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Director of Customer and Digital Services at Salford City Council

Steven Fry is the Director of Customer and Digital Services at Salford City Council and one of the top 100 leading CIO’s in the country and has been for the last 3 years. Supporting the directly elected City Mayor delivering local public services and improving the lives of our fast growing and diverse 260,000 population, leading a department with over 400 staff, a net revenue budget of £30M and a capital investment programme of £2M p/a.

An experience senior leader with a demonstrated history of working in the government industry. Skilled in Service Delivery, Organisational redesign, regional Government, Digital, Business Transformation.

Technology and Architecture Lead - Salford City Council

Matt Wall is a seasoned digital professional passionate about leveraging technology to drive business growth and impactful outcomes for residents of Salford. With well over a decade of experience in the local government digital industry, Matt has honed his expertise in various aspects of digital strategy, including end-user experience, customer first, on-premise and cloud-based services and technology accelerations, to name a few.

Throughout his career, Matt has worked with a diverse range of clients and partners, from SMEs to large enterprises, Health, Police, charities, and central government, helping them achieve their and Salford City Councils objectives. He has a proven track record of developing and executing successful digital projects and workstreams. Some of the latter was achieved through his role as CTO at Home of Skills and Technology located within MediaCityUK

Director of Skills, Work & Inclusive Economy. Salford City Council.

Mat joined the Council in July 2022 to lead the city’s work to create a more inclusive labour market and capitalise on the city’s economic vitality so that more Salford residents are able to access the benefits of growth; and more employers are better able to access the skills they need to continue that growth.

Mat has spent over 20 years working in the public sector across local, sub-regional and national government, with a focus on regeneration, economic development, education, skills and work.

Strategic Finance Manager, Salford City Council

David manages the finance teams that support the two Directorates of Place and Resources & Transformation within Salford City Council. This includes a specialist commercial finance team that work alongside the many projects and developments throughout the city.

David’s professional background is in commercial finance, change management & business transformation, corporate governance, and executive operational management. His passion is the development of people through skills, training, mentoring and coaching; with a particular focus on those young people with poor employment outcomes.

Operations Manager HOST MediaCity

David joined IN4 Group in September 2024 as the HOST Operations Manager, after a 50-year career with the Hobs Group. David started his career as a Junior Printer in 1974 and worked his way through every department of the company, finally becoming a Group Director in 1990, covering every aspect of the business across the 22 UK locations. David’s passion for nurturing young talent led many early Hobs employees, often joining straight from school, to progress into senior management roles or successful careers with major companies, an achievement he’s immensely proud of.

David's outgoing personality has always helped him build strong relationships with clients and staff. In his new role at HOST, he’s using this strength to engage with tenants, members, and co-workers, driving growth across our community.

Director of Ecosystems and Communities HOST MediaCity

Darren, Director of Ecosystems and Communities here at HOST. He joined The IN4 Group from Barclays Bank which spanned a 20-year career working in different functions across the organisation.

Darren started his career as a junior cashier and worked his way through the departments within the branch network which included, sales, operations and then management and leadership.

Over the past 7 years he was responsible for 3 different Barclays Eagle Labs across Greater Manchester in both Salford & Manchester. More recently the Greater Manchester Digital Security Hub (DiSH).  During his time at DiSH I was responsible for engaging and mobilizing the Cyber GM ecosystem

During his time at Barclays, he was fortunate to work with, and lead some truly outstanding individuals and more recently obtained a degree through Angia Ruskin University, Cambridge in Business Management & Leadership

Innovation Programme Director at MITIH

Anthony leads the MediaCity Immersive Technology Innovation Hub programme, (MITIH) - one of ten projects funded by the Greater Manchester Innovation Accelerator programme. He works with public and private sector partners to develop the innovation ecosystem across MediaCity, the Salford Innovation Triangle and Greater Manchester.

Since 2008, his experience has spanned local and national policy, projects and programmes in energy, infrastructure, environment and placemaking in the private, public and third sector. Prior to that, he spent 14 years as management consultant in Accenture across UK, Europe, and Australasia.