Technology Director - AI Business Solutions @ Telefonica Tech | Speaker | Mentor | User Group Leader | Microsoft MVP

With 15+ years in the technology sector, Areti Iles is the Technology Director of the UK AI Business Solutions division of Microsoft Inner Circle Partner Telefonica Tech. Her role is focused on providing strategic technical leadership across AI Business Solutions with overall responsibility for shaping the Microsoft technology strategy, driving technical excellence and developing the technical capability required to support the continued growth of the business. Throughout her career as a Dynamics 365 and Power Platform consultant, solution architect and Head of Delivery, she has overseen and delivered a wide range of complex projects for FTSE 250 and FTSE 500 companies across multiple sectors. Beyond her professional role, she actively volunteers within the Microsoft community and is a Business Applications Microsoft MVP. She serves on Microsoft’s Global User Groups Committee representing Europe, leads user groups within the UK and is on the organising committee of both the Scottish Summit and South Coast Summit conferences. Areti also co‑hosts the Power Delivery podcast and is a long-standing mentor for the Women in Power Platform group as well as an annual participant at the United Nations' Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).