techUK announces new Scale-Up Council
techUK has elected a new Scale-Up Council and we’re delighted to have such a great calibre of individuals and organisations represented. This council exists to set the strategic direction for our work to support scale-up firms at techUK and will sit for a fixed term of 2 years.
The Scale-Up Council is as follows and we’ll be shortly electing a Chair:
- Amy Burnett, Head of KPMG Private Enterprise Access, KPMG
- Bill Hodson, Consulting Director, Cambridge Consultants
- Casey Calista, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Vorboss
- Daniel Quirke, Public Policy Manager, Wayve
- Hollie Hodgson, Head of Account Management, Tussell
- Jamie Hodsdon, Global Regulatory and Public Affairs Lead, Oxa
- Liz Ashall-Payne, Founding CEO, ORCHA Health
- Manish Garg, Managing Director, VE3
- Mike Eisenberg, Founding Partner, Genuine Capital
- Mireille Elhajj, CEO, Astra-Terra
- Paul Connell, Executive Chair, The Data City
- Robin Beattie, Scale Up National Director, Hays
- Steve Kingan, Chairman, Nexor
- Timea Strihova, Head of Brussels, Trilligent
- Zeynep Zymek, UK&I Startups Senior Account Manager, Amazon Business UK
We would like to thank all the members who put themselves forward for the Council. It was a highly competitive process and not being on the Council does not mean you can not get involved with our climate work.
Mia Haffety
Mia Haffety
Mia joined techUK in September 2023.
Mia focuses on shaping a policy environment that fosters the expansion of the UK tech sector while maximising the transformative potential of technology across all industries.
Prior to joining techUK, Mia worked as a Senior Policy Adviser at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) within the Policy Unit.
Mia holds an MSc in International Development from the University of Manchester and a BA(Hons) in Politics and International Relations from the University of Nottingham.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/miahaffety/
Neil Ross
Neil Ross
As Associate Director for Policy Neil leads on techUK's public policy work in the UK. In this role he regularly engages with UK and Devolved Government Ministers, senior civil servants and members of the UK’s Parliaments aiming to make the UK the best place to start, scale and develop a tech business.
Neil joined techUK in 2019 to lead on techUK’s input into the UK-EU Brexit trade deal negotiations and economic policy. Alongside his role leading techUK's public policy work Neil also acts as a spokesperson for techUK often appearing in the media and providing evidence to a range of Parliamentary committees.
In 2023 Neil was listed by the Politico newspaper as one of the '20 people who matter in UK tech' and has regularly been cited as a key industry figure shaping UK tech policy.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Twitter:
- @neil13r
- Website:
- www.techuk.org/
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilross13/
