Lord Lionel Tarassenko, CBE, is a leading figure in biomedical engineering, AI and machine learning, and President of Reuben College, Oxford's newest college. He has founded four successful university spin-out companies and directed the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, pioneering applications of AI in healthcare from monitoring patient deterioration to managing chronic disease.

He has also played a key role in national AI policy, arguing that NHS data should be treated as a sovereign asset to drive medical breakthroughs, and speaks widely on sovereign AI and how the UK can turn its strengths in ethical, trusted AI into a genuine advantage rather than a constraint.