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Sir Alex Allan KCB

Advisory Board Member

Sir Alex Allan served as the first UK Government e-Envoy, and is former chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment, UK Cabinet Office.

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Mohamed Amersi

Advisory Board Member

Mohamed Amersi is the Founder and CEO of Emergent Telecom Ventures.

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Mitchell Baker

Advisory Board Member

Mitchell Baker co-founded the Mozilla Project and serves as Chairwoman of Mozilla.

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Toby Coppel

Advisory Board Member

Toby Coppel is Co-founder and Partner at Mosaic Ventures, a London-based venture capital firm focused on early stage investing across Europe with $300 million under management.

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Alexsis de Raadt St James

Advisory Board Member

Alexsis is a business executive and investment professional with diverse experience in corporate finance, private equity, venture capital and technology. She is the founder and managing partner of Merian Ventures, a US and UK venture capital firm.

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Professor William H. Dutton

Senior Fellow, Advisory Board Member

Bill Dutton was the OII’s Founding Director, a Fellow of Balliol College and the first Professor of Internet Studies at Oxford University.

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Dr James Manyika

Advisory Board Member

James Manyika is a Director at McKinsey & Company and one of the leaders of their Global High Tech Media and Telecom Practice based in Silicon Valley. He leads the McKinsey Global Institute, the firm's business and economics research arm.

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Rosemary Martin

Advisory Board Member

Rosemary Martin is Vodafone Group General Counsel and Company Secretary.

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Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt FREng CEng CPsychol

Advisory Board Member

Professor Nigel Shadbolt is Professor of Artificial Intelligence at Southampton University and Past President of the British Computer Society

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Professor Richard Susskind OBE

Advisory Board Member, Visiting Professor

A pioneer in the field of information technology and law, Richard Susskind is a Technology Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. He is visiting Professor at the Oxford Internet Institute and Chairman of the Advisory Board.

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