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Advisory Board

People from across the UK tech ecosystem helping to shape the direction and activity of Silicon North.

Purpose

The Advisory Board exists to guide the strategic direction of Silicon North. Board members contribute their experience, networks, and perspective to help the community grow in the right way.

They help shape our events programme, identify opportunities for the ecosystem, and ensure Silicon North remains relevant and useful to the people and companies it serves.

Advisory Board positions are available to Senior Partners who want to take an active role in shaping the network. Board members meet quarterly and are expected to contribute their time and insight, not just their brand.

Advisory Board Members

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Paul Bates

Advisor

Uptic

Paul has over 2 decades of experience working in IT, across technical sales and leadership disciplines. He is a proven sales and marketing leader, experienced in establishing new, and transforming existing sales teams across Europe. His passion is to drive positive change within organisations, which includes, acquisition assessment and integration, leveraging key partnerships and operational/organisational change.

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Melissa Hendry

Advisor

The Operating Co.

Melissa works with tech founders and leadership teams at the point where growth starts to outpace the way the business operates. That means getting into the details, assessing where the business is now, where it needs to get to, and building the plan and KPIs and Operating model design to ensure commercial performance and governance.

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Geoff Shepherd

Chair

Silicon North

Geoff Shepherd is the Founder of Silicon North. He is an entrepreneur and community builder who has spent nearly two decades bringing people and businesses together. He founded The Yorkshire Mafia in 2008, pioneered large-scale regional business events and the multi-day digital and business festival model, and has brought more than 300,000 people together face to face.

Interested in Joining the Advisory Board?

Advisory Board positions are open to Senior Partners. Get in touch to discuss how you can help shape the future of Silicon North.

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