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Thando Jacobs

Thando Jacobs is a Business Analyst Consultant and host of the Inside Business Analysis podcast, where he explores all aspects of business analysis and working in tech alongside expert guests. 

With over eight years of experience delivering business analysis services in Finance, Capital Markets, Banking, and Higher Education, Thando is deeply passionate about mentoring and coaching new Business Analysts as they launch their careers. He has first-hand experience leveraging AI in his analysis activities.     

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Laura Brandenburg

Laura Brandenburg, ACBA, CBAP, internationally-recognized leader known for helping mid-career professionals start and succeed in business analysis careers. She is the founder of Bridging the Gap, the best-selling author of How to Start a Business Analyst Career, and the creator of The Business Analyst Blueprint® framework and program. 

Laura brings nearly 20 years of experience in the business analysis profession, filling several different full-time business analyst positions, as well as contributing as a consultant, hiring manager, trainer, and career coach.     

Fabricio Laguna - The Brazilian BA

Fabricio is known the world over as the Brazilian BA promoting the BA the benefits of the BA role with his amazing style. Here are some accolades:  

A Senior Advisor for the President and CEO of IIBA. The main reference for Business Analysis in Brazil. The first Latin American CBAP in 2008, he is also certified as PMP, AAC, and CPOA.  

As a consultant and instructor for more than 25 years, Fabricio has worked with methodology, solution development, business analysis, systems analysis, project management, business architecture, and systems architecture, and demonstrates extensive knowledge and understanding in these areas.

Performing live, on YouTube, or in his online courses, he always explains complex things in a fun, charming and approachable way.  His online courses are appreciated by students in more than 65 different countries.  

Vivienne Onwuocha

Vivienne is the Managing Partner of Slingstone Business Consulting. She is a BCS certified Business Analyst and an ACCA-qualified accountant with 17+ years of experience in finance and business transformation. She has led global digital transformation projects across Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas, helping businesses automate processes, optimize financial operations, and scale effectively. 

Her expertise spans process optimisation, finance strategy, and AI-driven solutions. Passionate about innovation, Vivienne is actively exploring AI’s impact on finance, from intelligent automation to data-driven decision-making. A global leader in finance transformation, Vivienne thrives on solving complex challenges and shaping the future of finance with technology.

Nelson Uzenabor

Nelson is an AI leader heading the team at PaceAI, driving innovation in product and automation. A visionary entrepreneur, he launched a successful SaaS platform with over 30,000 users and specializes in building custom AI solutions for businesses across industries.

As a proud father to E and partner to T, Nelson balances professional excellence with personal devotion. He shares actionable insights on AI automation and business growth, helping others build efficient, scalable businesses. Nelson’s expertise and passion make him a go-to resource for driving innovation and achieving 10X growth.

Emal Bariali

Emal Bariali is an accomplished Senior Business Analysis and Business Architecture Consultant with 20 years of experience spanning various industries. He has successfully led and delivered over 20 projects using both waterfall and agile methodologies.

He holds a Master’s degree in Information Systems, a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, and a postgraduate diploma in Software and Database Development.

As the founder of BABlocks.com, Emal is passionate about mentoring and educating aspiring business analysts, providing practical insights and structured learning frameworks to empower the next generation of professionals.

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Nicola Canfield

With over 15 years Business Analysis experience within financial services, Nicola is currently a Lead Business Analyst at Atom Bank, currently the UK's highest rated bank on Trustpilot. 

She specialises in the commercial lending domain, supporting a value stream of features for small to medium businesses. 

Within the BA practice, Nicola supports the development of the team, trialling new tools and techniques to strive for continuous improvement and success.    

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Russell Wilson

Russell Wilson leads a diverse and vibrant Business Analyst community at Registers of Scotland (RoS). 

He has worked in the public sector for over 20 years, building very effective working relations with stakeholders at all levels across many sectors in the UK as well as leading award-winning teams helping deliver critical content to Scotland's legal community. 

Russell coaches grassroots football teams outside of work, which has seen him travel to Rwanda to deliver coaching sessions and provide equipment to local schools and community projects.

Milena Tupadlo

Milena has been a Senior Business Analyst at the Registers of Scotland for over six years. 

During this time, she has supported strategic planning and operational initiatives. Driven by her interest in data and technology, she has supported delivery of several digital products. She has also managed the recruitment and professional development of Junior BAs. 

Milena’s passion for her profession has led her to earn a BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis and a BCS Professional Certificate in Business Architecture. 

Currently, she is working with a software delivery team to develop and support a range of customer-facing services.

Lyn McCauley

Lyn McCauley continues expanding her knowledge and expertise within her new Business Analyst role. 

By leveraging her skills in people management, data analysis, reporting, leadership, she continues her learning journey, contributing to process improvements and innovations across the business.

Inspired by agile methodology and experience in digital changes from an operations perspective helps her in personal and professional growth working with colleagues to continually improve services to customers and make their daily workloads easier to manage.

Sara Hubbert

With 25 years of experience at Registers of Scotland across various business areas, Sara has gained extensive knowledge of the organisation's operations. 

In July 2024, Sara joined the Business Analyst community, which has allowed her to share this expertise while further developing her skills in data analysis, process improvement, and strategic planning. 

As a BA, Sara has successfully contributed to projects that enhanced processes and data management, delivered tangible benefits, and mitigated risks across operational areas. Her career is distinguished by significant achievements in optimising operational efficiency through insightful feedback and collaboration, which are essential to any community's success.

Amit Thawani

Chief Information Officer for Insurance, Pensions and Investments at Lloyds Banking Group

Helping drive this transformation is Amit Thawani, Chief Information Officer for Insurance, Pensions and Investments at Lloyds Banking Group. 

With a career spanning continents and roles from software developer to enterprise architect and at companies such as Oracle, BNP Paribas, ING and Wells Fargo, Amit brings a unique perspective to the challenges and opportunities facing one of Britain’s oldest and most respected financial institutions.

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Martha Férez

Martha is a Managing Principal at Capco where she leads its Behavioural Science Practice and drives large transformation programmes in Financial Services. 

Martha’s professional experiences have also led her to focus on the people dimension of change, rather than just on the methodology and technology aspects. To achieve so, she designs behavioural interventions that can improve employees’ and clients’ decision-making and outcomes. 

Martha is currently pursuing an Executive MSc in Behavioural Science at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

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Penny Pullan

9/11 catapulted Dr Penny Pullan into a world of remote working in global project teams. 

Her books ‘Virtual Leadership’ and ‘Making Workshops Work: Creative Collaboration for Our Time’  focus on working together in this new world, where hybrid is a way of life and we need to be effective with stakeholders, whether they’re in the same room or not.

Penny works with leaders and teams who are grappling with tricky change, especially in this new hybrid world we work in today. Teams find that clarity, creativity, connection, collaboration and confidence grow when they consult Penny.

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Alan Howie

Alan is the Chief Data Officer in Social Security Scotland. He has worked with data for over 35 years, with his first system analysing “Mushroom Compost” data back in 1986 before starting his Computer Science degree course.

He got into spatial data in 2000, working with some of the biggest spatial data organisations in the UK. Alan moved to Social Security Scotland last year, keen to maximise the benefits of benefit data after 8 amazing years with Registers of Scotland.

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Nicola Pinkney

I have been a Business Analyst for six years, and I am currently working as an Senior Business Analyst at Evri. I enjoy pushing myself out of my comfort zone as often as I can, and try to learn something new every day!

Outside of the day-to-day role, I volunteer with YBA to help other Young Business Analysts network and grow. I am keen to continue developing my BA knowledge and further support the future of Business Analysis.    

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Paul Haywood

Paul is a director at his company NXTGN LTD, and Lead and Business Analysis at Hiscox Insurance, thriving in innovation and forward thinking solutions and projects. 

His work always considers how we can embrace the future and how we can increase accessibility in the BA role which has led to him pioneering in the field of Business Analysis and AI.

Paul's passion lies within cultivating a thriving community of innovation within the Business Analysis discipline.

Chris Thomason

Chris is an engineer, designer and creativity expert, and the developer of the Freaky Thinking approach to better thinking. He’s lived, worked, and spoken on creativity and innovation on three continents and has worked in the financial services, manufacturing, mining, logistics, chemicals, and telecoms industries. 

He has used applied business creativity to turnaround a small manufacturing company from the edge of insolvency, to being the third-largest player in its sector. 

Chris holds the #4 spot on Thinkers360’s global list of top design thinkers and is ranked in the top 10 for creativity and top 25 for innovation worldwide. 

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Lungile Mnguni

Lungile Mnguni is a seasoned Business Analyst with over a decade of experience in the financial industry across 14 African countries. 

She is the Financial Director and Treasurer of IIBA-SA and the founder of BA Horizons-Africa, a platform dedicated to advancing business analysis through masterclasses, workshops, and thought leadership. 

A certified CBAP and Salesforce Business Analyst, Lungile is passionate about leveraging cultural diversity in global business initiatives, a topic she frequently explores in her presentations.

With roots in South Africa, she is committed to mentoring aspiring analysts, promoting women’s advancement, and driving innovation in digital transformation projects.

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Mark Cross

Mark Cross is the founder and principal consultant at Envista Consulting, a business analysis consultancy that specializes in making organisations more secure and resilient through the application of a structured approach to conducting business analysis with a security mindset.

He is an international speaker and, as the creator of the Three Steps Left framework, he regularly trains business analysts from all walks of life about cybersecurity. 

Mark is the chair of IIBA UK North Branch and the North Yorkshire Chapter Lead for Yorkshire Cybersecurity Cluster and was a finalist in 2024 for the BA of the Year competition.  

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James Dean

James is an experienced, confident and motivated Business Analyst with over 7 years' experience who has worked in various domains such as corporate and business registries, life sciences and energy and is someone who is always striving to seek best practices for Business Analysts and the business analysis profession. 

James has a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree (BSc) in IT Management and has gained both ECBA (Entry Certificate in Business Analysis) and Agile Analysis Certificate (AAC) from IIBA and Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) certification from scrum.org. Outside of work James is a dancer and a twin.

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Fae Marcano

Fae is a Business Analysis Manager with 18 years of experience across Financial Services, Legal, Energy, and IT/Digital industries.

In 2022, she won 'BA of the Year Award; and has participated in the IIBA UK Mentoring Scheme (both as mentee and mentor).

Passionate about the Business Analysis profession, Fae contributes to the BA community through volunteering. Outside work, she enjoys exploring diverse cuisines, attending Zumba classes, and dedicating herself to her most meaningful mission: raising a kind, confident, and curious daughter.

Imtiaz Kaderbhoy

Imtiaz brings heart, art, and science to training, coaching, and mentoring Business Analysts. 

His passion for analysis has driven a successful career, spanning projects of all sizes with a focus on problem-solving and human-centric interactions. A frequent speaker at international BA conferences, he also presents the IIBA BABOK webinar series in the UK. 

Balancing project work, training, public speaking, and mentoring, Imtiaz supports BAs on their career journeys. As a former Operations Director of the IIBA UK chapter, he continues to volunteer, championing the profession's growth and development.

Janice McNamara

Janice McNamara builds the competency of individuals and teams. Co-creating bespoke people development programmes, that bring clarity, engagement and trust. 

She is a people specialist and works across all sectors and job roles. Her relationship with the organisations may be as co-designer, facilitator, mentor, coach or mediator. Janice co-created the IIBA UK Mentoring Scheme 10 years ago. This well-designed programme has sustainability due to the quality of the training and support resulting in productive mentoring relationships.

The scheme is locked into BA competencies so that both Mentors and Mentees strengthen their BA Skills and gain new perspectives and confidence. 

Gustavo Vizzoni

Gustavo Vizzoni is a Business Analyst with over eight years of international experience across Argentina, Spain, and Australia, now based in Milan, Italy. 

His expertise includes Business Analysis Planning, Strategy Analysis, and a strong focus on Banking, Finance, Leasing, B2B, and B2C sectors. Skilled in Agile Methodologies, Process Modeling, and Data Flow Diagrams, Gustavo combines strategic insight with technical proficiency to deliver impactful, data-driven solutions. 

Fluent in Spanish, English, and Italian, he is dedicated to optimising processes and driving business success.

Iurii Gomon

Iurii Gomon is the former head of the Business Analysis Department for an IT outsourcing company with over 3000 professionals, the Director of Global Communications at the IIBA Ukraine Chapter, and the Founder of the Passionate Business Analyst.

With over 12 years of experience in Business Analysis (IT, BPM, and Agile perspectives), Iurii's mission is to ignite a worldwide passion for business anal sis. He aims to help industry professionals create more value for stakeholders and better drive the process of creating digital solutions.

Iurii is also an active member of the BA community in Ukraine and abroad. He speaks at events, creates educational materials, and shares his experience and passion for business analysis on his YouTube channel.

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Kathy Berkidge

With a background in software development, Kathy is an Agile BA professional with over 30 years of experience in I.T. she provides business analysis and agile training and consulting services to many organisations in a variety of industries, as well as speaks internationally on topics relating to agile, mindset and business analysis. 

Kathy works with teams to improve teamwork, be more innovative and deliver better customer value. 

She is passionate about seeing people, teams and organisations thrive in an environment of collaboration and harmony.

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Pete Kemp

Pete is a dedicated digital team leader, client executive, and consultant with a passion for AI. He excels in building solutions, diverse teams, and relationships that deliver impactful digital products.

With extensive experience in AI, Pete has designed and implemented AI-based solutions that enhance business operations and customer experiences. He has led AI strategy programmes, identified opportunities for AI in various sectors, and developed AI capabilities within FSP.

Pete's commitment to AI is evident in his work on projects that automate customer service, improve logistics, and provide advanced data analysis. 

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Liam Harrison

Liam is a Senior BA with over 15 years’ experience of technical change projects and programme. Highly skilled in all levels of Business Analysis, Liam brings clarity and purpose to an engagement; from strategic analysis and definition to detailed IT systems analysis. 

Josh Degg

Josh is a Business Analyst with a strong track record of delivering complex projects across diverse sectors, combining strategic thinking with a hands-on approach to requirements gathering. Josh has excelled at FSP, leveraging stakeholder management and agile delivery to build strong relationships, and adapting methodologies to address unique challenges and ensure success. 

Alexa Dixon

Business Analyst with a proven track record in User Stories, Requirements Analysis, Requirements Modelling, and creating insightful Power BI reports for Data Analysis. Recently obtaining her BCS Certificate in Business Analysis reflects her commitment to advancing her skills and knowledge in this field. 

Andrew Barnett

Andrew Barnett has been with BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, since 2005. He began his journey as a Key Account Manager, building strong client relationships. 

Now, as a Technical Consultant, Andrew assists organisations by using BCS’s tools to assess skills capability and develop effective workforce planning strategies.

Andrew's expertise and collaborative approach help companies build stronger, more capable teams, leading to long-term success. He also leverages BCS’s long-standing commitment to ethical IT practices and the development of competent professionals to ensure high standards.

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Hannah Pearson-Coats

Hannah is an enthusiastic Business Analyst based in Wellington, New Zealand with more than a decade of making stuff happen!

Hannah is particularly fond of untangling big messes! You'll find her on large programmes, driving big chats about gnarly problems, making work friends, and caring for all the messy details involved in delivering big solutions.   

When she's not contracting as a Senior BA, she writes and talks about all things Business Analysis! 

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Sara Cox

Sara Cox is famed for her expertise as a Rugby Union Referee and has already made waves as a pioneering woman in an often male-dominated sport. 

Widely known for becoming the world’s first female professional Rugby Union Referee, Sara has solidified her name in the history books with many “firsts” in the sport. 

Having formerly played rugby for teams such as the Saracens and Exeter, Sara has unique knowledge of the sport - incorporating her perspectives of being on the pitch and the side-lines into her motivational speeches.

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Angela Wick

Author of Futureproof - Amplifying Agility with AI and Insightful Business Analysis, LinkedIn Learning Instructor, Founder of BA-Cube.

Angela is passionate about modernizing BA practices and has dedicated her career to this. For over 25 years she has worked in practicing and improving BA and Requirements Practices around the globe.

She’s passionate about bringing agility, innovation, and creativity to solution delivery processes, and helping BAs level up their competencies in an evolving world. 

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John Wisner

John is the global lead of the BA community and Business Analysis training at Capco, as well as UK Consulting Business Analysis and Process Excellence Capability Lead.

A IIBA BA of the Year finalist in 2022 and co-presenter in 2024 on Business Analysis on The Art of Enjoyable Analysis. John hosts his own BA Insights series on LinkedIn and YouTube, bringing together members of our global BA community, to share insight on various Business Analysis topics. 

John has 25+ years in Financial Services, many of which specialising in Business Analysis, Functional Architecture and SDLC best practice.

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