Richard is responsible for supporting healthcare solutions that have saved thousands of lives, avoided tens of thousands of harms and hundreds of millions (USD) for healthcare organisations (built on the genius of Graham Copeland).

He is passionate about improving helping healthcare and life sciences improve outcomes, reduce costs and less the stress on the workforce.  His vision extends globally – recognising that improvements should, where possible, support the Global South as well as Global North.

He brings a unique skillset that means he has earned fellowships in 7 professional institutions/bodies including the Royal Society of Public Health, British Computer Society, Chartered Institute of Marketing, Institute of Engineering and Technology and Institute of Leadershp.

Richard draws on experience from 5 continents – from building multiple tech startups (including AI and healthcare) to working with multinationals and troubleshooting. He has shaped thought leadership in a big-four consultancy and built breakthrough propositions and successful organisations from AI to telecoms and healthcare.

He lectures, teaches at master’s level, and has trained over 2,000 executives across blue-chip firms and professional bodies in core ‘MBA’ skills.

• Invited speaker at UN General Assembly 77 Science Symposium and member of team looking to deliver 10x improvements into healthcare globally.
• Mentor on the GE Edison Accelerator / Wayra programme. Supporting AI companies in digital health.
• Honorary lecturer at School of Medicine, UCLAN – on masters level, digital health courses
• Academic Advisory Board Member of the College of Contemporary Healthcare
• COGX Keynote speaker in Global Leadership – Winner of Health Tech 4 Covid19 innovation award and overall Tech 4 Covid19 Award at COGX 2020 (C2-AI)
• Strategic Board and AI Advisor to the Kids Brain Health Ecosystem (Canada)
• Senior Innovation Fellow – University of Ireland – Maynooth
• Interviewed on BBC News and BBC 5Live and chair at 50+ tech events on five continents
• Only private sector expert on national medical device regulator’s project using AI to develop synthetic data sets and develop methodologies for verifying AI software in healthcare.
• AI lead for Patient Safety Learning organisation
• Mentor on the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur programme

He has an MBA (Distinction) from University of Warwick, a  bachelors degree in Electronics (including a year at L’Ecole Centrale de Lyon), a Diploma of Engineering, a post-grad diploma in research methods and has paused a PhD on Technology Strategy.

He is the author of white papers on healthcare and Ai, and books including “Integrating AI into Strategy,” “Project Management Survival” (Kogan Page – English,  Mandarin, Polish and Latvian), “The One Day MBA” (ICSA) and “Strategy Genius” (Hodder – English and Arabic), The AI Ready MBA and The Execution Playbook.  More at richardjones.com.

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Prasant Parida is a technology and transformation leader at IBM focused on AI strategy and enterprise transformation. He believes technology’s highest purpose is to improve quality of life globally, particularly in healthcare and education. He co-founded Mission10X to identify transformative innovation early and scale it rapidly through access to talent, capital, and markets— in collaboration with the UN – reshaping how health systems deliver equitable, sustainable impact.

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Prashant Parida is a technology and transformation leader with over two decades of experience at the intersection of AI, healthcare, strategy, and execution. His work focuses on translatingadvanced technologies into measurable business and societal outcomes, particularly in complex and regulated environments.

Prashant currently holds senior leadership roles at IBM, where he works on AI strategy,
portfolio management, and large-scale enterprise transformation. He oversees significant investment portfolios, helps scale AI-enabled platforms globally, and partners closely with CEOs and executive teams to move organizations from experimentation to sustained impact. His experience spans the full lifecycle of innovation – from strategy and governance to execution and scale.

In parallel, Prashant is deeply engaged in the digital health ecosystem, with a strong focus on preventive care, population health, and equitable access to healthcare. He is the founder of PreventiveHealth.Online, an AI-powered health tech venture focused on shifting healthcare upstream by combining natural healing approaches with modern health science to reduce chronic disease risk and improve long-term outcomes.

Prashant actively collaborates with global stakeholders through UN-aligned digital health initiatives (#StayLeft #ShiftLeft), including the UN General Assembly Digital Health ecosystem, contributing to efforts aimed at scaling responsible, evidence-based health innovation across geographies.

As Co-Founder of the Mission10X ecosystem, Prashant brings a Strategy–Execution–Governance (SEG) mindset to building a Health-AI platform that combines capital, AI-enabled decision-making, and disciplined execution to scale preventive health solutions globally.

Prashant holds an MBA from XLRI, India, an engineering degree from VSS University of
Technology, and has completed executive programs at Stanford University (AI-Driven
Leadership: Strategies for the Future) and The Wharton School (Business Strategy &
Competitive Advantage).

With over 25 years of experience in IT and innovation, I am a professor of innovation at Maynooth University, where I co-founded the Innovation Value Institute, co-direct the International Masters in Digital Health Transformation, and advise and consult on various strategic and entrepreneurial initiatives. I am passionate about enabling industry transformation, driving business value, and creating new revenue growth through the use of technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

As a global thought leader and a tech innovator, I have led research and teaching in digital manufacturing and digital health as a visiting professor at the University of Bath, and as a former director of digital transformation and open innovation at the Health Service Executive. I have also held senior executive positions at Mastercard and Intel, where I developed and delivered a strong pipeline of compelling innovations and business value. I have been recognized as the European CTO of the year, the Innovation Engineer of the year, and a Leader in Learning, and I have published multiple books, papers, and patents on technology, innovation, and management. I am a frequent international keynote speaker and a member of various advisory boards and professional associations.

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Stephen Mackenney, M.A. (Cantab.) is a senior executive, founder, and health policy specialist with over 20 years experience spanning government health systems, clinical governance, patient safety, and digital health innovation. He is recognised for bridging policy, clinical standards, and technology translating “what should work” into “what can scale” across real-world health systems.

Stephen previously served as Head of Quality & Safety at the UK Department of Health, where he helped develop national healthcare quality standards that formed the basis for inspections across England. His public-sector work also included leadership on patient safety and clinical audit, pharmaceutical pricing regulation, and GP remuneration, alongside international secondments supporting system reform through the WHO and the European Commission.

As co-founder of an advanced, AI-driven healthcare analytics system, he oversaw delivery of high-impact quality improvement projects in 11 countries across four continents. At Mission 10x, Stephen helps anchor the ecosystem and investment framework in evidence, ethics, equity, and rigorous compliance.