Top Influencers: 6 UK Senior Research Analyst’s To Follow in 2022

Roberto Rodriguez Labastida is a senior research analyst with Navigant Research, contributing to the Energy Technologies program. He leads the Distributed Renewables research service and has more than 10 years of experience as a strategy and economics consultant in the energy sector. Rodriguez Labastida’s extensive experience includes leading consultancy projects for top banks, private equity, project developers, oil companies, utilities, and industrial players on investment strategy, asset valuations, market research, and technology deployment. Prior to joining Navigant Research, he spent eight years with Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). Fluent in Spanish and English, Rodriguez Labastida holds a BS in electrical engineering from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and an MSc in technology management from the University Of Surrey (UK). Learn more about Roberto Rodríguez Labastida on Crunchbase…

Gareth Haken is a Senior analyst with the ISF Global Team. He has extensive knowledge and experience of information risk assessment, cyber-crime investigation, information security standards, software engineering, threat intelligence and various analytical work. Gareth has an MSc in Information Security from Royal Holloway, where he was awarded the David Lindsay prize for most innovative thesis, which was also published. Prior to joining the ISF Gareth has served seven years in the military and four years in law enforcement agencies. Learn more about Gareth Haken on Crunchbase…

Ben Jepson is a Service Analyst in Gartner, where he is part of the IT Procurement and Asset Management worldwide team. His research efforts are focused on Microsoft Licensing/Agreements, Microsoft Audits and software asset management (SAM) best practices. Learn more about Ben Jepson on Crunchbase…

Eleni is a Senior Research Analyst for Business Insider Intelligence. She leads the Fintech team, providing analytical insight into digital transformation and emerging technologies in the financial services industry. She is a frequent speaker at fintech events, including Money 20/20 and Innovate Finance. Previously, she worked as a Senior News Analyst at FactSet, covering European equities and producing both time-sensitive news updates and in-depth market reports. Learn more about Eleni Digalaki on Crunchbase…

Tally Hatzakis is a Senior Research Analyst at Trilateral Research. Tally has worked on many EU, ESRC and EPSRC funded projects in a wide range of technology fields, from smart cities, open innovation, and e-Government, to business modelling, and the quantified self. She is currently involved in the SHERPA project, coordinating research into the ethical and human rights challenges of AI intelligence and Big Data analytics through case studies, and scenario development with a range of stakeholders. The project seeks to identify society’s concerns and preferred solutions, present technical and regulatory options and set the criteria and advocate for the responsible development of such systems. She previously led the EU-funded project, CLARITY, a support and coordination action that supports European Member States to pursue open e-Government initiatives in order to improve transparency, efficiency and greater trust. Tally’s consultancy work covers a broad spectrum of topics on socio-technical innovation, enterprise architecture and business case development. Her consultancy practice is dedicated to understanding and effectively communicating the ‘bigger picture’ that contributes strategically to the needs of clients’ business models. She is a light-hearted, deep thinker, innovator and networker, with the ability to apply a creative mindset into strategic business and technology fields, while embracing partnerships. Learn more about Tally Hatzakis on Crunchbase…

Richard Absalom is a Senior Research Analyst with the ISF Global Team. He is the lead author of the flagship reports Threat Horizon 2019 and Threat Horizon 2020 and has contributed to research into Aligning Information Risk Management with Operational Risk Management, Embedding Security into Agile Development and Securing Mobile Apps. He is currently leading the research project on Establishing a business-driven security assurance programme. Prior to joining the ISF, Richard led IT and Telecoms research firm Ovum’s coverage of the enterprise mobility management market. Specialist areas include the consumerisation of IT, BYOD and mobile security. Learn more about Richard Absalom on Crunchbase…