Stuart Clarke is a co-founder of the Leeds Digital Festival and has been its Festival Director since it started in 2015. He is also the founder of Paceline marketing and PR consultancy, working with firms in the tech sector. Stuart is a non-executive director to numerous startups, and the creator of the Leeds Tech Map and the PARSE peer roundtable programme for startup founders.
He was awarded an MBE for Services to the Technology Sector in the 2023 New Year Honours list.
“Leeds is the most collaborative city in the UK and the success of the Leeds Digital Festival is down to how the region’s tech sector comes together to support each other.”