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Richard Potter

CEO and Co-founder at Peak

Richard has been instrumental in guiding Peak to be one of Europe’s leading enterprise AI companies, securing over $119 million in investment funding in the process.

Zoe Hillenmeyer

Chief Commercial Officer at Peak

Zoe has a decade of experience in the Artificial and Decision intelligence field, and has been part of over 20 product launches in the category during her time with AI pioneers including Peak, AWS and IBM.

Monica Stancu

Diversity and Inclusion Manager at Lloyd's

Monica has been selected as a Global Champion for Women’s Economic Empowerment by UN Women and has won a WeAreTheCity 2020 Rising Stars award. She is also the author of the book “Building Diversity and Inclusion: From Commitment to Action”, a One Young World Ambassador and a mentor at Migrant Leaders. She sits on the D&I committee at the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM).

James Judge

Head of IT at Berry Gardens

James has spent 56.8% his life in the fresh produce industry – which explains the white hair! As Head of IT at Berry Gardens he is involved at both strategic and fundamental levels as a problem solver and process plumber. His inherent geekiness means AI and ML feature in many interests and increasingly so in day-to-day life. As a practised cynic, though, he enjoys the challenge of communicating the difference between practical reality, and business’ perception of this golden bullet.

Holly Clarke

Chief of Staff at Peak

Holly is Chief of Staff at Peak. She’s been with Peak since 2019, leading the AI Consulting team and engaging with global enterprise businesses to support their data and AI strategy, before moving into her current role. Holly has a Master's degree in Engineering from the University of Sheffield, and is passionate about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion as a founding member and previous chair of Peak’s DE&I committee.

Willem Zents

Data Scientist at Bumble

Willem Zents is a Data Scientist at Bumble Inc. where he works on trust and safety in online dating and friendships. Originally from the Netherlands, he holds an MSc in Social Data Science from the University of Oxford. Willem’s research interests include natural language processing, graph deep learning, and fairness, accountability, and transparency in machine learning.

Karl Thompson

Economist at CEBR

Karl is an Economist at the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), based in London. As a member of CEBR’s Forecasting and Thought Leadership Team, his wide-ranging research has included the estimation of the economic impact of e-commerce marketplaces, the business benefits of embracing ESG, and the relationship between automation and economic resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tom Hassall

Head of CPG & Manufacturing Data Science at Peak

Tom transitioned into data science from an academic background five years ago. Before that, he completed a PhD in Astrophysics at the University of Manchester, a post-doc at the University of Southampton and worked as a research scientist for a small oil and gas service company for three years.

Emma Bellamy

Data Science Team Lead at Peak

Emma is Data Science Team Lead at Peak. She has worked at Peak for over 18 months, primarily working on inventory management in the manufacturing sector. She has an MSc in Data Science from Lancaster University and many years of experience working in logistics, process improvements and project management roles in the retail and oil industries.

Harry Jackson

Data Scientist (Operations) at Peak

Since joining just over two years ago, Harry has worked on a range of supply chain optimisation problems in the manufacturing space. Before joining Peak he did a Master’s in Computer Science at Durham University, followed by a software engineering graduate scheme.

Josh Tingey

Data Scientist (Operations – Supply Chain) at Peak

Since joining in 2021, Josh has worked mainly on problems in the manufacturing space, including supply chain inventory optimisation and real-time quote pricing. Before joining Peak, he completed a PhD in Particle Physics at University College London and has worked as a research scientist studying Bayesian optimisation problems.

Chris Billingham

Head of Platform GTM at Peak

Chris is Head of Platform GTM at Peak. He was previously Lead Product Manager, leading the development of the Peak platform and preparing it for wider launch at the end of 2021. Before joining Peak in 2020, Chris was a lead data scientist, leading teams across a number of industries. He has 13 years of experience in data-related roles.

Catherine Frame

Customer Intelligence Lead, Peak

Catherine Frame is a Customer Intelligence Lead at Peak, based out of Manchester, UK. With a background in e-commerce and CRM, her career expands over industries including fashion, food and pet care.

Elizabeth Green

Data Scientist – Insight

Elliott Polzin

Data Scientist – Operations – Supply Chain

Joseph Story

Account Director at Peak

Kris Coombes

Data Scientist – Insight

Mark Douthwaite

ML Engineer and Data Scientist at Peak

Mark has a PhD in Computer Science and a Master of Physics degree from The University of York. At university, Mark’s research projects related to graphene nanotechnology and autonomous vehicles.

Sorcha Gilroy

Head of Data Community and Data Science Team Leader – Retail

Stuart Davie

VP of Data Science