Cliff Dennett is Director of the Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands, where he leads initiatives to strengthen the region’s innovation ecosystem.

He has held senior innovation, strategy and delivery roles at Orange, AT&T, Hewlett Packard and Bruntwood SciTech, with highlights including developing major tech and life science innovation districts, founding a global music video game business, and delivering open innovation for companies such as IBM, Morgan Stanley and Gymshark.

Cliff has coached hundreds of startups and corporate leaders, contributed to several business books, and spoken internationally on innovation and entrepreneurship.