Lauren Ackroyd is an Agile Coach and Senior Consultant with over a decade of experience in Agile delivery, coaching, and transformation across both public and private sectors. She helps teams and organisations unlock their potential through people-first Agile practices, coaching capability, and sustainable change. Lauren brings a reflective, growth-oriented approach to delivery leadership, drawing on real-world experience to challenge assumptions and encourage self-awareness. Her sessions blend practical tools, coaching techniques, and relatable stories to help Agile professionals rethink their impact and lead with greater intention.

I’m a Senior Consultant at Accenture, serving as a tech lead. My day-to-day involves building Java Spring Boot solutions, orchestrated on Kubernetes and AWS services. Outside of work, I stay active through running where I aim to complete one or two half marathons each year. I also volunteer as a STEM and CyberFirst Ambassador, working to inspire an interest for technology and cyber security at my local schools.

Driven by a mission to empower organisations in shaping their digital future, Maria specialises in digital strategy and transformation project management. With a background spanning portfolio leadership, agile delivery, and cross-functional collaboration, she helps organisations turn strategy into action and navigate change with clarity. Known for bringing creativity, simplification, and a big-picture perspective, Maria supports teams to stay adaptive as new technologies, trends, and values emerge. Alongside professional roles, she contributes to panels and events on digital transformation, leadership, and women in technology, where she shares practical insights and inspires audiences to embrace continuous change with confidence.

Rebecca Dainton is Head of Enterprise Practice at PokerStars (Flutter Entertainment), where she shapes global strategy for modern product development and delivery practices. She leads the central Agile Coaching and Scrum Master function, driving business agility, cross-functional alignment, and faster value delivery across 750+ colleagues worldwide. With a track record of reducing enterprise work in progress by 18% (saving over £1M) and cutting tribe build cycle times by 30%, Rebecca is known for turning strategy into impact at scale. She champions continuous improvement, systems thinking, and product-led operating models — creating the conditions for innovation, adaptability, and resilience in fast-moving environments.

Catherine is a Delivery Manager working in professional services, delivering complex energy management transformations at a global company. She guides complex projects to successful outcomes by making delivery practical, collaborative, and above all, human. Her career has spanned combined SaaS/hardware deployments, professional services, and operations, but her real passion is helping teams cut through the noise, focus on what matters, and actually deliver. Outside of work, Catherine is a hobbyist and gamer who brings creativity into everything she does - whether it’s exploring one of her many crafting hobbies or finding new ways to make project management fun (yes, it can be!). This is her first time speaking at a community event, and she’s excited to bring a festive twist to the stage with her talk: “What Santa Can Teach Us About Agile Delivery.” Expect humour, seasonal cheer, and a reminder that Agile works best when it’s playful, human, and focused on delivering joy, just like Christmas.

I am the founder and director of Firmamentum Consulting, guiding companies to make more secure, robust, and efficient software in a drama free environment. I hold a DPhil in theoretical astrophysics and have served as a research fellow in applied mathematics, focusing on optimisation, graph, and game theories. My professional journey includes researching new algorithms in metrology, programming command and control systems for giant underwater robots, and serving as a director of Cybersecurity.

Marian is a hobbyist beekeeper who loves to talk about the buzzing life inside a hive and what it really means to be a beekeeper. When he’s not hanging out with thousands of bees, you’ll probably find him coding, trying to convince computers to behave. He’s also a big fan of staying active—whether it’s swimming, running, spinning, or lifting weights at the gym. In short, if it involves bees, code, or sweat, he’s in!

Gina is a leadership coach, writer, and neurodivergent advocate helping busy brained leaders build lives they don’t need to recover from. After years of navigating the highs and hidden costs of high achievement, Gina now supports leaders who are successful on paper but exhausted behind the scenes. Her work is rooted in helping people unlearn the hustle-shaped habits that keep them stuck in burnout, perfectionism, and decision paralysis—and instead lead in a way that’s sustainable, values-led, and deeply human. Many of her clients are neurodivergent, whether diagnosed or self-identified. They come to her when the usual strategies no longer work, craving a different kind of support: one that blends practical systems with deep self-trust. Gina’s signature frameworks—like the Procrastination Breaker™ and Leadership Reset—help them move from survival mode to clarity, consistency and calm. She brings warmth, wit, and a no-fluff approach to conversations about emotional sustainability, productivity myths, and what it really means to lead without losing yourself. Gina’s talks feel like a deep breath in a world of noise—especially for people who feel like they’re “too much” and “not enough” at the same time. When she’s not coaching, you’ll find her writing honest, high-performing content for her community on LinkedIn and Instagram, where thousands come to feel seen, supported, and less alone.