We are very grateful to our fantastic facilitators for their help and support:

Jonathan Macdonald, this fluid world

Jonathan MacDonald is a respected thought-leader and entrepreneur in communications. He is the co-founder of business and marketing consultancy, this fluid world which helps organisations achieve superior performance and identify new sources and vehicles of growth. Jonathan is also the co-founder of Every Single One Of Us.

Liri Andersson, this fluid world

During her 15 years in marketing services Liri’s has gathered experience across nations, industries, brands, business problems, disciplines and channels which is a testament to her energy and curiosity. She is co-founder of this fluid world, responsible for all aspects of the business and for running, and managing, strategic projects for major agencies and fortune 500 companies.

Marc Bolick, Dmarc8

Marc is a seasoned advisor to business leaders, specializing in corporate strategy, product planning, marketing and business development. He has worked in Europe, Asia and the US in a diverse set of industry sectors, helping clients realize growth by making fact-based strategic decisions. He started Dmarc8 International in 2003, a consulting firm focused on developing and implementing strategic growth plans. Prior to Dmarc8 he co-founded MobiQuis, a provider of location-based guides for the tourism and mobile telecoms industries. In addition to his business interests, Marc volunteers his time to several non-profit organizations and is a founding member of TEDxGreenville.

Daniel Kirk, Strategy & Innovation Consultant

After spending a few years in small organisations, Daniel moved to What If and then WPP to work with some of the world’s largest. Though his work has spanned countries from China to Canada and clients from AstraZeneca to Vodafone, the constant has been a desire to help people find innovative solutions to business problems. So naturally his most overused expressions are ‘Interesting!’ and ‘Why?’. Daniel is now a freelance consultant, as well as working as an associate for 100% Open.

Roland Harwood, 100% Open

Roland co-founded 100%Open, coming from NESTA where he was Director of Open Innovation. Graduating with a PhD in Physics from Edinburgh University, he has held senior innovation roles in the Utilities and Media industries and in addition has worked with 100′s of  start-ups to raise venture capital and commercialise technology. In addition he has worked as a TV and film music producer for SonyBMG.

Paul Golding, Wireless Wanders

Paul Golding is an innovation architect specialising in the creation of new business and new product strategies for mobile products and services. He has a 20-year track record of being on the leading edge of the mobile industry, defining, designing and implementing exciting many new products and services. He is the inventor of the mobile internet portal. His clients have included leading operators, Fortune 500 companies and numerous start-ups. He has worked with mobile projects across the globe and was recently consulting as Motorola’s Chief Applications Architect.

Zee West, Innovation Warehouse Ambassador

Zee is an Entrepreneur within Mobile Apps & Ambassador for the newly opening Innovation Warehouse  ‘Formed by a group of entrepreneurs in collaboration with the City of London Corporation, providing a community and runway for businesses to achieve sustainability and high growth.’

Alfonso Vazquez, IT Strategy and Innovation at O2

Alfonso is a Principal specializing in IT Strategy, Enterprise Architecture and driving business organic growth through Innovation in technology.