2026 Ambassadors
Ann Fisher
The inaugural Cambridge Tech Week (CTW) was the brainchild of Ann Fisher, co-founder of Bailey Fisher Executive Search who has worked with technology companies for over 20 years. During the first lockdown in 2020 Ann had time to reflect and formed the idea of holding a week-long celebration of Cambridge’s brilliant tech businesses and wider ecosystem, as a heartfelt, personal ‘thank you’ to a city and region that has supported her and her husband whilst running their previous business. She is passionate about the technology market, especially when it is used for good and wanted to see Cambridge unite to celebrate its global success and help future generations achieve their dreams. Sadly, Ann was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2022 and after major surgery has had to take a step back from work and the day to day running of CTW. She has handed the CTW reins to CW who she has been involved with for many years as a Board member and SIG champion.
Chris Bruce
An international business executive with over 30 years experience of leading growth businesses in wireless, internet and cloud sectors. Chris has spent 15 years in the Wi-Fi Service Provider business: CEO BT Openzone Wi-Fi; Chair of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (Board Director for 10 years); MD and Board Director, GlobalReach Technology (Wi-Fi roaming and authentication specialists).
Chris is now a strategic consultant to wireless vendors and operators offering advice and delivering projects to enhance Go To Market results. Chris is NED Chairman of Handshakr SAAS platform company, bringing together large corporates and smaller innovators to collaborate.
Chris’s career includes: Sales and Marketing Director Business mobile, Telfort (Dutch Mobile Operator); CEO BT Openzone Wi-Fi; VP Advise for Communications providing advisory and wholesale services to Telcos in Middle East, Africa, Asia, LatAm; VP Europe Channels BT Internet Hosting and NED at Inet Spa, Italian Internet Hosting market leader. Chris held leadership roles in BT Global, launching services to Enterprise and Wholesale customers. Previously, Chris had Marketing and Product management positions at Ericsson, Ascom and CASE Communications.
Chris has a passion for innovation and growth and has supported start-ups and scale-ups as a mentor in accelerator programmes focused on Smart Cities, Blockchain and Authentication. Chris has a deep interest in Industrial IoT and Smart Cities.
Public sector experience includes a 12 month secondment to the Department of Trade & Industry, managing the UK Broadband Britain delivery programme and representing on BT’s East of England Regional Board.
Faye Holland
Faye began her career in global technology firms including PIPEX and IBM, progressing through senior marketing and portfolio leadership roles across Europe and international markets.
In 2014, Faye founded cofinitive, an award-winning innovation communications consultancy supporting research-led and high-growth technology businesses. Over more than a decade, she built the firm into a recognised industry leader before its acquisition in 2025. She also established the #21toWatch Awards, one of the East of England’s most prominent platforms celebrating emerging innovation talent.
A recognised contributor to the Cambridge innovation cluster, Faye mentors founders through university entrepreneurship programmes including impulse, serves as Entrepreneur in Residence at Anglia Ruskin University, and co-hosts the Cambridge Tech Podcast. She is regularly named among the UK’s most influential women in technology and is driven by a belief in visibility, collaboration, and turning strategy into action.
Faye leads the delivery The Cambridge x Manchester Partnership - a flagship cross-city collaboration designed to strengthen the UK’s innovation economy. Faye also serves as Chair of the Cambridgeshire Chamber of Commerce, where she provides strategic leadership to support regional competitiveness, skills development, and technology-led growth.
Cambridge is one of the world’s most important science and technology ecosystems, and this year’s Cambridge Tech Week theme places a vital question at the centre of the conversation: how deep tech is reshaping industries, economies and society. It is exactly the kind of discussion that matters to technology companies, governments, and communities alike. I’m delighted to be an ambassador for CamTechWeek and look forward to joining what promises to be an outstanding programme of ideas, insights and connections. I hope to see many of the world’s leading technology thinkers and innovators in Cambridge this September.
- Website:
- www.cambridge-manchester.com
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/fayeholland/
Jen Richardson
I’m Cambridge born, with a vast network of local connections. I care about my home town and am committed to helping it ‘grow’ - but inclusively and without barriers.
2026 will be my third Cambridge Tech Week and this year, I'm over the moon to be involved as an Ambassador. I'm super-enthusiastic about Cambridge's tech ecosystem and I'm proud to shout loudly about this extraordinary week of events and demonstrate to everyone how they can get involved and be part of the week's agenda. There's something for everyone!
- Website:
- projectcambridge.co.uk
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/thejenrichardson/
Karen Yu
Karen Yu is the President of ITIC, a leading venture capital firm in Taiwan focusing on Deep Tech investments. A former Taiwan Legislator and Director of the Department of Information Technology for the Taoyuan City Government, she has dedicated her career to fostering "Symbiotic" partnerships between global innovation hubs. She is also a Director of TBMC and the founder of Taiwan's first social enterprise, which became the first coffee company in the Chinese-speaking world to achieve Fairtrade certification for its products.
Cambridge Tech Week creates a unique nexus where research meets real-world deployment. As we explore how Deep Tech changes the world, this platform empowers global leaders to bridge the gap between innovation and policy. I am honored to contribute to these vital conversations that will shape our collective future.
Katy Davies
Katy Davies is Managing Director of Cap Air Systems, a Cambridgeshire electronics manufacturer specialising in PCB assembly, cable harness assembly and box build. With a career spanning Deloitte, aerospace and manufacturing leadership, she brings a practical, grounded perspective to technology and industry. Katy also chairs Citizen Hub nationally, an economic outcomes-based model connecting employers, skills and community to create real routes into good work. She sits on the CPCA Business Board, Made Smarter East, Enginuity and the national Women in Manufacturing advisory board, and is an advocate for the role of manufacturing SMEs at the heart of the UK's technology ecosystem.
Cambridge is rightly famous for brilliant ideas. What I want Cambridge Tech Week visitors to see is what happens next: the precision manufacturing, the supply chain capability, the SMEs turning innovation into product. That story deserves to be told, and I'm delighted to be part of telling it.
- Website:
- capairsystems.com
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/katy-davies-capair/
Michael Charles Borrelli
Michael Charles Borrelli is an experienced AI governance and regulatory specialist with extensive expertise in global AI regulations, laws, rules, standards, frameworks, codes, and frontier technologies, including FinTech and AI. As Director of AI & Partners, he has led the structured, end-to-end deployment of AI solutions across regulated environments, providing strategic guidance on risk management, operational integration, and adherence to emerging AI laws.
Michael is a recognised contributor to the development of EU AI policy and scholarship. He authored a chapter on the EU AI Act in Artificial Intelligence Law and Regulation: Second Edition (Edward Elgar Publishing), a leading academic reference in the field. He served as a first key speaker across multiple working group briefings for the European Commission's Code of Practice on the marking and labelling of AI-generated content, directly informing the shaping of this landmark regulatory instrument. He has also co-authored two publications for the European Commission: one on Outsourcing Arrangements under the EU AI Act, published via the European AI Alliance, and one presenting a Methodology for the Classification of General-Purpose AI Models with Systemic Risks — both contributing to the practical and technical foundations of EU AI governance.
In parallel, Michael has designed, created, and delivered AI literacy courses that have been formally recognised by the European Commission's AI Office and listed in their Living Repository for AI Literacy — a curated resource fostering responsible public understanding of AI across Europe.
Michael applies a methodical, step-by-step approach to designing and executing AI governance projects, developing compliance infrastructure, and creating product specifications for compliance software. He has delivered practical advisory and training programmes covering AI in the customer journey, AI banking, FinTech and digitalisation, digital transformation, AML, cybersecurity, and private-public partnerships. His combination of regulatory knowledge, structured project execution, hands-on AI implementation, and direct contribution to EU policy ensures organisations can deploy AI responsibly and effectively. He also has high technical proficiency in software applications, primarily Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
Oli Barrett MBE
Oli Barrett loves connecting people and ideas. He is a co-founder of The Superscalers, supporting underrepresented founders to scale their work globally. He co-founded WebMission and Clean and Cool, connecting hundreds of founders with partners and clients around the world. He is a shareholder in several companies including mental health business Calm.com and Troubadour Theatres, which creates new theatres and film studios. Oli co-founded the UK's largest schools enterprise competition, Tenner, which is now run by charity Young Enterprise. He also co-founded StartUp Britain with support from the British Prime Minister, and global literacy campaign Turn On The Subtitles (TOTS), encouraging broadcasters and tech companies to improve children's reading. He is a co-founder of Volunteer It Yourself (VIY), supporting young people to fix their own youth clubs and community buildings, gaining skills and qualifications. Oli is a regular event host and presenter for gatherings spanning technology, health, entrepreneurship, and education. He sits on the advisory boards of the Global Entrepreneurship Network, Global Tech Advocates, One Million Mentors and Founders4Schools.
Russ Shaw CBE
Russ Shaw CBE is the founder of Tech London Advocates and Global Tech Advocates. He originally founded Tech London Advocates in 2013 to ensure an independent voice of technology sector was heard, but with a focus on the private sector. Since then he has been championing London as a global tech hub and campaigning to address some of the biggest challenges facing tech companies in the UK – diversity, digital skills, immigration, infrastructure and access to funding.
Key achievements for Tech London Advocates (TLA) include successfully campaigning for the introduction of a Chief Digital Officer for London and placing digital jobs on the Shortage Occupation List for the first time.
Russ is a founding partner of London Tech Week, a London Tech Ambassador for the Mayor of London and Advisory Board member for Founders4Schools and the Government’s Digital Skills Partnership. He is a Trustee for Modern Muse Charity, which supports young women and girls who want to study STEM subjects.
He is one of the world’s leading experts on the success of London’s tech ecosystem and has been invited to tech hubs around the world to share his experience. In 2019, he was named to the London Evening Standard’s Progress 1,000, a list of the most influential people in the capital.
In 2015, Russ created Global Tech Advocates, which now licenses the TLA operating model to countries around the world, including Scandinavia, Belfast, the Bay Area, the North of England, Singapore, Shanghai, Spain and Bogotá.
Russ was previously the Chairman of The Marketing Group of Great Britain following senior positions at Skype, Telefónica, O2 and CEO of a later stage startup called Mobileway. In his role as Marketing Director for O2, Russ brokered the relationship with The O2, the most successful indoor venue in the world.
He is an angel and venture investor and has been non-executive director of a number of high growth businesses, including Dialog Semiconductor and Unwire.
He has a BS from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Sylvie Russell
Sylvie is the Chief Operating Officer at Cambridge Cleantech and has over 20 years of experience in senior roles in international companies, from SMEs and charities to large multi-national brands. She manages the Cleantech Venture Day, a flagship pitching event and a meeting place for innovators, investors, large enterprises and economic development partners to see next generation climate tech solutions and investment opportunities. Sylvie managed the delivery of the Act4Green programme in 2021 and the UK-India Tech Startup programme 2022, both intensive business accelerator programmes for British and Indian cleantech start-ups supported by the UK Government’s FCDO office. With a French Baccalauréat and a 4-year international business and management degree, her career has taken her to Monaco, the UK, Spain and Uruguay, providing her with experiences that have helped shape her understanding of different cultures and working environments. With every role and challenge, her aim has always been to ensure that everything goes smoothly for everyone involved.
What makes Cambridge so special is its collaborative spirit and its ability to turn breakthrough ideas into global impact. Cambridge Tech Week brings that community together, and I’m delighted to support it as an ambassador
Tim Ensor
Tim Ensor is EVP and General Manager for Cambridge Consultant’s Intelligent Services Business Unit. He is responsible globally for CC’s business and client relationships in AI and Digital Services
Tim works with senior clients across many sectors to help them achieve business growth by identifying, developing and deploying world-changing innovation based on deep tech. Prior to CC, Tim has had a string of commercial leadership roles in high-growth technology and consulting businesses working in fields including AI, robotics, telecoms, energy, consumer goods and logistics.
He’s a frequent public speaker and event chair focusing on the latest developments at the intersection of technology and business. He has a Master of Engineering from University of Bath and MBA from University of Cambridge.
Yasuo Kozato
Yasuo Kozato is Director of ENxLINK, a UK–Japan cross-border collaboration initiative under F Research Ltd. He supports SMEs and startups in exploring market entry, technology partnerships, and capability building between the UK and Japan. Yasuo has over 30 years of experience across technology, R&D, and project management in Japan, the UK, and Europe, with roles at Canon, Continental, Arm, and Content Guru. His background spans digital imaging, AI/ML, embedded systems, telecoms, cloud services, and complex systems integration. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from UCL and combines technical understanding with practical experience in cross-border collaboration.
I am very pleased to support Cambridge Tech Week as Japan Ambassador. There is real value in creating stronger links between Cambridge and Japan, and I hope to contribute by opening conversations and connections that can lead to meaningful collaboration.
- Website:
- fresearchlondon.com
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasuokozato/