The Court

Gus Machado, Master

Gus Machado joined the Company in 1999, initially a member of the volunteering and pro bono panel. He is the current Chair of the Investment Committee and the Charity Fund Raising Committee. He is also a trustee of the WCIT Charity. Gus has been a Court member since 2012, serving on Court as a Court Liveryman and then a Court Assistant. Professionally Gus has over 35 years’ experience in building IT businesses, currently in Data Analytics and Machine Learning.  He is an investor in companies, helping young tech entrepreneurs build businesses.  He is a Fellow of the British Computer Society and the Royal Society of Arts.

Paul Finch, Senior Warden

Paul Finch is an entrepreneurial CEO who has founded three technology companies, and conducted several acquisitions and company exits. In 2016 Paul founded a cancer charity raising funds for research to improve outcomes for Bowel Cancer patients. Within the WCIT, he founded the Careers & Homelessness Panels, and served as Chair of the Staff Development & Remuneration Committee. He has sat on the Entrepreneurship Panel for 15 years and more recently rekindled the Medicine and Health Panel.

Iain Mitchell KC, Junior Warden

Iain Mitchell KC was called to the Scottish Bar in 1976, took silk in 1992 and was called to the English Bar in 2012. He is qualified as a Mediator by The Mediation Bureau and Mediation Forum Ireland.  He is Chair of the Scottish Society for Computers and Law, and serves on the IT Panel and Regulatory Working Group of the Bar Council of England & Wales. He is a UK expert on the IT Committee of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, serving as past Chair and currently Vice-Chair of the Surveillance Working Group. He is the Chair of the new technologies committee of the Association of European Lawyers and also Chair of the Legal Panel of Whistleblowers UK. He is an Honorary Lecturer in IT Law at Münster University.

Steve Smith, Panels Warden

Steve Smith is CTO of a technology company he co-founded in 1984. He has designed and delivered innovative solutions across many industries, has often called upon to troubleshoot and resolve business-critical issues on some of the UK’s largest networks and has trained more than 300 engineers through bespoke technical courses. In 2018 Steve was made an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Telecommunications Professionals (The ITP), and in 2023 received the ITP Special Recognition Award for 50 Years of Outstanding Service and Commitment to the Telecommunications Industry.

Steve has been a member of the WCIT since 2014.  He has served as Chair of the Pro Bono and Careers Panels, Secretary of the Education & Training Committee, and the WCIT’s representative on the Pan-Livery Pro Bono Interest Group. He is also a founding trustee of Pollinating London Together.

Gary Moore, Deputy Master

Gary Moore joined the Company on 17 July 1996, initially through its volunteering panel. He went on to Chair the Pro-Bono & Projects Panel and to Chair the Grants Committee of our Charity. Gary has been a Court member since 10 October 2011. Gary is a Chartered Engineer (IET), having begun his career as a software engineer. Gary’s main career experience has been in Sales & Marketing in global network and datacenter companies, specialising in the financial services sector. In 2024, Gary stood down as CEO of a national charity AbilityNet which focuses on ensuring people with disabilities are able to benefit from technology at home, work and in education.