An international, cross-industry career that has moved from corporate management to extensive research, advisory and capability development services to public, private and third sector organisations. Tim has lived and worked in the UK, France (3 years) and United States (20 years), building an impressive research and entrepreneurial record, with demonstrated commitment to delivering social benefit.

As Founder and President, World Commerce & Contracting (formerly International Association for Contract & Commercial Management), Tim has built a 72,000 member worldwide non-profit association which increasingly influences commercial policies and contracting practices in major corporations and governments. In September 2019, he was presented with the Financial Times ‘Market Shaper of the Year’ Award.

Tim was until recently Professor and Chair, International Commercial & Contract Management, University of Leeds, School of Law, where he taught and led development of inter-disciplinary commercial programs.

Prior to founding World Commerce & Contracting, Tim was on the Chairman’s staff at IBM Corporation and led the development of worldwide commercial processes and skills. His early career included management roles in banking, automotive and aerospace industries, where he led negotiations up to $1.5 billion in value. He has served in advisory roles for government departments in various countries, including the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and Japan.

Adrian Furner has 30+ years' experience in the design, implementation, and delivery of commercial transactions using a wide portfolio of models from the simple traditional models though to new and novel business models. He has worked in a variety of sectors including defence and security, aviation, technology, infrastructure, banking and financial services, creative industries, public sector, and natural resources.

As an experienced practitioner Adrian is focused on 'Commercial Excellence', supporting organizations in developing and leveraging their 'commercial acumen' to gain better business outcomes. This includes: raising their commercial awareness; designing and implementing innovation models; and deploying relational contracting to enhance business performance.

Adrian held a number of VP/Director level commercial, procurement, and operations roles within FTSE30 organisations, giving him significant cross-border international experience ranging from complex capital intensive projects, thought to lower complexity operational opportunities. This includes: multi-billion £, long term Private Finance Initiative (PFI) bids; joint venture creation and management; outsourced training management; portfolio management; asset financing; civil aircraft sale, leasing and broking; M&As; technology innovation investment; and fully financed naval ship reactivations.

Adrian is a member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), and an Honorary Fellow of World Commerce & Contracting (formerly IACCM), where he is a former member elected Board Director. He has a BEng in Production Engineering and Management from the University of Nottingham, and has also completed the London Business School Corporate Finance Programme along with executive education programmes at both Wharton Business School and Oxford Saïd Business School. Adrian has contributed to a number of books on commercial and contract management and co-authored the Professional Services Leadership Handbook (www.koganpage.com/pslh).

Craig is the lead partner for Legal Operate and has been working in contracting, contract management and tech enablement for over 20 years. Craig’s team focuses on legal managed services, providing solutions that are focused on delivering better business outcomes, lowering the cost of contracting and increasing speed and efficiency, while recognising that contracts are at the heart of an organisation.

Craig has unique expertise in creating contracting Centers of Excellence hubs and deploying contract enablement technologies, having assisted with the selection, implementation and management of dozens of platforms for many clients globally.

Prior to joining Deloitte Legal, Craig was first a practicing lawyer in New York with a focus on outsourcing and IT transactional law. He has previously held roles as head lawyer for Capgemini’s BPO practice, building global capabilities for legal, commercial and customer support; and Elevate where he built the organisation’s contract consulting capabilities. Craig is on the Board of Directors for World Commerce & Contracting and regularly speaks on industry innovations in contract and commercial management.

As Global CEO of one of the world’s fastest growing non-profits, Sally’s mission is to inspire and support the World Commerce & Contracting (WorldCC) team and global community to collectively drive recognition and excellence in Commercial and Contract Management.

She is an experienced and accomplished commercial and contracts management professional, holding senior commercial positions at a range of corporate and multi-national organizations. Her focus is on the creation of positive and successful business relationships, constantly striving to ensure that businesses realize their true potential and value.

In 2019 Sally was invited to become Chair of the Board for the Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) and in 2021 she was appointed Professor in Practice in Strategy and Innovation at the University of Durham Business School.

For over two decades, Matt Patel has a passion for modernizing contract lifecycle management through process optimization and innovative AI technologies. Matt aims to solve complex business challenges with the ideal combination of modern technology and process, to achieve the highest level of customer satisfaction. As COO and co-founder at Malbek, Matt is focused on delivering global enterprises with a CLM solution with essential integrations combined with trusted AI, to bring contracts into the digital age.

I am a relentless optimist. I am passionate about building legal and operational infrastructure for the new economy.

I am on a mission to unburden creative minds. That mission involves the creation of a digital infrastructure required for scalable, automated, repeatable, and responsible data-access, supporting the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

All paths have led me to this point. Throughout my career, the roles I held involved shaping new legal systems, forming new departments or creating a new function.

I have a unique background and experience having held various senior in-house roles including General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, Policy and Legal adviser within a Financial Services Regulator, and I was Partner at international Law Firm, Clyde & Co LLP. My career fuses the complex and interconnected worlds of regulation and technology having advised the private and public sectors on FinTech, Blockchain, ICOs, cryptocurrencies, Smart initiatives, artificial intelligence, and innovation. I have an insider’s understanding of regulation. I understand the challenges and I know what needs to be done.

As Honorary Research Professor at UCL, I coordinate UCL’s RegTech collaborations and projects together with my colleague, Philip Treleaven.

Natalia Crnomarkovic is an award-winning digital transformation executive leader with over 20 years of experience in strategic innovation, digital transformation, contract intelligence, legal informatics, and as a senior lawyer specializing in IP and technology transactions. Natalia leads the Future Law Portfolio at the Australasian Society for Computers and Law, a multidisciplinary, intergenerational think tank aiming to co-design the future of technology, law, and society. In this role, Natalia collaborates with C-suite executives, regulators, academics, lawyers, GRC, and technology professionals to develop thought leadership with global reach on topics such as the responsible use of GenAI in the Law, Rules as Code, Regulatory Digital Twins, and next-generation contracting (also known as Smart Legal Contracts). In previous roles, Natalia led the Ernst & Young APAC Law Innovation Hub and Oceania Law Technology team and as Distinguished Fellow with the Centre for Legal Innovation provided thought leadership on Digital Contracting for NetZero.