Category: Delegate

David Docherty is Chief Executive of the National Centre for Universities and Business, and Chairman of the Digital Television Group, the industry body for digital television in the UK.  He was the first BBC Director of New Media and Deputy Managing Director of BBC Television.  He led cable company Telewest’s (now Virgin’s) drive into broadband content and services as MD Broadband, and has been Chief Executive of two television and interactive media companies.  In the public sector, he was Chair of Governors of the University of Bedfordshire, and a member of various government advisory panels on new media, technology, and higher education. He serves on the Research Excellence Framework Panel and the Strategically Important and Vulnerable Subjects Committees for the Higher Education Funding Council of England (HEFCE) as well as HEFCE’s Enterprise and Skills Committee. He is on the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC’s) Digital Economy Panel, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC’s) Creative Economy Board and the Technology Strategy Board (TSB’s) Interim Advisory Board for the Digital Economy Catapult.

Professor Guy Daly is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Health and Life Sciences) at Coventry University.

He is a member of various UK based groups and bodies including: Executive Member (International) of Council of Deans of Health (affiliated to Universities UK), West Midlands Clinical Senate, West Midlands Combined Authority Wellbeing Board, Coventry Health and Wellbeing Board, and Non-Executive Director of Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust.  He is a member of the Coventry and Warwickshire Sustainability Transformation Partnership Better Health – Better Care – Better Value Board and chairs its Clinical Design Authority Board.  He is a social policy academic and his research interests are in health policy, social care (personalisation, choice, adult social care), housing policy, local government, and the governance of public services generally. He is an active member of the Social Services Research Group and is currently Joint Editor of its journal, Research Policy and Planning. He is a trustee and current chair of the third sector social policy think-tank, The Human City Institute (HCI), as well as a trustee of Research in Specialist and Elderly Care (RESEC), a charity which aims to improve the quality of research in specialist and elderly care.

Recently, he has been developing partnerships with Indonesia’s government and universities in relation to nursing workforce and assisting with the evaluation of Indonesia’s recently introduced social insurance health system (BJPS).

Andrea Cullen has had a number of years industrial experience as a computer programmer and systems analyst working on projects throughout the UK where she has been responsible for the development and implementation of many software systems. She later received a 1st class degree in Computing with Management here at the University of Bradford in the Department of Computing and PG Diploma in Research methods at the School of Management; a PG Certificate in Higher Education and a PG Certificate in Management and Leadership. Her PhD studies were conducted at the University of Bradford School of Management where she investigated technology within the pharmaceutical supply chain of the National Health Service (NHS). 

Andrea joined the Department of Computing in 2003 as a Lecturer in Computing. She is a founder member and Director of the Cyber Security Interdisciplinary Centre (CSIC) at the University of Bradford and continues to work on joint projects with colleagues within Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Peace Studies, Management, Law and Social Science. Her main research areas are the security of business systems, ISO27001, social engineering and the implications of security for organisations. She is a certified ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer (Information Security Management Systems) and an ISO/IEC 27001 certified trainer. 

Andrea is currently an external examiner at the University of Derby and has previous experience at Huddersfield University Business School and the University of Manchester. She is currently the British Computer Society (BCS) departmental contact. Andrea is an MBTI practitioner and a trained workplace mediator.

Felician is a Professor in Automotive Reliability Engineering and Director of the Automotive Research Centre. He holds a PhD in Reliability from Brunel University (1998) and a Mechanical / Manufacturing Engineering Degree from Transilvania University (1990). Worked in the bearings industry before joining Academia as a lecturer in manufacturing automation. Has joined University of Bradford in 1998 as a Research Fellow, and progressed to Senior Research Fellow (2000), Senior Lecturer in Competitive Design (2005), and Professor in 2011. Has led the Bradford Engineering Quality Improvement Centre (since 2000) which is a major hub for collaborative applied research and knowledge transfer. Has led several major programmes of workplace based research and postgraduate development including the MSC by research / MPhil / PhD in Engineering Quality Improvement (partnership with Ford Motor Company) and the MSc in Engineering and Process Excellence (partnership with Jaguar Land Rover – Technical Accreditation Scheme) – underpinned by a programme of research led short courses.

Felician has extensive track record of leading research and knowledge transfer collaboration with the global automotive industry, including companies like Ford, Jaguar Land Rover, Tata Motors, Honda, Cummins Turbo Technologies, Webasto, and Gates Corporation.
Current research interests revolve around modelling complex systems, including model based methods for reliability and robustness of complex systems design, multi-disciplinary design optimization applied to complex systems, modelling complex product development processes.
Major recent research projects have focused on engine and powertrain modelling and optimisation, and automotive systems engineering design based on Failure Mode Avoidance.

Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, Member of the Design Society, Committee member of the MMEP DS SIG.

Professor Alec Cameron commenced as Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive of Aston University in September 2016. He previously held the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) at the University of Western Australia from January, 2013 to August 2016. In this role, he led the University’s academic programs and the institution’s education mission. He oversaw the use of information technology, course structures, international activities, student recruitment and engagement, and relationships with key education partners. Prior to joining UWA, Professor Cameron was President of the Australian Business Deans Council. He was the driving force behind the Australian School of Business, after being appointed the School’s inaugural Dean in 2006, and overseeing its emergence from the integration of academic units at the University of New South Wales. Professor Cameron has also previously held the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Resources and Infrastructure) at UNSW, and several senior corporate positions in the IT and telecommunications industry – including at Sun Microsystems Australia, Alcatel Australia, COMindico, and Telstra. A Rhodes Scholar, Professor Cameron holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering with First Class Honours. He also holds a University Medal from the University of Sydney, a Doctor of Philosophy degree in robotics from Oxford University, and a Master of Science degree in the Management of Technology from Polytechnic Institute, New York University. In December 2012, The Professor Alec Cameron Prize for Excellence was established at UNSW in recognition of his significant contribution to the institution and community.

John Bramwell is the British Council’s Director of Education, responsible for global strategy and policy development.

He is currently based in the UK, having previously been based in Istanbul. Sau Paulo and Mexico City, managing the British Council’s education and society portfolio for the Americas, and wider Europe portfolio in education from Istanbul.

He authored the Mexico /UK Treaty on Mutual Recognition , and was awarded the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle by President Pena Nieto, for services to International Education.

He previously established and managed an F/HE institute in Tripoli, a Quality Assurance and Statistical Research Centre in Kazakhstan, and a UK /Oman Enterprise Unit in Muscat.

He has enjoyed over 20 years in UK Higher Education senior management, following a career in information systems and consultancy. He is an expert in international education, and an occasional researcher in the psychology of security in computer systems.

As Director of Standards Jeremy leads on the development and management of professional standards for BCS. These standards currently include the BCS-owned Chartered IT Professional (CITP) and Registered IT Technician (RITTech) as well as other licenced standards such as Chartered Engineer (CEng) and Chartered Scientist (CSci).

Jeremy has been at BCS since 2003 and has previously managed the development of some of BCS’ leading qualifications and managed relationships with key stakeholders in the qualification sector. More recently Jeremy led a number of high profile projects within the BCS Academy of Computing before moving on to the role of Director of Standards in August 2015.