Patrons

A collection of the most respected software leaders who have shaped and defined our industry

Leo Apotheker

Chairman; Syncron, Eudonet, Harvest

Former CEO SAP & HP

Boardwave NED & Patron (UK & France)

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Erin Platts

CEO, HSBC Innovation Banking

Boardwave Patron

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Federico Laproux

CEO, Team System

Boardwave Patron (Italy)

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Gavin Patterson

Chair, CEO & NED

Elixirr, Wix, Fractal Analytics, Malt, Mobilium

ex-CEO BT & Boardwave Patron

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Nezahat Gultekin

Ind. Board Member

Logo Yazilim & Boardwave Patron

(Italy & Turkey)

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Chano Fernandez

Co-CEO Eightfold.ai & former Co-CEO, Workday

Boardwave Patron

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Melissa Di Donato

CEO and Chair, Kyriba

Non-Exec, Porsche & DSIT

Boardwave Patron

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Ajaz Ahmed

CEO, AKQA

Boardwave Patron

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Vin Murria, OBE

Chair, CEO. Founder, NED and Investor.

Softcat, Bunzl, ADVT, Molten Ventures

Boardwave Patron

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Fred Hessabi

Ex-EVP & Chief Customer Officer

HERE Technologies (France)

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Shruthi Chindular

Non Exec Director - Access Group

Boardwave Patron

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Chris Bayne

CEO, The Access Group

Boardwave Patron

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Sherry Coutu CBE

Chair, NED

Superpower, Pearson, Raspberry Pi

Boardwave Patron

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Jose Duarte

Chair Infovista

Non-Exec Director

Boardwave Patron (Portugal)

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Franck Cohen

Chairman,

Cye, GoCardless and Nomadia

Boardwave Patron

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Franz-Josef Seidensticker

NED proAlpha

Chair Wittur

Boardwave Patron (Germany)

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Rory Cellan-Jones

Technology Writer, Podcaster & Consultant,

Author & ex-BBC Technology Correspondent

Boardwave Patron

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Dawn Marriott

Serial Chairperson

Non Exec Director

Boardwave Patron

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Wol Kolade

Managing Partner, Livingbridge

Deputy Chair, NHS England &

Co-Founder 10,000 Black Interns, Boardwave Patron

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Karen Slatford

Serial Chairperson & Non Exec Director

Boardwave Patron

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Stephen Kelly

CEO Cirata, Company Builder & Entrepreneur

Angel investor & Advisor

Boardwave Patron

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Rod Banner

CEO, 3LA

Boardwave Patron

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Gillian Wilmot CBE

Chair Zoo Digital plc, Xpediator plc,

JISP, Synalogik

Boardwave Patron

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Steve Garnett

Chair, Salesforce EMEA (retired)

Angel Investor & Boardmember

Boardwave Patron

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Pascal Houillon

CEO Cegid

Boardwave Patron (France)

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Jacqui Ferguson

Serial Chairperson & Non Exec Director

Former Chief of Staff to Meg Whitman

Boardwave Patron

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Nic Humphries

Senior Partner & Exe Chair Hg

Boardwave Patron

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Roy MacKenzie

Partner APAX International

Boardwave Patron (USA)

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Michel Akkermans

Serial Entrepreneur, Private Investor,

Advisor and Board Member

Boardwave Patron (Belgium)

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Oystein Moan

Executive Chair VISMA

Boardwave Patron (Norway)

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Emma Sinclair MBE

CEO, Enteprise Alumni

Unicef Advisor

Boardwave Patron

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James Bennet

Partner, EY

Boardwave Patron

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Jean-Pierre Saad

Partner, Private Equity

Head of TMT Europe KKR

Boardwave Patron

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Peter Sweetbaum

CEO EthiXbase

Boardwave Patron

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Nick Discombe

Chair PE Sponsored & Private Companies

Boardwave Patron

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Patrons

Leo Apotheker

Erin Platts

Federico Laproux

Gavin Patterson

Nezahat Gultekin

Chano Fernandez

Melissa Di Donato

Ajaz Ahmed

Vin Murria, OBE

Fred Hessabi

Shruthi Chindular

Chris Bayne

Sherry Coutu CBE

Jose Duarte

Franck Cohen

Franz-Josef Seidensticker

Rory Cellan-Jones

Dawn Marriott

Wol Kolade

Karen Slatford

Stephen Kelly

Rod Banner

Gillian Wilmot CBE

Steve Garnett

Pascal Houillon

Jacqui Ferguson

Nic Humphries

Roy MacKenzie

Michel Akkermans

Oystein Moan

Emma Sinclair MBE

James Bennet

Jean-Pierre Saad

Peter Sweetbaum

Nick Discombe

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