Cornelia is Group Leader of Sustainable Finance & Investing, Data & Analytics, at the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). In her current role, Cornelia runs a global business with a significant footprint across the financial community focused on solving sustainability related challenges for investors, corporates, banks and other market participants, through world class data and analytics based solutions.

A frequent speaker at industry events on market data and information as well as sustainable finance, Cornelia is a chartered information professional (CILIP), FIA qualified and has completed an MBA at Imperial College, London. She holds a Master’s Degree in Political Science from Lund University, Sweden.

Sue Ball has worked in public libraries for over 30 years. She has held a number of roles including Children’s and Schools’ Librarian, District Librarian with responsibility for 7 libraries, Area Librarian with responsibility for 14 libraries and Libraries Development Manager. Sue is currently Stock, Services and Activities Manager with responsibility for the implementation of strategy and policy for children, young people and adult library services at Staffordshire County Council.

She has worked with many partners including The Reading Agency, BookTrust, The National Literacy Trust, Beanstalk, Achievement for All and health organisations such as Everyone Health to implement and deliver a range of initiatives in libraries in Staffordshire and nationally.

From 2016 to 2018 Sue was Chair of the national Association of Senior Children’s and Education Librarians (ASCEL) which is made up of the mangers of library services for schools and public libraries for children.

Sue represents Libraries Connected and ASCEL on the Children’s Laureate steering group and is the Lead for the Libraries Connected Universal Health and Wellbeing Library Offer.

Alison Brettle is Professor of Health Information and Evidence Based Practice and Director of the Centre for Social and Health Research, School of Health and Society, University of Salford. Alison has been a qualified health information professional for over 25 years. She has an extensive research record including research evaluating the impact and value of libraries which has contributed to the recent value proposition report on NHS funded Library and Knowledge Services “A Gift of Time” as well as tools to measure the impact of health libraries. Current projects involve using social media to improve information and support to patients. Alison is one of the founding members of the international Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP) Movement and helped bring the EBLIP conference to the UK in 2011 (University of Salford) and in 2019 (University of Strathclyde). She has undertaken a range of roles within the Open Access EBLIP Journal since its inception in 2006. She has been involved in CILIP’s Library and Information Research Group (LIRG) for a number of years and is currently Chair and passionately believes in bringing research into library practice.

Binni has worked for more than 20 years in public, academic, and special libraries in the UK and in Sweden, and is currently Digital Resources Librarian at Chatham House, a policy institute in international affairs based in London. They are Co-Chair of the Steering Group which is overseeing the creation of the CILIP LGBTQ+ Network to be launched in 2020. Binni is also a trade union activist and is particularly interested in the equality and diversity work that trade unions and professional organisations can do for and with LGBTQ+ communities. They also co-created a list of LGBTQIA resources for library and information workers. Binni identifies as non-binary and use they/them pronouns.

Managing Director of CB Resourcing the knowledge management & LIS recruitment firm. Before establishing CB Resourcing in 2014 Simon worked for a number of research providers and consultancies serving customers in the information services market. Simon was President of SLA Europe in 2019, the European chapter of the Special Libraries Association.

Liz Jolly has been Chief Librarian at the British Library since September 2018. She is responsible for teams delivering core activities such as collection development; services for researchers, learners, businesses and entrepreneurs; research strategy and digital scholarship; an extensive cultural programme of exhibitions, events, and the Library’s online presence.

Liz has over thirty years’ experience in a variety of institutions in the university sector, most recently as Director of Student and Library Services at Teesside University. An Honorary Professor at Teesside, Liz is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow both of the CILIP and the RSA. She was Chair of IATUL, the UK university library directors’ group, from 2014-16 and is currently a member of the Board of Governors at the University of Portsmouth. Liz is Vice Chair of the IATUL Content Strategy Group and a member of the Editorial Board of the New Review of Academic Librarianship.

Surash leads the EMEA region for Telesign, helping brands manage their digital identity and fraud prevention needs on an international basis.

In previous roles, he managed the RealNetworks’ Messaging / NLP (Natural Language Processing) business globally. Prior to RealNetworks, Surash co-founded mGage (now part of Kaleyra), holding roles of Chief Strategy Officer & COO for Europe. He has an MBA from London Business School.

Corin is in their first professional role as a Subject Librarian at Arts University Bournemouth, supporting art, architecture, and design courses. They were recently elected Secretary of ARCLIB, the association of architecture librarians, and are currently working towards professional registration.

Having graduated from their MA Librarianship in January 2023 - Corin was honoured to be recognised as one of the CILIP 125 within their first year on the job.

Their passion for equality and diversity shines through in their work at AUB. They chair the LGBTQ+ Staff Network and one of their most recent projects was a revamp of the religion section in their library.

Stephen is an information management leader with over 30 years experience in the financial services industry having been Global Head of Business Information Services at a leading Investment Bank. He now runs his own consultancy (SmartIM Ltd) focused on customer success and information management. He has been a CILIP member since 1987 and achieved chartered status in 1991. Prior to becoming a CILIP trustee, Stephen was vice chair of CILIP’s Knowledge & Information Management Group. He is a member of SLA, served as President of their European Chapter in 2013, he is 2021 Conference Chair for SLA Europe. He regularly contributes to industry events and journals. In his spare time, Stephen is a school trustee, a keen golfer, likes to vacation in Portugal with his family, and enjoys long walks “discussing” life, the universe and everything with Reggie, his Airedale terrier.

Andrew is Director of Library Services at Goldsmiths, University of London. Andrew joined Goldsmiths in 2023 and provides leadership and strategic direction for the library.

Prior to this his experience included roles in various further and higher education institutions, where he began his career working in library systems and IT.

Andrew’s professional interests include the role of academic libraries in widening participation in higher education, working-class experiences of libraries and education, and the application of critical librarianship to the theory and practice of library leadership.

Kate was appointed University Librarian for the University of Bath in 2012. Originally a Theology graduate from the University of Manchester, with an MA in Library & Information Studies, she has worked in libraries since the 1980s.

Kate is a Fellow of CILIP and the RSA and has a close relationship with CILIP - she was CILIP President in 2022. Her presidential theme of Workplace Development reflected a longstanding commitment in her career and voluntary activities.

Kate has held a number of senior leadership positions, including Chair of Governors, Justice of the Peace, Lecturer in Information & Library Management, Executive Board Member of IATUL and Chair of SW regional library groupings.

Jonathan is charity finance professional, trustee and independent committee member. Jonathan’s professional interests cover a wide range of issues, including charity finance, risk, governance, systems and investments. Financial leadership and coaching are two subjects he is passionate about.

In his current role, Jonathan produces the annual accounts and manages the external audit process, including liaison with the audit manager and Partner at the Daughters of the Cross of Liege. His previous roles include Head of Finance at the British Dental Association and Management Accountant at the National Autistic Society.

Alison Wheeler (Stewart) has worked in the public library sector for nearly 40 years, mainly in Suffolk, arriving in 1979 after three years studying librarianship at Aberystwyth. She worked for many of these as a children’s librarian, stock team specialist, branch librarian and senior manager in the county’s public library and cultural services. In 2012 she established the first UK public library mutual, Suffolk Libraries IPS Ltd, and became its first Chief Executive. Suffolk is one of the few public library services with its network intact, with increased opening hours, and one of only six library services which are part of the Arts Council England National Portfolio Status. Alison left her role as CEO in February 2018 and now works as an advisor/supporter for charity governance, libraries and mutual organisations. She has recently founded a local literacy charity for adults in Ipswich. Alison received an MBE in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to libraries.

I am Director of Learning Resources at Oxford Brookes University, responsible for the library and digital education services. Before moving to Oxford in 1992 I held senior posts in the libraries of the London School of Economics and the University of Sheffield, where I did my MA in Librarianship many years ago. Between 2014 and 2018 I was chair of the M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries.