James Milner

James has previously had the privilege of spearheading the establishment and growth of three remarkable enterprises from scratch. These companies include two engineering and technical consultancy businesses. This has allowed him the honour of creating over 200 highly skilled and diverse job opportunities, whilst simultaneously generating a value exceeding £1 billion to clients.

As the Chief Executive Officer of Wild Hydrogen, he remains resolute in his commitment to pursuing excellence and harnessing innovative strategies to shape a thriving future.

Mark Wickham

Mark is an accomplished and highly respected engineer, with 40+ years in design and manufacturing of large-scale heat and power plants, and 12 years working specifically with fluid bed gasifiers. He is the inventor of six patents in the energy industry over the last 20 years.

Currently the Managing Director of Helical Energy, Mark is responsible for the design and development of translational energy technologies, particularly hydrogen production from biogenic fuels; supercritical CO2 cycles; and carbon capture.

David Gammon

David is CEO and founder of Rockspring, his family office, which provides capital and advice to UK-based disruptive technology companies. From 1985 until 2001, David worked as an investment banker. David is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a member of the Scale-Up Institute and NED on the board of Raspberry Pi Limited.

Jonathan Milner

Jonathan, founder of Abcam PLC which was acquired by Danaher Corporation in 2023, is an experienced entrepreneur and investor and is passionate about supporting UK life science and high-tech start-ups. He has provided considerable investment and support to over 70 companies and has assisted three technology companies to IPO on the London AIM Stock Exchange.

Jonathan also co-founded the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath with Professor Laurence Hurst in 2018 and the Milner Institute for Therapeutics at the University of Cambridge with Professor Tony Kouzarides in 2015. He is Chair of Nuclera Ltd and Investor Director of Healx Ltd, Phoremost Ltd, and Shift Bioscience Ltd. Jonathan is founder and Chair of Sapperton Wilder, a nature recovery project in the Cotswolds using experimental regenerative agriculture.