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    • Martin Leigh
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Sohail Ashraf, Financial Times - Commercial Innovation
Sohail is the Commercial Innovation Team Lead at the Financial Times. He works at the intersection of product and strategy, transforming the FT’s renowned journalism into powerful information products to tackle complex organisational challenges. With roots in investment and market research, Sohail work has revolved around understanding how technology & data drive better decision-making in an increasingly complex economic backdrop

A Philosophy degree from Manchester Metropolitan University shaped his approach to innovation, with a focus on ethics, consequences, fairness, and responsibility.

He's especially interested in how technology influences economic policy, decision-making and social development.


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  • Home
  • Agenda
  • Tickets
  • Trailblazing Tech Award 2025
  • 2025 Speakers
    • Andrew Aldridge
    • Dr. Ali Alameer
    • Tom Cheesewright
    • Dr Penny Traynor
    • John Toon
    • Padmasini Dayananda
    • Jayden Patel
    • Joe Van Gelder
    • Lauren Birch
    • Angie Lloyd-Jones
    • Julie Burnage
    • Kate Longworth
    • David Gardner
    • Zahraa Murtaza
    • Sophie Zienkiewicz
    • Sohail Ashraf
    • Sam Booth
    • Simon Groom
    • Sourav Dey
    • Thorrun Govind
    • Tom Sharpe
    • Toby Sinclair
    • Mabel Sanchez Barrioluengo
    • Martin Leigh
    • Michael Jakubiak
    • Nicola Jones
    • Nicola McCormick
  • Sponsors
    • Aventive Group
    • Beever and Struthers
    • Bruntwood SciTech
    • University of Salford
    • The University of Manchester
    • Innovate UK Business Growth
    • TLT LLP
    • Summit
    • KAO Data
    • interactive investor
  • Watch TT24!
  • Contact Us
  • BLOG