Amanda Brock

OpenUK CEO and Honorary Professor Industrial at Bristol University Smart Internet Lab, Amanda’s 25 years’ legal experience includes being instrumental in shaping open source’s legal frameworks and internet law in 2000’s. Sought-after international keynote speaker, tech press contributor and editor “Open Source: Law, Policy and Practice” (2022).

Recognition: 

Raconteur 50 CEOs (2025); Computer Weekly 50 Most Influential Women (2023-2025); Computing IT Leaders 100 (2023 – 2025); Lifetime Achievement WIPL (2022); Women Who Will (2023); INvolve Heroes (2022, 2023); Novi Awards (2024).

Advisory: 

Public and NFP Boards: UKRI Digital Research Infrastructure; and Cabinet Office Open Standards Board; KDE; and Board Member Mojaloop Foundation.

Commercial Boards: Mimoto; Scarf; FerretDB and Space Aye.

Other: Fellow, Open Forum Academy; Distinguished Fellow, Rust Foundation; European Representative, OIN; Ambassador, Open Charge Alliance; and Expert Network, Digital Innovation Board of ITU.