Kumardev Chatterjee is a well-known Serial Tech Innovator, Founder and Entrepreneurial industry leader, with over 25 years of experience in strategy, deep tech and executive leadership at start-ups and Fortune 500 companies across Europe, Asia and the US. He is a World Economic Forum-appointed expert on entrepreneurship, European Commission-appointed expert on technology and innovation, Forbes Technology Council member, INTEL and EU-awarded Young Innovation Luminary and inducted into the prestigious Progress1000 list of London's Most Influential Leaders in Technology and a co-author of ‘Digital Minds for a New Europe’ alongside Vint Cerf & Eric Schmidt. In 2020, selected as one of 10 most innovative global AI executives by Analytics Insight magazine. His areas of expertise include AI, crypto, NFTs and digital assets, autonomous drones, robotics, 5G, Industry 4.0, smart cities and urban mobility. He also has extensive EU & UK public funding expertise.

In 2021, co-founded and currently leading the world's first 3D, Immersive, Cognitive #Metaverse @ NEOM.

Prior to joining NEOM, Kumardev was the Founder and CEO of Unmanned Life, which he led from a three-person start-up in London to a global company that partnered with leading Fortune 500 firms, and that was that was featured as an innovation leader by Forbes, CNN, BBC and others. Before founding Unmanned Life, Kumardev held various positions at THALES, where he managed technology strategy, innovation and delivery programs across multiple domains such as telco, transport, service and government. At THALES, he worked with and for major corporations like British Rail, Eurocontrol, SESARJU and NATO. Kumardev has also led large strategic initiatives and cross-functional, multinational teams for corporates including GE, Adobe, Sapient and AirTel.

Kumardev started as an entrepreneur at the age of 14, founding a social business and built his first tech company at the age of 19 during the first internet boom. Kumardev also founded the European Young Innovators Forum, which was recognised for its work and impact by President Obama, Chancellor Merkel and major institutions like the World Economic Forum.

Kumardev is a British Chevening Science Scholar and Computer Scientist from University College London. His vision, leadership, innovation, work and expertise have been recognised by a major G7 governments, distinguished world leaders, prestigious institutions, and he has been invited to speak at various high-profile international summits, forums and conferences.