The 2025 Judging Panel

Martin Aylward
Head of Data & CRM
EDF
Russell Barton
EMEA Data Governance and Projects Manager
Starbucks
Helen Blaikie
Chief Data and Analytics Officer
Aston University
David Castro-Gavino
Global Vice President of Data
HelloFresh SE
Gavin Goodland
Chief Data Officer
National Grid
Steve Green
Chief Data and Analytics Officer (EMEA)
SMBC
Johanna Hutchinson
Group Chief Data Officer
BAE Systems
Lara Izlan
Director – Advertising Data and Analytics
ITV
Alex Jardine
Director of Analytics
Sainsbury’s
Kate Jones
Head of Data Product & Strategy
Coventry Building Society
Chrissie Kemp
Chief Data and AI Officer
JLR
Louise Maynard-Atem
Deputy Director – Data, Insights & Fraud
Government Digital Service
George McCrea
Director Data Science, Analytics and Visualisation
The Crown Estate
Chris Miller
Chief Data Officer
Royal London
Susie Moan
Chief Data Officer
Currys
Karl O’Hanlon
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Veolia
Perry Philipp
Chief Data Officer
Entain
Steve Pimblett
Chief Data Officer
Rightmove
Simon Prinn
Director of Data Science and Analytics
Boots
Kate Sargent
Chief Data Officer
Financial Times
Tom Spencer
Director of Customer Data Sciences
Aviva
Maria Vounou
Director of Data Science
Burberry