A recognised Commercial Management professional Ian has a wealth of experience and knowledge across all levels of the public and private sectors. Whilst the head of procurement for a FTSE100 global corporation, Ian was an early adopter of digital technology and fully-integrated, global-supply chain solutions. For over 17 years he has been supporting and enabling public and private sector organisations as they transition to a more commercially focused and competitive environment. Recognised as an authority, his advice has been sought by Government Ministers on the commercial impact of new legislation and he has been instrumental in introducing technology enabled service improvements. A founder member of Intelligent Robots International and experienced Chief Executive with business and commercial skills used to serve Large Corporate, Government and Public Sector clients.

Twenty years of extensive international business development experience, and a successful career delivering Government priorities as a senior manager in international trade, working both in the UK and USA advising on strategic growth opportunities and on the best market entry strategy for UK and US companies looking to grow their business across a number of sectors, including energy, transport infrastructure, build environment, Private Public Partnerships and Homeland Security. Excels in developing international business and Government relations, change and resource management and strategic planning, marketing, business development, and public speaking. Extensive experience in marketing and service delivery, delivering a range of business-driven services.

Emmi has over twenty years’ experience in marketing and eCommerce working across cultural businesses in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand, UK, and Europe. Based in Hong Kong, Emmi has an incredible business network that spans Greater China, where she lived and worked for many years.

With over 30 years’s experience in global commercial payments with Barclays Plc & Visa Inc, Jonny has extensive world-wide business networks. Jonny was also Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer for an London AIM listed ecommerce marketplace company for 3 years. With this experience he is able to recognise synergies to create business to business partnerships and distribution channels, between IT companies, financial institutions and their respective clients. A founder member of Intelligent Robots International with Product, Marketing and Business Development skills serving Large Corporate, Government and Public Sector verticals.

A dynamic business development consultant with 12 years public sector experience selling growth consulting and government relations services to both UK Government and large corporate organisations. Graduated in e-commerce, Leo started his career as a TV presenter on home shopping channels and manages various successful import businesses from China and the EU.

Richard is a Chartered Engineer. Graduated from Imperial College, London and has been in the Information Technology industry for over 35 years. Richard has been involved with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Expert Systems for a number of years. His more recent projects including spending 3 years fostering humanoid robots for Hong Kong SEN (Special Educational Needs) schools and introducing social robots to health and education use.