Stephen Kelly

Stephen Kelly has a long and varied work experience in various leadership roles. Stephen is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Cirata since May 2023. Prior to this, they served as a Senior Advisor at BlackRock from June 2021. Stephen also held the position of Director at Locum's Nest from April 2019 and served as a Chair at The Algorithm People from August 2021 to November 2023. In addition, they have been the Chairperson at Tech Nation since June 2020 and an Entrepreneur Investor and Director since September 2018. Stephen held multiple roles at Kimble Applications, including Director and Entrepreneur Investor & Director from March 2019 to April 2021. Stephen also has extensive experience at The Sage Group plc, where they served as CEO from November 2014 to September 2018 and Executive Director during that time. Stephen has also held various board roles in the public sector from 2012 to 2014.

Stephen Kelly received a BSc (Hons.) in Business Administration from the University of Bath in 1984. Stephen also earned an Honorary Doctorate from the same university in 2016. Prior to their university studies, they completed their A levels at The Harvey Grammar School from 1973 to 1980.