Judges

  • Jacqueline de Rojas CBE (Chair)

    Non Executive Director / Co-Chair

    Institute of Coding

    Jacqueline is the Former President of techUK and the co-chair at the Institute of Coding. She sits as a Non-Executive Director on the board of UK technology business Rightmove plc; on the board of Costain plc, which is committed to solving the nation’s Infrastruc…

  • Jeremy Barton (Deputy Chair)

    General Counsel

    KPMG

    Jeremy Barton is General Counsel of KPMG UK, one of the largest member firms of KPMG’s global network providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. Leading a team of 45 people, he is responsible for legal and corporate governance matters, and advises the Chairman a…

  • David Robinson

    Head of Global IT Security

    Herbert Smith Freehills

    David Robinson MBE is the Head of Global IT Security for Herbert Smith Freehills, one of the world’s leading law firms, who advise many of the biggest and most ambitious organisations across all major regions of the globe. David leads the delivery and strategy for…

  • Shilpa Bhandarkar

    CEO

    CreateiQ

    Shilpa Bhandarkar is the CEO of CreateiQ, Linklaters’ proprietary contract management platform. CreateiQ helps automate each stage of the contracting process from draft through to execution, as well as allowing institutions to unlock all contract data from…

  • Razvan Cretu

    Director of IT

    CMS

    Razvan is Director of IT at CMS, a prestigious international law firm headquartered in London. He is responsible for leading the technology team whilst defining and implementing the future vision and IT strategy of the firm. With over 20 years IT experience, Raz…

  • Orlando Conetta

    Head of SmartDelivery

    Pinsent Masons LLP

    Orlando is head of SmartDelivery within Pinsent Masons, and is responsible for proving new applications of legal technology throughout the firm and amongst clients. A double graduate of both Law and Computer Science, Orlando has pioneered the use of technolog…

  • Amy McConnell

    Head of Legal Operations

    Vodafone Business

    Amy McConnell is Head of Legal Operations for Vodafone Business. Amy manages a multi-disciplinary team of 30 (lawyers, project managers, transformation and knowledge specialists, data analysts and IT professionals).  Amy is responsible for the developmen…

  • Amir Ali OBE

    Founder & CEO

    Remote Court Users

    A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management, Amir sits on both CICM’s Think Tank and Technical Committee. CICM overseas and is responsible for £4 Trillion of Trade Debt in the UK and abroad. He also sits on the Law Advisory Boards of several Universiti…

  • Mo Cashman

    Chief Technology Officer, EMEA

    Trellix

    Mo Cashman is one of Trellix’s passionate leaders in cyber security. Mo’s passion is to inspire our next generation security leaders, build impactful teams and programs, and help customers architect security solutions for future resilience. As a Field CTO at T…

  • Perminder Jagdev

    Information Security Manager

    Stephenson Harwood LLP

    Perminder has spent the last 12 years working in technology at national & international law firms. She moved into Information Security almost 4 years ago with a focus on governance, risk, and compliance (GRC). Perminder joined Gowling WLG in December 2017 a…

  • Sayid Hussein

    Founder and CEO

    AZH Consulting

    Sayid Hussein is the Founder and CEO of AZH Consulting. A consulting firm specialising in IT, Security & Change Management. With almost twenty years of IT experience in the legal sector, Sayid’s specialisms encompass a wide variety of strategic technology…

  • Jenifer Swallow

    Business & Legal Innovator

    Jenifer Swallow is an award-winning General Counsel and business innovator, with a focus on high growth and the technology space, including leadership roles at Yahoo! and Wise (formerly TransferWise), and founding the government-backed initiative Lawtech…

  • Jonathan Patterson

    COO

    Arch Law

    Jonathan is the COO at Arch Law and is responsible for all aspects of business operations. He works closely with the operational team to ensure that it is as easy as possible for Arch Law Members to deliver quality solutions and advice to clients efficiently and eff…

  • Marcel Henri

    Partner

    Omnilex

    Partner at Omnilex and former Global CIO at Dentons, Marcel is a recognized international technology executive and business transformation leader with over 25 years’ experience with large-scale business integration and merger in the legal services vertica…

  • Shawn Curran

    Director of Legal Technology

    Travers Smith

    Shawn is the Director of Legal Technology at Travers Smith, having previously worked at both national and international law firms, including Magic Circle and US firms. Shawn’s team includes individuals who have a background in either technology or law,…

  • Nigel Tranter

    Chief Digital Officer

    Orrick

    Nige Tranter leads Orrick’s strategy to harness the power of data, digital technologies, and artificial intelligence to add value for clients and enhance business processes. Specifically, Nige is focused on four questions: • How can we continually improve ou…

  • Jo Owen

    Strategist for Technology, Innovation & Transformation, Advocate for Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in business and technology.

    Jo is best known as an energetic, inspirational and motivation leader. She brings people together embracing creativity to solve business challenges. She is passionate about promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in business and particularly the field…

  • Mohammed Ajaz

    Founder

    LEx 360

    A member of the Leadership Team with responsibility for strategy, planning, performance, change and improvement across the Global Legal Function. Accountability for National Grid’s Operational Excellence programmes across the Function (Risk and Complia…

  • Chris Bull

    Principal and ExCo Member

    Edge International

    Chris is the founding Director of legal and professional service sector retained advisors and thought leaders Kingsmead Square and of the tri-partite Intuity Alliance, which launched September 2018. He advises on strategy, operations, transformation and s…

  • Janet Day

    Director

    Janet Day Ltd

    Janet has worked in the broad sphere of legal IT virtually all her working life – even her MBA speciality was ‘Competitive Advantage in the Legal Profession’. After working in administration at A&O, Janet set up a specialist consultancy practice looking at t…

  • Ray Berg

    Partner

    Osborne Clarke

    Ray is a partner at Osborne Clarke based in its Silicon Valley office from May 2023. He will be supporting the firm’s US clients on their international strategies targeting markets including the UK, EU and south east Asia. Ray was Osborne Clarke’s UK…

  • Chris White

    Interim CIO

    WhiteBoard Consulting

    Chris started his career in Financial Services holding senior IT positions at NPI Asset Management, Schroders, Henderson Investors and Cogent Investment Operations. He joined Law Firm Ashurst as CIO in 2002. Since leaving in 2009 he has undertaken a number of r…

  • Peter Owen

    Founder / Director

    Lights-On Consulting Limited

    Peter is the Managing Director of Lights-On Consulting Limited, an independent IT and management consultancy practice. Lights-On specialises in the legal sector but also carries out work for sectors outside of legal thus maintaining a broader commercial vie…

  • Riteeka Sawhney

    Regional Technology Director - UK, Middle East & India

    Clifford Chance

    A customer-focused leader with over 25 years of experience in technology across various sectors, Riteeka oversees the technology strategy and operations at Clifford Chance for the UK, Middle East and India regions. She started her career at McKinsey & Co.…