Our Advisory Boards

Nick Conway is a London-based Partner at the world’s leading professional services company, Deloitte, where he leads the Forensic Technology department, specialising in e-Comms Monitoring and Compliance. A ULaw alumnus, Nick qualified as a barrister in London and worked within the legal and financial services industries in the UK, US and Australia for more than 20 years. Nick is well versed in cutting through complex matters with a logical, common sense approach, deploying cost effective technology-led solutions for major litigation and regulatory investigations.

Rachael is Director, CX Transformation and Chief of Staff, CX APJC at Cisco. Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in San Jose, California. Cisco helps its customers get more value from technology, faster, whether they’re focused on optimizing current investments, or making the most audacious transformations. Rachael is an English qualified lawyer and a 2018 'Ivy league' Dartmouth business school alumni having been one of only seven individuals that represented Rolls-Royce PLC on the TUCK 'Discover and Create the Future' 2030 business leadership programme. She has worked and lived in the UK, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, and has vast experience with complex cross-border issues, client relationship management, commercial, legal and sales.

Qualified as an engineer, solicitor and chartered governance professional, Jane Medcraft works for the Southern Renewals Enterprise (SRE) leading the commercial team for the Southern Integrated Delivery alliance. A 10 year collaborative alliance between Network Rail and 4 private sector partners, the SRE is pivotal in changing the way we deliver rail renewals to ensure better outcomes for all. Jane provides strategic advice and leadership on commercial and supplier contracting, management and negotiation with a modern systems approach. During her career so far she has taken lead roles on projects in Mongolia, China and Italy as well as the UK, in both private and public sector roles and has significant experience of resolving issues and developing collaborative working environments. An alumnus of ULaw, in 2014 she gained her Executive MBA with distinction from the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School and attended the Banco Santander W50 programme for high potential women at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management.

Jaya Handa is Partner in the Data, Privacy & Cyber team at Pinsent Masons and a ULaw alumnus. She advises on all aspects of data protection law from strategic issues related to technology implementation to the management of privacy compliance programs. Jaya previously led the global privacy team at Liberty Mutual Insurance, a Fortune 100 company. Alongside data protection, Jaya is heavily involved in promoting individual rights when developing Artificial Intelligence; she was a Consultative Expert on Digital Ethics in Insurance for the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and a member of the European Commission’s AI Alliance. She is a regular conference speaker (on AI, privacy and D&I) and has inputted into and led an array of discussions, seminars and workshops in the UK, Europe and the US.

Chris Miller is a lawyer and project coordinator at leading multi-national investment bank, Deutsche Bank AG based in Berlin, covering negotiation and digitalisation of contracts, financial derivatives contract data and reviewing and negotiation processes for legal documentation. An alumnus at ULaw, he also holds an MSc Business Management and Project Management as well as a MA Intelligence and Strategic Studies, both from Aberystwyth University. Chris has written on politics, history and security issues for The Guardian, the Atlantic, and Small Wars Journal, and other publications.

Josh is the Asia-Pacific CEO of Teneo Value+, a global CEO advisory firm owned by CVC Capital Partners. Formerly an EY-Parthenon Strategy and Transactions Partner, Josh has just under 20 years’ experience working across financial and professional services within advisory, investment banking capital markets and as an operating executive. He has a passion for working with investors and executives to optimise performance and quantify opportunities through the lens of both financial and longer-term value creation. Josh graduated from Bristol in 1998, is an INSEAD and College of Law alumni, received his executive MBA at Imperial College London, has been awarded a Doctorate and MBE and more recently accepted the role of visiting Professor of Leadership with the University of Law’s Business school.

Rachael has worked in health and social care regulation for 10 years and has worked for two other regulators including as Head of Legal. At the PSA, Rachael leads the initial stages of the review process that scrutinises their tribunal decisions about whether people on their registers are fit to practise and may appeal these decisions to court if they are insufficient to protect the public. She manages a team, advises on policy responses to consultations, delivers training to external stakeholders, and manages appeals, including to the High Court. Rachael also sits on the PSA’s decision-making panels. A The University of Law alumna, Rachael also holds a Masters of Law (LLM) degree in Public Law and Global Governance from King’s College London and is a Governor of a local primary school.

Sai started her career and is currently working for a leading Global American Investment Bank. She possesses a bachelor’s in computer science and law, with an LLM in Corporate Governance and an MBA from a world class program. She is currently working on research papers and her interests lie within the intersectionality of corporate governance, ethical banking/finance and AI. She's led many charitable projects both in the United Kingdom and abroad and is a certified dementia trainer.

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Dr Martin is a qualified and experienced commercial mediator, neighbourhood mediator and collaborative lawyer in addition to having published widely on various subjects in law. He undertook a research scholarship investigating the intersection of law and economics in international trade disputes in Geneva, before completing his PhD, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, at the University of Exeter. Josh was a lecturer in law at Exeter before becoming a visiting lecturer for several universities, including the University of Law. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from diverse fields across academia, legal practice and commercial enterprise.

Laurence is a leading commercial and infrastructure barrister. He is recognised as a “Tier 1” barrister by both Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners and has acted in some of the largest shareholder and fraud disputes of recent years in the Commercial Court and in the Middle East. These include a multi-billion-dollar shareholder arbitration relating to a company in Saudi Arabia, a multi-billion-dollar banking fraud dispute concerning Danish withholding tax, and arbitrations concerning alleged frauds arising from conduct in the Cayman Islands, Hungary, Rwanda, Dubai, Qatar, Lebanon, Cyprus and the UK. Much of Laurence’s work relates to emerging technologies, energy and infrastructure.

Joe is a product manager at KennedysIQ, the technology arm of Kennedys Law LLP, and a ULaw alumnus. Focused on the future of risk in the speciality insurance market, Joe sits at the intersection of insurance, law, and technology - delivering technology solutions to Kennedys’ clients. Joe joined KennedysIQ in 2022 after a decade of handling marine and casualty claims in the maritime industry and within the Lloyd’s insurance market. Joe holds an MSc in Legal Technology and is a doctoral student researching AI and Law. KennedysIQ is a leading provider of technology solutions to the insurance and commercial sectors, uniquely integrating advanced technology with legal expertise.

Thomas has a degree in Business and Law, and an LLM in Commercial Law from University College Dublin. He has a Masters of Business Administration from Trinity College Dublin. He is an Irish qualified Certified Public Accountant, having qualified in 2010 at Legal & General Investment Management. He is also an Irish qualified Legal Executive Lawyer, having qualified in 2015 at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. He is currently completing a PhD in Law at University College Cork, with a research focus on systemic risk regulation within the asset management industry. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Thomas has over 20 years of financial services experience, having held several senior regulatory positions within the asset management industry in Dublin and London.

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Having spent several years working as a midwife in KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, Jo returned to the UK and embarked on a law conversion course, subsequently qualifying as a solicitor. Jo particularly enjoyed working in clinical negligence and personal injury, mainly claimant catastrophic head injury cases. After giving several presentations and leading training events to local hospitals and patient interest groups, Jo eventually decided to become an academic medical lawyer.