Piers Linney Keynote Speaker

Piers Linney is a British entrepreneur, investor and technology innovator. His career spans venture‑capital law, Credit Suisse M&A banking and the founding of high‑growth digital businesses, including Genesis Communications and Outsourcery. He rose to prominence as a Dragon on BBC Two’s Dragons’ Den, where his instinct for scalable ideas and inclusive leadership inspired millions of viewers.

A pioneer of cloud and AI innovation, Piers co‑founded Outsourcery, steering its 2012 AIM float, and sat on the boards of the UK Cloud Industry Forum and TechUK. He now leads Moblox, delivering practical tech tools for SMEs, and is Co‑Founder of Implement AI (2023), whose managed AI‑agent “digital workers” have helped over 120 UK firms achieve measurable ROI in weeks.

His thought leadership in AI is well established: LinkedIn Top AI Voice, European Diversity Awards “Diversity Champion of the Year” (2024), and a sought‑after commentator on BBC News, CNBC and Sky News. In early 2025, he championed the UK’s ‘AI Opportunities Action Plan’, calling for bold support of SMEs to avoid being “left behind” in the global AI race.

Piers has also shaped national innovation and finance policy: he served on Nesta’s £600 m board, helped the British Business Bank deliver £90 bn of Covid‑19 support, sits on Sky’s Diversity Advisory Council, and advises Jaguar Land Rover. As Chairman of Atherton Bikes, his commitment to additive‑manufactured mountain bikes delivered gold and silver at the 2023 World Championships.

He is also a proud family man—married to Nichola Hedger with three children—and honours a legacy of social mobility influenced by his late father’s Cambridge scholarship. On stage, Piers blends Dragons’ Den storytelling with board‑room insight, demystifying AI, funding and digital transformation so audiences leave ready to innovate, raise capital and scale with confidence.