Appendix 2: List of witnesses
Evidence is published online at https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/170/communications-and-digital-committee/publications/ and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).
Evidence received by the Committee is listed below in chronological order of oral evidence session and in alphabetical order. Those witnesses marked with ** gave both oral evidence and written evidence. Those marked with * gave oral evidence and did not submit any written evidence. All other witnesses submitted written evidence only.
Oral evidence in chronological order
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James Bennet, Senior Editor, The Economist |
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Josephine Hansom, Vice President and Youth Practice Lead, Savanta |
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Paul Lee, Global Head of Research for Technology, Media and Telecommunications, Deloitte |
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Fraser Nelson, Editor, The Spectator |
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Professor Charlie Beckett, Professor of Practice, Director of Polis and the Polis/LSE JournalismAI project, London School of Economics and Political Science |
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Douglas McCabe, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Publishing and Tech, Enders Analysis |
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James Frayne, founding partner, Public First |
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David Dinsmore, Chief Operating Officer, News UK |
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Jon Slade, Chief Commercial Officer, Financial Times |
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Peter Wright, Editor Emeritus, DMG Media |
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Anna Bateson, Chief Executive Officer, Guardian Media Group |
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Henry Faure Walker, Chief Executive Officer, Newsquest |
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David Higgerson, Chief Digital Publisher, Reach |
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Jonathan Paterson, Managing Editor, The News Movement |
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Joshi Herrmann, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, The Manchester Mill |
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Deborah Turness, Chief Executive Officer, News and Current Affairs, BBC; Jonathan Munro, Director of Journalism, BBC and Rhodri Talfan Davies, Director, Nations, BBC |
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Michael Jermey, Director of News, ITV |
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Louisa Compton, Head of News and Current Affairs, Channel 4 |
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Guy Davies, Commissioning Editor of Factual, Channel 5 |
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Sebastian Enser-Wight, Chief Strategy Officer, Global and Tom Cheal, Managing Editor, LBC Radio, part of Global |
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Sam Shetabi, Creator Network Director, Acast; and Shini Pattni, Legal Counsel, Acast |
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David Rhodes, Executive Chairman EMEA, Sky News; and Jonathan Levy, Managing Editor and Executive Director, Sky News |
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Angelos Frangopoulos, Chief Executive Officer, GB News |
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Professor Ciaran Martin, Professor of Practice in the Management of Public Organisations, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford and former Chief Executive Officer, HMG’s National Cyber Security Centre |
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Freddie Sayers, Editor-in-Chief and Chief Executive Officer, UnHerd |
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Katie Harbath, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Anchor Change |
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Professor William Dutton, Emeritus Professor, University of Southern California (USC) |
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Andrew Neil, Chairman, The Spectator |
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James Harding, co-founder, Tortoise Media |
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John Quinlan, Chief Executive Officer, Joe Media Group |
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Tom Slater, Editor, Spiked Magazine |
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Robert Colvile, Director, Centre for Policy Studies |
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Professor Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Director, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and Professor of Political Communication, University of Oxford |
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Professor Jane Singer, Professor Emerita of Journalism Innovation, City University of London |
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Susan Coughtrie, Director, Foreign Policy Centre |
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Sayra Tekin, Director of Legal, News Media Association |
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Fiona O’Brien, Bureau Director, Reporters Without Borders |
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David Hooper, independent media lawyer |
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Paul Philip, Chief Executive Officer, Solicitors Regulation Authority; and Juliet Oliver, General Counsel, Solicitors Regulation Authority |
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Dame Melanie Dawes, Chief Executive Officer, Ofcom; and Cristina Nicolotti Squires, Group Director of Broadcasting and Media, Ofcom |
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Stephanie Peacock MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth); and Robert Specterman-Green, Director, Media and Creative Industries, HM Government—Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
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Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Future Digital Economy and Online Safety; and Sam Cannicott, Deputy Director for AI Capability, HM Government—Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
Alphabetical list of all witnesses
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Acast (QQ 71–87) |
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Agency: Assuring Citizen Agency in a World with Complex Online Harms |
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Anchor Change (QQ 109–114) |
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Dr Natalie Alana Ashton, Research Associate, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam [joint submission] |
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Chris Banatvala [joint submission] |
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Professor Steven Barnett, Professor of Communications, Westminster School of Media and Communication, University of Westminster |
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BBC (QQ 55–63) |
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Professor Charlie Beckett (QQ 21–33) |
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The Bristol Cable |
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Broadcast 2040+ Campaign |
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Dr Steven Buckley, Lecturer in Media and Communication, City, University of London |
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Professor Simon Burnett, Professor of Information Management, Robert Gordon University [joint submission] |
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Professor Rafael Alejandro Calvo, Chair in Design Engineering, Imperial College London |
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Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom (North) |
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Maggie Carver CBE DL |
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Centre for Policy Studies (QQ 134–147) |
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Channel 4 (QQ 64–70) |
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Channel 5 (QQ 64–70) |
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Dr Esyin Chew, Director of EUREKA Robotics Centre, Cardiff School of Technologies, Cardiff Metropolitan University [joint submission] |
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Community Policy Forum |
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Crail Matters |
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Professor Rowan Cruft, Professor, University of Stirling [joint submission] |
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Professor Stephen Cushion, Professor, Cardiff University [joint submission] |
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DMG Media (QQ 34–46) |
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Emeritus Professor William Dutton (QQ 109–114) |
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James Bennet, Senior Editor, The Economist (QQ 1–20) |
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Enders Analysis (QQ 21–33) |
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Fenimore Harper |
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Financial Times (QQ 34–46) |
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Foreign Policy Centre (QQ 148–152) |
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Dr Ingo Frommholz, Head of AI and Data Science Research, University of Wolverhampton [joint submission] |
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Dr Charlotte Galpin, Associate Professor in German and European Politics, University of Birmingham |
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GB News (QQ 95–99) |
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Getty Images (UK) |
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Dr Michele Giavazzi, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich [joint submission] |
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Global (QQ 71–87) |
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The Global Disinformation Index |
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Professor Sebastian Groes, Professor of English Literature, University of Wolverhampton |
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Guardian Media Group (QQ 34–46) |
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Hacked Off |
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Professor Tom Harrison, Professor of Education, University of Birmingham [joint submission] |
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Dr Jonathan Heawood, Senior Research Fellow and Executive Director, Norms for the New Public Sphere project, and Chief Executive Officer, Public Interest News Foundation [joint submission] |
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Dr Michael Higgins, Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication, University of Strathclyde [joint submission] |
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HM Government—Department for Culture, Media and Sport (QQ 163–195) |
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HM Government—Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (QQ 163–195) |
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David Hooper (QQ 148–152) |
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Mr Shuyang Hu, Robotics Innovator; Doctoral Researcher, Eureka Robotic Centre, Cardiff Metropolitan University [joint submission] |
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IAB UK |
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IMPRESS |
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International Broadcasting Trust |
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ITN |
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ITV (QQ 64–70) |
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Joe Media Group (QQ 120–133) |
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Dr Irini Katsirea, Reader in International Media Law, University of Sheffield |
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Professor Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (QQ 134–147) |
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Dr Akshi Kumar, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, Director-Post Graduate Research, Department of Computing, Goldsmiths, University of London |
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Paul Lee, Global Head of Research for Technology, Media and Telecommunications, Deloitte (QQ 1–20) |
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Dr Rodolfo Leyva, Lecturer in Quantitative Methods, University of Birmingham |
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LGB Alliance |
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Local TV Network |
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Logically |
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Sebastijan Maček, Journalist/Translator, Slovenian Press Agency [joint submission] |
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Professor Ciaran Martin (QQ 100–108) |
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Mill Media (QQ 47–54) |
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Dr Dani Madrid-Morales, Lecturer in Journalism and Global Communication, University of Sheffield |
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Media Reform Coalition |
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National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) |
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National Union of Journalists (NUJ) |
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Dr Francois Nel, Reader/Associate Professor of Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Central Lancashire |
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NewsNow Publishing |
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Newsquest Media Group (QQ 47–54) |
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News Media Association (QQ 148–152) |
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News Media Coalition |
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The News Movement (QQ 47–54) |
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News UK (QQ 34–46) |
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Ofcom (QQ 157–162) |
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Professor Sarah Pedersen, Professor of Media and Communication, Robert Gordon University [joint submission] |
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Professor Fabienne Peter, Professor of Philosophy, University of Warwick [joint submission] |
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Dr Gianfranco Polizzi, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Liverpool [joint submission] |
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Professional Publishers Association |
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Public First (QQ 21–33) |
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Public Interest News Foundation |
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Stewart Purvis CBE [joint submission] |
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Radiocentre |
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Reach (QQ 47–54) |
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Reporters Without Borders (QQ 148–152) |
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Dr Thomas Rhys Evans, Associate Professor in Occupational Psychology, University of Greenwich |
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Professor Jacob Rowbottom |
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Richard Sambrook, Emeritus Professor, Cardiff University [joint submission] |
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Dr Michael Samuel, Lecturer in Digital Film and Television, University of Bristol |
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Savanta (QQ 1–20) |
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Sense about Science |
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Felix Marvin Simon, Dieter Schwarz Scholar, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford |
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Emerita Professor Jane Singer (QQ 134–147) |
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Sky News (QQ 88–94) |
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Professor Angela Smith, Professor of Language and Culture, University of Sunderland [joint submission] |
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Solicitors Regulation Authority (QQ 153–156) |
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The Spectator (QQ 1–20; QQ 115–119) |
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Spiked Magazine (QQ 120–133) |
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Dr Jingrong Tong, Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield |
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Tortoise Media (QQ 120–133) |
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TransActual [joint submission] |
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Trans Media Watch [joint submission] |
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UnHerd (QQ 109–114) |
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Voice of the Listener & Viewer |
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Dr Chris Wyatt, Research Impact & Policy Manager, University of Wolverhampton [joint submission] |
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Frances Yeoman, Head of Journalism, Liverpool John Moores University |
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Dominic Young, Chief Executive Officer/founder, Axate |