Welcome to this, the third of our podcasts for the 2020 Economic Innovator of the Year

Awards run by The Spectator under the sponsorship of the private bank, Julius Baer.

Today we're talking about the finalists for London and the Southeast region. We had overall almost 150 applications,

entrance from right across the country for this year's awards. That's a marvellous thing,

because it's actually more than last year, despite all the limitations and restrictions of the

pandemic. We were thrilled to get so many. Of those, the majority,

actually about 90 were in London and the South East. So we picked actually 12 finalists for London

and the South East region. We've already met and talked to 11 of those. We've got one more

to talk to. I have with me our guest judges for the region

who are Priya Lackani, Charles Watson, and representing Julius Baer Matthew Garnham. So what I'm going to

do first of all is introduce myself, Martin Van der Weir. I'm business editor of the spectator and then ask our judges,

first of all, to tell us a bit about themselves, their own business lives in recent years and

how the pandemic has affected them. So let me start with Priya, who was with her business

century tech, our overall winner of these awards last year with Priya, who was with her business Century Tech, our overall winner of these

awards last year. Priya, tell us a bit about yourself. Thank you, Martin. It's a real pleasure to be

involved with this, and it's nice to be on the other side as a judge, rather than pitching, I have to say.

So I run Century Tech. I'm the founder and chief exec and we're in education technology,

which I think we all know has seen a dramatic rise in interest and demand during the pandemic

with schools being closed. We have a platform that focuses on personalised learning. We use

proprietary artificial intelligence and neuroscience algorithms to learn how your brain learns.

And the idea is to leave no student struggling behind to understand their gaps, they're in knowledge, their gaps in skills, their effort levels, their focus levels and tailor learning to them, while at the same time providing really deep data insights to teachers. So it's been a

really interesting time, devastating as it is. Education's obviously changed. I think it's changed

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