Freddie Quek
Digital & Technology Leader | Board Member | Researcher | Advisor | Mentor
Digital & Technology Leader | Board Member | Researcher | Advisor | Mentor
Freddie Quek is a Research Associate at Henley Business School and an award-winning technology leader, advisor, and NED. A former CTO at Times Higher Education, he helped build major data-driven products, including the World University Rankings and the SDG Impact Dashboard.
With a career spanning RELX, Wiley, Solera, scaleups, and startups, Freddie has led large-scale digital transformations, pioneered early adoption of NoSQL, and delivered complex strategic initiatives across multiple industries. He has been recognised by Computer Weekly and CIO 100 as one of the UK’s top technology leaders and has won numerous industry awards for innovation and delivery.
Freddie is the founder of #JoiningTheDots, co-founder of TechLinkUkraine, and Chair of the BCS Digital Divide Specialist Group, driving national efforts to tackle digital exclusion. He serves on the boards of the University of Bristol, eLife, and the BCS Influence Board, and is a Fellow of BCS.
He holds master’s degrees from the London School of Economics and Henley Business School, is an Oxford alumnus, and is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Business Administration focused on the future of technology leadership.
Episodes featuring Freddie Quek
Episode 22
Why tech leadership now depends on responsibility, inclusion, and collective action.
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Joining the Dots Between Profit, Planet, and People
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Joining the Dots Between Profit, Planet, and PeopleA practical guide to digital exclusion, the Triple Bottom Line, and how tech leaders can drive inclusion. Learn why access, affordability, and design matter, and get clear actions to support people, planet, and profit.
This practical guide distils the key ideas from Freddie Quek’s Build Your Edge episode, Joining the Dots Between Profit, Planet, and People. It explains why digital exclusion affects all of us, what causes it, and how leaders and organisations can take meaningful action. Inside, you’ll find a simple breakdown of the Triple Bottom Line, the real barriers to digital participation, and Freddie’s actionable framework for making technology more inclusive, from individual steps to organisation-wide change.
If you want a clear, credible starting point for understanding and tackling digital exclusion, this handout will help you take the first step.