2026 JUDGES

Adrian Davies
IT Director & CIO
Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR)
Aman Sardana
Senior Manager, Expert Application Architect
Capital One
Amy Phillips-Mahon
CAS Followship Student
RAF
Andy Parsons
Associate Professor and Deputy Dean
Cyberark
Andy Whitehurst
UK CTO
Sopra Steria
Aneesh Gopalakrishnan
Principal Software Engineer
Link Logistics
Angelina Littlefield
Officer Commanding Number 1 Radio School
RAF
Anil Mahale
Director of Product Management
Forescout
Ashley Trigg
Data & Business Architect
Marlborough Group
Brian Stevens
Software Specialist
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
Chris Cook
Digital Defence Business Development Director
BAE Systems Digital Intelligence
Colin Smart
Director, Enterprise Technology & Performance
Deloitte
Daniel Norman
Principal Cybersecurity Consultant / Military Training Officer
Bramfitt Technology Labs / Ministry of Defence
Darren Kimuli
Information Security Lead
Canopius
Dianne Kidd
Head of Government Digital and Data Profession’s Services
HMRC
Dr Christopher Angus
Head of Enterprise Architecture
Farnell (Avnet)
Eliot Smith
Manager, Technology Strategy & Transformation
NTT Data UK&I
Eric Bediako
Senior Solutions Engineer
Freelance Consultant
Freddie Quek
Research Associate and Co Director
Henley Business School and The NextPath Device Consortium
Gabriel Tosin Ayodele
Data, AI & Innovation Strategy Lead
Workrity
Gautam Nayak
Sr.Manager, Manufacturing Quality Engineering
Meta
Giulio Tedeschi
Director of Technology & Architecture
SEGRO
Hamza Sohaib
Principal Consultant / External Advisor
HS Consultancy / Government Digital Service
Ian Craney
UKGI IT Director - Personal Lines & Claims
Aviva
Ian Dean
Principal Engineer
Network Rail
James Gregory
Digital & Data Profession Lead
Ministry of Defence
Jillian Moore
Head of Consulting and Digital Solutions
Littlefish Group
John Nicholson
Officer Commanding RAF Digital Reserve
RAF Digital Reserve
John Leonard
Research Director
Computing
Karen Chalcroft
Principal Data Protection Authority
Dstl
Karl Gough Young
Cyberspace Profession Advisory
RAF
Kevin Cassar
Chief Data and AI Officer
TalkTalk
Kevin Chalmers
Executive Dean
Ravensbourne University London
Kevin Eastwood
Consultant
Eastwood Consultancy
Lauren Dally
Technology Director
Everywhen
Mariya Giy
Senior Software Engineer | CEO
ParentSquare | Hackico.AI
Mark Kenny
Principal Consultant – Health Sector Lead
Triad Group Plc
Nadir Rizvi
Early Professional Coach and Deputy Programme Lead
IBM Consulting
Paul Smith
Chief Information Officer
Amnesty International
Paul Excell
Executive Coach and Board Advisory
IESquared
Paul Withers
Assistant Head Digital Services
RAF
Paul Savage
Professions Advisory Team/Skills Framework Manager
RAF
Penny Horwood
Associate Editor
Computing
Professor Richard Benham
Chief Digital Adviser
The Sandhurst Institute, RMAS
Rachel Steenson
Healthcare Account Director
BT Northern Ireland
Richard Govada Joshua
Project Manager
Comprobase Inc
Rob Plummer
CTO - Technical Director
Fletchers Group
Rob Thompson
Chief Digital, Data and Technology Officer
Department of Health and Social Care
Sanjeeb Mohanty
Subject Group Operations Lead - Digital Analytics and Technologies
School of Computing and Digital Technologies, College of Business, Technology and Engineering
Sean Preston
Associate Professor and Deputy Dean, School of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment
University College Birmingham
Sebastian Moore
Digital Business Relationship Manager
HM Treasury
Serhii Savin
Senior Data Scientist
Meta
Soyini Taylor
Enterprise Data Architect
Stephen Williams
Principle Engineer
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
Steve Harnett
Director of Digital Operations
AWE
Tazeem Wafa
Principal Architect
Central Services & Governor’s Bank of England
Tom Clark
Chief Operating & Technology Officer
Everywhen (Ardonagh Group)
Tom Allen
Editor
Computing
Wendy Goucher
Chartered Cyber Security Consultant
Consultant
Will Monaghan
Group Chief Digital Information Officer – UHL & UHN
NHS