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Sir James Spencer Cleverly is a senior British politician and Member of Parliament who has held some of the highest offices in the UK government. He most recently served as Home Secretary (2023 to 2024) and Foreign Secretary (2022 to 2023), and has also held the roles of Education Secretary and Chairman of the Conservative Party.

Before entering national politics in 2015, he served in the London Assembly. Alongside his political career, Sir James has a distinguished military record, serving as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserve. He was awarded a knighthood in April 2025 for his extensive political and public service.

Thibault Contat Desfontaines is Co-Head of Infrastructure Equity Europe at UBS Asset Management and a leading digital infrastructure investor. During his 20-year investment career, he has directed major European capital allocations, serving on the UBS Global Investment Committee, and as a Board Director for Datum Datacentres in the UK and Altitude Infra THD in France.

Prior to joining UBS, he spent over a decade executing major transactions within the M&A and infrastructure teams at Nomura, Morgan Stanley, and Rothschild & Co. He brings decades of expertise in digital infrastructure, equity financing, and global M&A, having consistently advised top infrastructure funds on high-value acquisitions and disposals.

Zac Dannelly is a Cyber Warfare Engineer in the U.S. Navy Reserve and a leading platform engineering specialist in the defense technology sector. In his military role, he focuses on advanced digital defense, secure architectures, and tactical network operations required to protect critical assets against sophisticated threat vectors.

In the private sector, he serves within the Office of the CTO at Palantir Technologies, developing the platform tools that accelerate AI product builders. He brings specialized expertise in data protection, governance, and civilian protection capabilities, helping deploy software that powers mission-critical decisions from the factory floor to the front lines.

Beth Robinson is a Senior Account Manager for AI Cloud and NeoClouds at NVIDIA, driving strategic partnerships and cloud adoption within the rapidly expanding AI ecosystem. Prior to this role, she spent nearly five years leading NVIDIA's Sales Enablement across the EMEA region, where she was instrumental in equipping enterprise teams to scale AI architectures globally.

Based in the United Kingdom, Beth is an active and prominent voice within the European technology landscape. She frequently speaks at major industry conferences on critical topics such as European sovereign AI priorities, the transition to agentic AI, the infrastructure of AI factories, and the essential skills required for women leading in the future of work.

Gregory Perdon is a Fund Manager at Raymond James UK, an External Investment Committee member of Quilvest (Switzerland), and a leading macroeconomic investment strategist. During his 26-year career in portfolio management, he has held senior leadership roles in wealth management, serving notably as co-Chief Investment Officer, co-Chair of the investment committee, and Head of Investment Research at Arbuthnot Latham.

During his tenure there, he directly contributed to a six-fold growth in the firm's Assets under Management while consistently delivering strong portfolio performance against peers. He brings decades of expertise in multi-asset allocation, thematic investing, and macroeconomic policy analysis, having also been named a CityWire Top 100 Influential Wealth Manager for three consecutive years.

LTC Obadiah Baker is a senior operations leader serving as Deputy Commander of the Mission Command Support Group in the U.S. Army Reserve, and as a Project Management Manager at Northrop Grumman Mission Systems. With a Doctorate in Leadership, he brings extensive expertise in optimizing complex defense and manufacturing operations, leveraging his certifications as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Scrum Master.

Prior to his current role, he led fully automated factory operations and final assembly for mission-critical aerospace programs. Beyond his corporate and military leadership, Dr. Baker is a distinguished academic and creator, having served as a Fulbright Scholar in Israel and winning an Emmy Award as a documentary filmmaker.