Patrick Halford

Patrick Halford has 25+ years leading technology teams across various European industries. He works with Norwegian and other global investors to combine blended finance with global partnerships across commercial and research institutions to develop industrial growth opportunities by harnessing the pace of converging exponential technologies including generative AI, robotics and electronics.

 

For the last 4 years he has been leading the Digital Industries business unit for Spinverse driving European R&D funding across the healthtech, AI & electronics, smart cities & mobility and defence industries. 

 

He is also an expert at the Singularity Group focused on the impact of GenAI on organisational productivity, as well as mobility. He is also a member of the Guest Faculty at Hanken & SSE Business School. He is on the Board of Advisors of Nordic mixed reality and drone startups, and a Senior Advisor to Nordic VCs in AI, robotics and drones. Previously he spent 20+ years leading sales & services teams at IBM. He is a frequent international business and technology conference moderator and speaker, as well as an Amazon published author of 3 Nordic thrillers and a business book on AI and organisational impact. His weekly AI business newsletter, "AI for Orchestrators", and his YouTube channel, "The Nordic Bridge" are where you can discover his latest insights.