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Introducing the 2019 Digital Hall of Fame

Natalie Gross Tarek Nseir Presidents

Once again, we are delighted to welcome two new inductees to the BIMA Digital Hall of Fame. If there’s one thing that links this year’s inductees (other than their lengthy and formidable list of achievements) it is their impact on all of us. Through varied careers, our inductees have helped shape the British economy, its business landscape, its entrepreneurs and the way we consume entertainment.

Stock Exchange plc. She has invested in more than 60 companies as an angel, including LinkedIn, Zoopla, Lovefilm (Amazon) and New Energy Finance (Bloomberg).

Sherry Coutu is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor. Her first tech success came with financial-services platform Interactive Investor, which she founded in 1994, but she made the shift from CEO to investor when pregnant with her third child, a change she found “beautifully flexible - and intellectually… like being in a candy store.”

Sherry has been awarded honorary doctorates from The University of Bristol, Manchester University and the Open University for her work in education and economy, and she was awarded the CBE for her services to entrepreneurship in the New Year’s Honours List 2013.

Today she serves on the boards of companies, charities, and universities. She chairs Founders4Schools, which works to encourage more young people to start their own businesses. She also chairs Workfinder, The Scaleup Institute, Financial Strategy Advisory Group for the University of Cambridge and Raspberry Pi Trading Ltd. Sherry also serves as a non-executive member of The Royal Society (Translation and Data Science Committees), Cambridge University (Finance Board) and the London

Philanthropically, Sherry supports the Prince’s Trust, the Crick Institute and Founders4Schools. She holds an MBA from Harvard, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and a BA from the University of British Columbia, Canada.

Dame Carolyn McCall DBE became ITV’s first female Chief Executive in January 2018 where she has set a bold new vision for the channel to lose its “cosy and traditional” image and become something more “contemporary, modern, relevant and digital”. As part of her mission, Carolyn has made a priority of developing a UK-based subscription video-on-demand service that can compete with Netflix, and has put technology and data at the core of expanding the potential of TV advertising.

Prior to joining ITV, Carolyn was CEO of easyJet for nearly eight years where she virtually doubled the number of passengers and doubled the number of women seeking to become pilots. As Guardian Media Group CEO from 2006, Carolyn was also involved at the start of the move to digital for the newspaper. In 2008, she was awarded an OBE for services to women in business. In 2016, Carolyn was decorated with France’s highest award, the Légion d’honneur in recognition of her contribution to the economies of France and the UK and for her support of women, particularly female pilots. In the New Year’s Honours List of 2016 Carolyn was awarded a Damehood for services to the aviation industry. About the Hall of Fame BIMA conceived the Digital Hall of Fame in 2012 to honour the stars of our industry and to inspire the next generation of digital talent. We would like to extend a sincere thank you on behalf of BIMA to sponsors Adam, Amoveo, ContentCal, ForrestBrown, Jahia and Microsoft. It is with pleasure that I now invite you to read on and find out more about all our Digital Hall of Fame inductees.

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Dame Carolyn McCall DBE

Sherry Coutu CBE

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Saul Klein

Andrew Walmsley

Professor Sue Black OBE

Andy Hobsbawm

Kathryn Parsons

Catriona Campbell

Dame Stephanie Shirley

Helen Milner OBE

Jamal Edwards MBE

Sir Jonathan Ive

Riccardo Zacconi

Mark Cridge

Andrew Fisher OBE

Martha Lane-Fox CBE

Brent Hoberman

Dr Michael Lynch OBE

Kate Burns

Nick Hynes

Sir Martin Sorrell

Nicolas Roope

Wayne Arnold

Pete Cashmore

Phil Jones

Baroness Joanna Shields OBE 13 Justin Cooke

Robin Klein

Luke Taylor

Rory Sutherland

Matt Brittin

Stephen Fry

Nigel Vaz

Sir Tim Berners-Lee

Ajaz Ahmed

Tom Roope

Alan Rusbridger

Warren East

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DAME CAROLYN MCCALL DBE

Chief Executive of ITV

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Dame Carolyn McCall DBE became ITV’s first female Chief Executive in January 2018, where she outlined a new vision - ‘More than TV’ - designed to build upon ITV’s unique and winning combination of creativity and commercial strength. Prior to joining ITV, Carolyn was CEO of leading European short haul airline easyJet for nearly 8 years where she transformed the airline’s financial performance, changed the public’s expectations for value and service and lead an initiative to train more female pilots. Carolyn has also held various commercial and management roles at Guardian Media Group, becoming Group CEO in 2006.

In 2008, Carolyn was awarded an OBE for services to women in business. In 2016, she was decorated with France’s highest award, the Légion d’honneur in recognition of her contribution to the economies of France and the UK and for her support of women, particularly female pilots. In the New Year’s Honours List of 2016 Carolyn was awarded a Damehood for services to the aviation industry.

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SHERRY COUTU CBE

Mother, Social Entrepreneur, Investor & Advisor @scoutu

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Sherry Coutu is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor who serves on the boards of companies, charities, and universities. She chairs Founders4Schools, Workfinder, The Scaleup Institute, Financial Strategy Advisory Group for the University of Cambridge and Raspberry Pi Trading Ltd. Sherry also serves as a non-executive member of The Royal Society, (Translation and Data Science Committees), Cambridge University (Finance Board) and the London Stock Exchange plc. She has invested in more than 60 companies as an angel (including Linkedin, Zoopla, Lovefilm (Amazon), New Energy Finance (Bloomberg) and 5 venture capital firms.

Philanthropically, she supports the Prince’s Trust, the Crick Institute and Founders4Schools. Sherry has an MBA from Harvard, an MSc (with distinction) from the London School of Economics, and a BA (Hons with distinction) from the University of British Columbia, Canada. She has been awarded Honourary Phd’s from The University of Bristol, Manchester University and the Open University for her work in Education and Economy. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to entrepreneurship in the New Year’s Honours List 2013.

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SAUL KLEIN

PROFESSOR SUE BLACK OBE

KATHRYN PARSONS

Co-Founder LocalGlobe @cape

Technology Evangelist, Advisor, Author and Digital Skills Expert @Dr_Black Photo by Ali Tollervey

Co-Founder and Co-CEO Decoded @KathrynParsons

2018

2017

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DAME STEPHANIE SHIRLEY

JAMAL EDWARDS MBE

RICCARDO ZACCONI

IT Entrepreneur and Philanthropist @DameStephanie_

Digital Entrepreneur and Founder SBTV @jamaledwards

CEO and Co-Founder King @king_games

2017

2016

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ANDREW FISHER OBE

BRENT HOBERMAN

KATE BURNS

Chairman & Non Executive Director

Chairman and Co-Founder, made.com Founders Forum & Founders Factory, firstminute capital, Karakuri @brenthoberman

CEO Brave Bison

2015

2014

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SIR MARTIN SORRELL

WAYNE ARNOLD

BARONESS JOANNA SHIELDS OBE

Executive Chairman S4 Capital

Business Advisor and Investor @waynejarnold

Group CEO BenevolentAI @joannashields

2014

2013

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JUSTIN COOKE

LUKE TAYLOR

MATT BRITTIN

Vice Chair, Unicef UK Chairman, The Drum Deputy Chair, FutureLearn @justincooke

CEO, Digital and CRM Omnicom Group

President EMEA Business and Operations, Google UK @MattBrittin

2013

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NIGEL VAZ

AJAZ AHMED

ALAN RUSBRIDGER

CEO Publicis Sapient @vaznigel

Founder & CEO AKQA @Ajaz

Principal, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford Chair, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism @arusbridger

2013

2012

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ANDREW WALMSLEY

ANDY HOBSBAWM

CATRIONA CAMPBELL

Digital Pluralist Various organisations @awalmsley

Founder & CMO EVRYTHNG @andyhobs

Global Digital Programme Lead and EMEIA wavespace Leader EY Advisory EY @catrionacampbel

2012

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HELEN MILNER OBE

SIR JONATHAN IVE

MARK CRIDGE

Chief Executive Good Things Foundation @helenmilner

Chief Design Officer Apple Inc

Chief Executive mySociety @markcridge

2012

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MARTHA LANE-FOX CBE

DR MICHAEL LYNCH OBE

NICK HYNES

Founder and Executive Chair Doteveryone.org.uk @Marthalanefox

Founder, Invoke Capital Technology Entrepreneur

CEO Somo Global

2012

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NICOLAS ROOPE

PETE CASHMORE

PHIL JONES

Creative Partner / Co-Founder, POKE Founder, Plumen @nikroope

Founder Mashable Inc @petecashmore

Founder Podge Events @denislaw

2012

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ROBIN KLEIN

RORY SUTHERLAND

STEPHEN FRY

General Partner LocalGlobe @robinklein

Vice Chairman Ogilvy Group UK @rorysutherland

Actor / Screenwriter / Author @stephenfry

2012

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SIR TIM BERNERS-LEE

TOM ROOPE

WARREN EAST

Co-Founder and Director World Wide Web Consortium and the World Wide Web Foundation @timberners_lee

Group Creative Lead, ZOO Google Creative Services EMEA @tomas_roope

CEO Rolls Royce

2012

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