Neil Crockett

Neil was chief digital officer at Rolls-Royce where, in partnership with business unit leaders, he accelerated the development of the group’s digital strategy. Neil previously held several global, European and UK leadership positions with Cisco Systems. Neil brings a passion and a strong track record in digital innovation and transformation and has gained experience of the wider UK digital innovation community in his previous role as the founding CEO of Digital Catapult, a UK Government funded digital innovation organisation and in his current role as a non-executive director at Catalyst, a business accelerating innovation and growth in the Northern Ireland knowledge economy. Neil is also a member of the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise Innovation panel.