Our team
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Annie Legge
Director
Annie is co-founder of Dot Project, co-founder and principle steward of Tech for Good South West. Annie is also founding member of Tech for Good Organisers UK, a community for ‘tech for good’ organisers across the UK and Ireland.
Annie has a deep passion for purpose-led and social impact initiatives particularly related to digital and technology, and of course any opportunity to convene like minded folks together to make a difference.
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Sally Higham
Director
Sally brings experience in supporting and investing in new ventures and building strong, senior level strategic relationships at a national level across public, private and third sectors undergoing change processes.
Sally is a social strategist committed to supporting communities, education, youth services, sport, charities, social enterprises, businesses and social housing to grow.
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Dhevesh Mewawalla
Strategic Advisor
Dhevesh brings expertise in scaling organisations, commercial strategy and leadership with over 15 years of experience spanning across Tech for Good, B2B SaaS, Banking and Social Impact.
As an early stage impact founder who's worked across start ups, scale ups and enterprise in multiple industries, Dhevesh believes true magic happens at the intersection where all of these experiences meet, and an engaged community is the heart of all success.
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Ed Howarth
Social Sector Lead
Ed has worked in the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) for the last 20 years directly supporting social enterprises and charities to develop and grow, deeply understanding the complexity and needs of social sector organisations .
Ed was the co-founder of Tech4Good Bristol, which later became Tech4Good South West. Ed is passionate about closing the digital divide to ensure the communities and organisations that are best placed to meet the challenges that the South West faces have the technology and knowledge to achieve their missions.
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Ali Bailey
Strategic Advisor
Ali is a strategic consultant at The Drawing Board, specialising in purpose-driven leadership, culture shaping and community building. With over two decades of advising boards and senior leadership teams, public, private and not for profit organisations across a broad range of sectors.
Ali is dedicated to empowering organisations like T4GSW to achieve their strategic vision and foster community impact.
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Bronwyn Kunhardt
Community Engagement
Bronwyn is the co-founder of Polecat, developing AI technologies for responsible business intelligence since 2007. As a Trustee of 42 London, she advocates for accessible tech education. Previously, as Director of Citizenship & Diversity at Microsoft UK, she led initiatives in online safety, digital accessibility, and local economic development.
Bronwyn is passionate about responsible AI, champions diversity in tech innovation and believes in aligning corporate responsibility with strategic business objectives. Her focus lies in fostering inclusive approaches to technology development and innovation through third, public and private sector collaboration.
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Arielle Tye
Podcast Host
Arielle is Head of Development for the social enterprise ProMo-Cymru to ensure young people and communities are informed, engaged, connected and heard.
Arielle brings her experience running a digital skills community for ProMo-Cymru in Wales, a founding member of Tech for Good Organisers UK, hosting our podcast and supporting our Tech4Good South West events.
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Alicia Teagle
Podcast Host
Alicia is co-founder of Sr2 Socially Responsible Recruitment, founder of Women Rock, founder of Technology Volunteers, organiser of Codebar and huge supporter of Tech4Good South West!
Alicia brings her knowledge and connections across the tech for good business community, hosts our podcast and a deep passion for diversity in tech, and of course Bristol!
Community Ambassadors
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Freyja Lockwood
Bristol & Bath
Freyja is leading delivery of the West of England Combined Authority’s Digital Plan and is committed to making sure people and place, not tech, are at the centre of digital transformation,
Freyja brings her broad mix of public and private sector experience of strategy development, exploring emerging tech and future trends, de-risking innovation and translating ideas into impact.
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Marina Traversari
Bristol & Bath
Marina is Director for Business Operations at Sage PLC.
With a proven track record in managing relationships and partnerships, breaking down social barriers and championing equality and diversity and ESG, combined with a drive for using technology for improving people's lives.
Marina's journey reflects a deep commitment to driving positive change, fostering innovation, and contributing significantly to the technology and business sectors. Her leadership roles, extensive experience, and dedication to social impact make her a valuable asset in various domains.
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Sarah Adezzio
Bristol & Bath
Sarah brings significant experience leading digital and creative technology innovation programmes and as a Producer leading on the delivery of arts and cultural projects, live events, network radio programmes and series.
Sarah is currently working as Senior Innovation Partner with Digital Catapult on a portfolio of projects across Creative Industries and as Programme Lead responsible for the delivery of open innovation activities for £30m UKRI funded Strength in Places programme, MyWorld. www.myworld-creates.com
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Daniel Oliver
Bristol & Bath
Daniel's work has supported and connected the world of social enterprise, commercial startups and purpose led companies for over 15 years. He is currently Director of consultancy Assembly West that supports commercial development and innovation within purpose-led companies.
Daniel started as a founder of social ventures, membership organisations and later as a consultant, committed to building commercial models for positive change. He brings experience of startup development, social innovation and building community to support lasting outcomes.
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Emma Millington
Emma is CEO at Modular, a Human First Digital Agency.
Modular helps organisations put humans at the heart of their digital products. Organisations making a big impact on a local or global scale, often both. Charities, NGOs, Academia and startups.
Passionate about bridging the gap between humans and technology, building community and creating connections that will foster change, Emma has been a force behind the tech for good community for many years, banging the drum for people and projects delivering Tech4Good in the South West.