Jaya Chakrabarti MBE
Jaya Chakrabarti is a passionate advocate for engaging business with the community through technology to improve people's lives, and was honoured with an MBE in 2014's Queen's honours list 'For services to the Creative Digital Industries and the community in Bristol'. Jaya notably chaired the cross-party "A Mayor for Bristol" campaign that achieved the only Yes vote in the country in the May 2012 Democratically Elected Mayor (DEM) Referendum. Following her success Jaya set up social enterprise TISCreport (Transparency In Supply Chains Report) in 2016, to tackle slavery in supply chains. In 2018 TISCreport was a finalist for two anti-corruption technology awards and is the world's largest anti-slavery register. In 2018 Jaya was named one of the top 100 Corporate Influencers in Modern Slavery and also one of the Top 100 Asian Stars in Tech. She serves on the DCMS Digital Economy Business Advisory Group and Home Office Transparency in Supply Chains Modern Slavery Strategy & Implementation Group.