Dr Mary Coghlan is an actuary and medical doctor. In recent times, she has been bringing her skills and experience to bear in the world of predictive mathematical modelling in the Covid era. Some would say her experience is almost perfectly suited to understanding the forecasting complexities of a global pandemic. Her past areas of work include the actuarial, sports administration and clinical medical fields.

She is the mother of a six year old boy and her professional interests and passion are all invested in playing a part in creating a better world for her son and future generations.

Mary runs most days and says that this is where she gets the headspace to do her best thinking and reflecting. Her best advice is “walk a mile in my shoes…”.

Dr. Sam Barke is a sports doctor and orthopaedic surgeon in London. During COVID-19 he has been redeployed to work in an Intensive Care Unit. He is also the Medical Director of Return2Play, a sports medicine company that aims to improve the standard of care in grassroots sport – particularly in schools.

Sam has a particular interest in the management of concussion and has been at the forefront of improving its management in amateur sport and children.

Sam is a passionate believer in the health and social benefits of sport and that by properly managing risk, those benefits can continue to be enjoyed.

Niall joined Polymateria as Chief Executive Officer in January 2018 to tackle the global crisis of plastic waste and lead the company on its mission of advancing science to help nature deal with plastic pollution.

Upon his appointment Niall announced an ambition to “redesign the rules of an entire industry” and create the Tesla of plastics.

Niall is also on the Sustainability Board of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) since June 2019. UKRI brings together the seven Research Councils within the UK funding pioneering research and innovation across the planet.

A World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, Niall has worked on WEF’s Global Agenda Councils on Sustainable Consumption and Climate Change where he has launched and led initiatives such as Collectively.org and 100percentsport.org.

A keen athlete since his youth, Niall represented Ireland internationally as an 800m runner.

Dominic Jermey (CVO OBE) is Director General of The Zoological Society of London (ZSL). Leading ZSL, Dominic is positioning the organisation as a force for international wildlife conservation, undertaking conservation and science projects in over 50 countries, engaging nearly two million visitors to its world-class Zoos (ZSL London Zoo and ZSL Whipsnade Zoo) on wildlife-related issues and carrying out wildlife science at ZSL’s Institute of Zoology.

Dominic was previously a Director General in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, British Ambassador to the UAE (2010-14) and to Afghanistan (2016-17), CEO of UK Trade and Investment and on the boards of both the FCO and the Department for Business, Innovation and Science. As British Ambassador to Afghanistan, Dominic led one of the UK’s largest embassy teams, focussed on fighting terrorism, building accountable Afghan government institutions and providing humanitarian assistance.

Diana The, named in Legal 500’s GC Powerlist Southeast Asia 2017 and again in 2019, is a well-established legal professional with strong business acumen. Based in Singapore with 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, she is known to have a proven track record directing strategic vision, and building and leading legal teams across Asia-Pacific.

She is a prolific speaker in the legal and financial industry and a strong advocate for gender diversity. While holding several leadership positions in various non-profit organizations, she has also spoken at various conferences as an advocate for women in leadership positions.

Diana is also an accomplished athlete in both dressage and showjumping. She has competed at club level and national level, a sport she only picked up 8 years ago. She was also part of Team Singapore when she represented her country in the South East Asian Games 2017 in endurance riding.

Jo Anderson has had a lifelong and enduring passion for wildlife and the great outdoors. After establishing himself as one of East Africa’s leading professional outdoor, trekking and wildlife guides he co-founded Carbon Tanzania in 2007. Carbon Tanzania is a forest conservation enterprise seeking to bring ecologically sound business-wise, results-based solutions to the challenge of tropical deforestation.

Carbon Tanzania is an innovative conservation organisation that provides corporations with the opportunity to purchase carbon credits to offset their carbon footprint. They currently manage three REDD+ projects in Tanzania, protecting approximately 800,000 hectares of wildlife-rich, culturally important and ecologically vulnerable native forests.

Jack Bouroudjian is the Co-Founder and Chief Economist of UCX (Universal Compute Exchange). As UCX’s Chief Economist, Jack helps to identify the intersections of the technology and financial markets and identify financial trends in both spaces. Jack is also a member of the CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace and serves as a consultant to multiple ventures and start-ups including UBIQWIFI, and ISCX.

In addition to his 25 year’s industry experience, Jack is a published author, “Secrets of the Trading Pros”, and has written countless Op-ed’s. He has taken part in over 2000 international and domestic live TV shots including CNBC, CNN, ABC, FOX, Bloomberg, PBS and is currently a market contributor on CNBC.

Jack is a graduate of Loyola University of Chicago and is happily married with two children.