Professor Amanda Brock — CEO
Global digital leader with tech skills honed over 30 years working across the width of the global tech sector. Recognised for being instrumental in shaping internet. open source and AI policy. My 25 years of largely international legal and commercial experience, saw me building product and organisations advising across all aspects of tech - from operating systems to data centres and fintech, developed skills in digital commercialisation, legal governance, and strategic planning combined with personal expertise in open source software, underpin our organisational mission of UK leadership and global collaboration in open technology. Engaged at the bleeding edge of innovation I have helped to shape their legal frameworks. I've built on 25 as a lawyer with 6 as CEO of OpenUK leveraging unmatched digital and open source policy and commercial experience and deep expertise in open source primarily software but increasingly AI. Leading OpenUK my focus is on AI, software, hardware, data and standards that are open. We work on 3 pillars: community, legal & policy, and learning, we have secured the UK's position as a frontrunner in open technologies whilst collaborating globally. We have evolved into a world-leading Think Tank/ advocacy organisation on digital and AI openness and demonstrating a substantial contribution to the UK economy. Our strategic policy shaping, community building, and a world-leading recognition program - in its 6th year's demonstrated the UK's Europe-leading open source contributions. Advisory work includes: Not for proift Advisory Boards and Statutory Boards including UKRI's Exascale, The Cabinet Office Open Standards Board and Mojaloop Foundation. Enterprise Advisory currently spans open source metrics and analytics, database software, cybersecurity and agentic identity, and geospatial data. Previous roles include AI and an HR platforms. Primarily advising US-based start ups and scale ups, I've also worked with Irish and UK businesses. My global speaking primarily embraces delivering keynotes sharing insights on the transformative power of openness in digital environments and AI, strategically contextualising the conversation in a unique way bringing a policy perspective. Past talks are shared on my website.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Open Source and AI policy within the tech industry.
Location: London, United Kingdom
Experience: 25 yrs 2 mos
Skills
- Digital Financial Services
- Databases
- Information Technology
- Art
Career Highlights
- 30 years of global tech leadership experience.
- Expert in shaping open source and AI policy.
- Recognized as a top digital and AI strategist.
Work Experience
University of Bristol
Honorary Professor (3 mos)
International Telecommunication Union
Expert Network of the Digital Innovation Board Member (10 mos)
Mojaloop Foundation
Board Member (1 yr 1 mo)
Speaker Bureau Member (1 yr 10 mos)
FerretDB
Advisory Board Member (1 yr 6 mos)
Advisory Board Member (5 mos)
Open Charge Alliance
OCPP Ambassador (1 yr 7 mos)
Scarf
Advisory Board Member (1 yr 8 mos)
The Stack
Advisory Board Member (2 yrs)
Tech All Stars
Advisory Board Member (10 mos)
British Standards institute
Art/1 BSI AI Standards Committee (1 yr 2 mos)
Space Aye
Advisory Board Member (2 yrs 5 mos)
UK Research and Innovation
UK Exascale Science and Industrial Advisory Board Member (2 yrs)
Digital Research Infrastructure Advisory Group (2 yrs 10 mos)
Rust Foundation
Distinguished Adviser (3 yrs 2 mos)
CIO100 Awards
Judge (2 yrs)
Open Source Initiative (OSI)
Board Member (Individual) (1 yr 4 mos)
Geek.Zone
Charity Trustee (1 yr)
Planet Crust
Advisory Board Member (1 yr 2 mos)
Tech London Advocates & Global Tech Advocates
Tech Advocate (4 yrs 8 mos)
Mimoto
Advisory Board Member (4 yrs 9 mos)
Cabinet Office Open Standards Board
Board Member (4 yrs)
Government's Energy Digitalisation Task Force, Advisory Board
Advisory Board Member (7 mos)
Everseen
Advisory Board Member (1 yr 3 mos)
Creative Crieff
Board Of Trustees Member (1 yr 11 mos)
KDE
Advisory Board Member (5 yrs 11 mos)
Beamery
Member Of The Board Of Advisors (7 mos)
OpenUK
CEO (6 yrs 6 mos)
Director (6 mos)
Trustable
Director (1 yr 3 mos)
SynergyMode
Board Adviser (1 yr)
United Nations
Chair Advisory Group (1 yr 8 mos)
Lymphodma International Health & Development Awareness
Charity Trustee (2 yrs)
OASIS - Open Projects Advisory Council
Advisory Council Member (3 yrs 2 mos)
Trustable Software
Chief Executive Officer (10 mos)
VEON
Associate General Counsel Digital Financial Services (interim) (1 yr 2 mos)
Global Switch
General Counsel (interim) (1 yr 1 mo)
Queen Mary University of London
Visiting Research Fellow (2 yrs 8 mos)
Open Invention Network
European Representative (13 yrs 4 mos)
International Free and Open Source Software Law Review
Executive Editor (10 yrs 6 mos)
Canonical Ltd.
General Counsel, Canonical Group (4 yrs 10 mos)
Jock Tamson Ltd
Managing Director (18 yrs 4 mos)
French Connection
General Counsel (interim) (10 mos)
The London Gathering
Founder and Creative Director, Scottish Cultural Festival, London September 2006 (7 mos)
Caledoniart, Scottish contemporary art
Founder and Managing Director (20 yrs 3 mos)
Willis Towers Watson
Lawyer (interim) (10 mos)
Royal Society Of Arts
Fellow (22 yrs 2 mos)
Aramark
Head of Legal (1 yr 8 mos)
DSGi Business
European Legal Manager (4 yrs)
Freeserve
Legal Manager (11 mos)
Duane Morris and General Motors
Associate (2 yrs 6 mos)
Spriggs and Hollingsworth
Summer Associate (0 mo)
Education
MCJ (Master of Comparative Jurisprudence) at New York University
LLM (Merit) at Queen Mary University of London
LLB(Hons) at University of Glasgow
High School at Morrison’s Academy, Crieff
