to solve problems ranging from passively actuated micromaterials to performance-driven urban layouts.
Joining Foster + Partners in 2006, she has provided designs and solutions for hundreds of diverse projects. These include the new international airport for Mexico City, the Queen Alia Airport, the Sheikh Zayed Museum, the UAE Pavilion for the 2015 Milan Expo, the Lusail Iconic Stadium for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and the YachtPlus fleet.
Martha is a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects and of the Technical Chamber of Greece. She is also a Senior Fellow at University College London, teaching postgraduate students at The Bartlett since 2009. She has lectured and published on the topic of computational design internationally.

Sam Plotkin is a Chartered Accountant with a masters degree in computing science which focused on human-computer interaction.

Experienced in applying technology across audit, assurance, and advisory, Sam is chair of the Deloitte global audit analytics working party, and authored the strategy which set the firm on a path to data driven audit.

Sam’s experience as an auditor established a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities data and analytics can bring to the audit industry. This led to his appointment as programme director of the analytics platform Spotlight, which was successfully deployed globally on thousands of audit engagements. He now takes responsibility for the development of analytic content in the next-generation data platform, Cortex.

During his time at Deloitte, Sam has fostered a holistic, people-centred, and purpose-driven approach to using technology to improve audit. He believes that a high-quality audit has societal benefit and using technology to improve audits is vital to capturing public trust and confidence in the profession.