Gavin Jones, Lead Standards Development Manager, BSI
Gavin is responsible for leading the management of the ART/1 artificial intelligence expert committee. His activities encompass stakeholder engagement; committee member recruitment; assisting members in all formal standardisation activities involving AI; and co-ordinating activities involving AI standards across BSI as the UK’s National Standards Body.

In his 8 years with the British Standards Institution, Gavin has led a number of portfolios including those for the built environment and energies sectors. He currently leads the AI and quantum portfolios for the NSB, and engages across sector for the UK.

Joy Tan, Senior Standards Manager, Digital & Digital Manufacturing, BSI
Joy leads and empowers a team of 8 Lead Standards Development Managers who corral expertise around advanced and emerging technologies such as Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence among others, to develop standards agilely while reflecting stakeholder consensus and market needs. She is responsible for developing digital standards strategies in alignment with sector and marketing plans while identifying new opportunities for BSI to convene the standards ecosystem. On the programme management side, she drives continuous business improvement initiatives, manages the aggregate pipeline of standards and ideates on market and government engagements to establish BSI’s thought leadership and demonstrable capacity as a convenor of choice to complement policy implementation and advance innovation.

Esther Mallowah, Head of Tech Policy, ICAEW
Esther is ICAEW’s Head of Technology Policy, responsible for influencing Technology policy to enable businesses, accountants and society to harness the benefits of technology while limiting harm. Prior to joining ICAEW, she worked in technology internal and external audit roles, focussing on information and cyber security and operational resilience. She is also a qualified ICAEW Chartered Accountant having gained her qualification whilst at Deloitte.