Irra
Ariella Khi

CEO Zamna
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Who I’ve delivered talks for

"It was an absolute pleasure to have you open our event. I was blown away by your ability to radically simplify blockchain and to brilliantly break down the key concepts for our audience in a fun & engaging way!! Thanks for your awesome talk."
Melanie Moeller
Head of Software Engineering at Sky
“I didn’t get a chance to say a massive thanks for coming to Sky and explaining blockchain technology so simply! I loved it and it was very engaging!!.”
Ifey Njoku
Head of Software Engineering at Sky
"I really enjoyed your presentation on Tuesday this week at Sky! You are a great and inspiring presenter! Many thanks for sharing your experience and insights."
Katrin Calderon
Head of Procurement at Sky
"Irra's remarkable personal experience, transforming some of the gravest and most distressing global episodes an domestic challenges to examples of accomplishment, contribution and quantifiable impact make her the perfect speaker to inspire all audiences. If you are looking for someone to help your people rebuild from their adversity and turn life's caprices to their advantages, Irra is the indisputable choice."
Anonymous
UK Civil Servant
"We have just hosted Irra for an incredible interview on passion and dedication, trying to compare athletes to entrepreneurships in honour of the Olympics, and the passion with which Irra was able to share her experience was unprecedented. She is a true professional - she came in, she transferred a lot of emotion yet made very compelling points on how dedication, passion, where she's gotten it from, and was able to have us embarked insanely in what she was telling us about. We are extremely honoured to have had her here and we cannot wait to share the content to the world, as the world deserves to hear what Irra has to say."
Céline Roger
Director of Brand & Communications at Breega
"I first came across Irra Ariella Khi a couple of years ago when Breega donated to help Sunflower Relief deliver humanitarian aid across the Ukraine border. I read about her story in all the newspapers and was quite impressed to say the least. Not only did she solo found a tech company Zamna., in 2022, Irra stepped away from her role at Zamna to raise donations with all VCs in London and set up Sunflower Relief to get aid across the border, leveraging her business connections in airlines to redirect supplies to Ukraine and play her part in her homeland's war effort. She now leads both Zamna. and Sunflower while raising her 5 kids - and that just seems impossible to me!"
Ben Marrel
Co-founder & CEO at Breega

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What you’ll get from me

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Boundless
energy
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Challenging status quo
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Making the boring interesting
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Creating clarity in complexity
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Radical
Honesty
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What I talk about

Fearless Leadership
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Creating Something from Nothing
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Selling the Impossible
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Being a (Female) Founder
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Web 3 / Blockchain
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Future-proof Education
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Why me

Irra Ariella Khi is CEO of Zamna, an award-winning Venture Backed software company working with airlines & governments to validate passenger passports and health status via GDPR-compliant patented software.
Zamna, headquartered in London, England, is a member of LORCA - The London Office for Rapid Cybersecurity Advancement as well as a longstanding Strategic Partner to IBMATA (International Border Management And Technologies Association) and the current holder for IATA’s one ID innovation award. Clients include British Airways owner International Airlines Group. Zamna also works with ICAO on international aviation standards globally, and ICO on data protection and enhancing GDPR in the UK through the use of blockchain and novel cryptography at the core of zamna's multi-patented technology.
Prior to founding Zamna, Irra co-founded three other companies across multiple verticals. She speaks 9 languages, has 4 children and has received many awards for her work with Zamna including as UK BAA ‘Best investment in disruptive tech’ +’ Best investment in Female Founder’, Founders Forum and AccelerateHER ‘Rising Star’; Pitch@Palace Winner on 'Big data, intelligence and the future of security' and being in named in Management Today’s, ‘35 Women Under 35’.
Most recently, Irra has been invited to focus her efforts as the CEO of Sunflower - a new organisation dedicated to helping information flow in and out of Ukraine and organising logistics and supplies into the war zone. By accident rather than design, Irra is able to be quite useful to the effort. She was born in Lviv and grew up there until she was 9, which enabled her to have a deep local family network and speak all 3 local languages.

Recent speaking engagements

Get in touch with me directly

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