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Seasoned Group CIO with three decades of expertise in leading IT delivery teams for Blue Chip and Central Government organisations. Named in the UK Top100 CIO Awards in 2024 & 2025. Demonstrated success in driving business value through technology solutioning. A strategic thinker and effective collaborator, passionate about agile delivery to meet organisational objectives. Extensive experience in Digital Transformation, Business Change, Consultancy, Service Delivery, ERP Programmes, T&T Projects, and Organisational Management. Proven ability to navigate complex business landscapes and deliver results in high-pressure regulated environments.

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Winner – Hot Topics Global Future CIO 100
Finalist – Women in Insurance Awards: Role Model category

Mollie Brentnall joined Crawford as IT Director for UK & Ireland in 2024. As IT Director, Mollie Brentnall is responsible for managing the UK Development and Crawford Legal Services™ IT teams and is accountable for all IT deliverables across the UK business. She is also part of the UK executive leadership team at Crawford.
Mollie Brentnall has considerable experience in leading IT teams for major organisations in the UK. Most recently, she was IT Director, UKI, AXA Partners where she led teams across IT service delivery, applications, infrastructure, project delivery, and security execution. Prior to this, Mollie was Head of IT, Core Transport, DHL with her remit spanning the UK.

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Barry Smith is a Chief Information Officer and digital transformation leader with over 20 years’ experience delivering large-scale technology change acrossglobal infrastructure and professional services organisations. He specialises in aligning technology strategy with business outcomes and leading complexprogrammes spanning ERP, cloud, cyber security and AI governance. Barry has led multi-country transformation initiatives and advises boards on technologystrategy and risk. He is recognised for building high-performing teams and delivering measurable business value, with a focus on the leadership required todeliver transformation in an increasingly complex world.

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A strategic digital, data, and AI transformation leader with over 20 years of experience delivering large-scale technology modernisation and organisational change across Higher Education and Local Government. Currently serving as Associate Director of Strategy and Change at the University of London, leading enterprise-wide transformation initiatives supporting the UK Government’s Lifelong Learning Entitlement agenda. Specialises in AI governance, digital strategy, cloud modernisation, enterprise architecture, and data-driven operating models. Recognised for building human-centred digital organisations, with a strong track record of leading complex transformation programmes, stakeholder engagement, and innovation initiatives that improve operational efficiency, learner experience, and institutional performance.

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I am an Information Security professional, with experience ranging as CISO delivering firm-wide strategy to client-facing delivery as a cyber consultant in a variety of roles and industries. I’m a strong advocate that security is something a business does across the enterprise; it must be built into processes and policies across the organisation in a way that keeps the place running. I do this by working with teams inside and outside IT – ‘shift even further left’ is my mantra. Information security experience in government, legal and financial services, encompassing: Board reporting, cyber security strategy, certifications and compliance, third party assurance, security policy frameworks, and operational resilience, business continuity and IT disaster recovery. How can we help organisations understand the threats to their information, today and in the future?

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We do escape rooms, vishing simulations, AR missions and large-scale events that make people actually experience what a breach feels like. Because the only cyber training that changes behaviour is the kind that leaves a mark. In spring 2023, we built a cyber escape room that lived in a briefcase. It was scrappy, rough, and completely unlike anything else in the industry. The goal was simple: make people actually engage with cyber security by letting them experience it. Not observe it. Not memorise it. Live it.

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Steve has worked with clients in the cloud, security and digital transformation arena for over 15 years, with a focus on the security, risk and compliance space. The roles have been with tier 1 vendors, reseller partners, global assurance & threat specialists and Global Systems Integrators. Traditionally Steve works closely with CISO’s and board member & key supporting stakeholders to help clients build out cyber resilience strategies & threat protection capability in line with current regulatory frameworks and compliance standards. Recent & relevant experience and roles have been with Symantec, Microsoft UK & Telefonica O2. At Microsoft Steve was the UK cyber security lead for Financial services here in the UK for 5 years, working with Tier 1 Banks, Insurance houses and challenger banking institutions, advising clients deliver and drive business advantage through security, risk and operational resilience projects.

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Si Ball is a technology and data strategist focused on the structural resilience of enterprise systems, both technical and organisational. He has led global IT and BI functions, delivered integrated data and ERP strategies, and advised on complex system modernisation within regulated and operationally intensive environments. Si’s work centres on identifying early signals of systemic fragility in digital transformation. He examines how architectural overlap, distributed accountability, and misaligned cognitive operating systems can create hidden integration risk despite positive reporting indicators.
His perspective combines deep data architecture experience with governance awareness, enabling him to bridge technical complexity and board-level oversight. He speaks and advises on integration risk, cross-boundary accountability, and the structural factors that determine whether enterprise transformation stabilises or drifts.

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Kulveer Rupra is Account Director for Enterprise UK&I at Pexip, where he helps organisations collaborate seamlessly across spaces and places. With over 20 years in the technology sector, he has held senior roles at Kinly and AVI-SPL spanning global account management, sales leadership, and professional services. His career began at IBM as an accredited software specialist. Kulveer brings deep expertise in enterprise collaboration and AV technology, with a track record of building lasting client partnerships across the UK market.

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Indi Sall is the Digital Transformation Director at NG Bailey IT Services, where he leads the development and delivery of digital strategy, business transformation, and technology innovation programmes. With extensive experience in digital infrastructure, operational transformation, and emerging technologies, Indi works closely with clients and stakeholders to modernise services, improve business performance, and deliver measurable outcomes. He is passionate about harnessing technology to create resilient, future-ready organisations and helping businesses navigate the opportunities and challenges of an increasingly connected and data-driven world.