CEO, Founder

Stuart founded infoNation in 2015 driven by a desire to work on things that matter and which involve technology, data, education and the greater good. Stuart has a diverse background of entrepreneurial and executive experience in publicly listed, venture backed and not for profit technology businesses. As founding Commercial Director of the UK’s Open Data Institute in 2012 Stuart incubated, supported and grew a start-up tech cluster from a standing start and commissioned the policy work directly with the UK Government and Banking Sector leading to what is today known as open banking. Stuart is passionate about the role technology, data, education and training can play to advance society. Stuart has a UK degree and International diplôme in French and Business and a Post Graduate diploma in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning from the University of Oxford where his thesis explored the opportunity to use machine learning to improve the quality assurance of data. Stuart is experienced at leading diverse multidisciplinary teams of educational practitioners in the fields of data science and AI experts working with governments, regulators, industry and global philanthropy. Outside of work, Stuart is a competitive cyclist, a long term RNLI fundraiser and the social entrepreneur founder of 'Swimbledon' a community initiative to bring back open water swimming to his local area www.swimbledon.co.uk Husband and father to two daughters.

An energetic, innovative, highly organised and persistent public relations and communications professional with more than a decade of experience both agency and client side. Broad experience across b2b PR; particular experience working with marketing, agencies and digital marketing services clients. Vertical sector experience includes tech, insurance, travel, retail and FS. Calm and effective under pressure, strategic and analytical thinker who enjoys listening and working within teams to make stuff happen. Financially and commercially astute. Obsessed with running, food, wine, theatre and current affairs. Feminist. Mum to girls.

I am a Lecturer in Computing Sciences at the University of East Anglia and Visiting Fellow in the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. I have a doctorate in Web Science and over twenty five years of teaching and management in the compulsory, tertiary and higher education sectors. Passionate about the use of technologies to support and enhance teaching and learning, my area of PhD research study was use of social media by school pupils to support non-formal learning. As a Visiting Fellow my responsibilities include project management of online CPD course development and delivery in the field of Data Science, AI and Machine Learning. I also lead tutor teams as senior tutor and liaise with clients on course design and support.