Most influential women in UK tech: The 2023 longlist

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Each year when Computer Weekly asks for nominations for its list of the most influential women in UK tech, the number of women considered grows.

This year, more than 650 women were put forward for the top 50, Rising Stars and Hall of Fame, showing yet more growth from previous years – in 2017 when the first longlist was published, the nominations were just over 160.

Since its launch in 2012, where the list featured only 25 women, Computer Weekly’s list of the top 50 women in UK technology has endeavoured to showcase the technology sector’s brilliant and hard-working women.

For the 12th year in a row, a panel of judges will choose the shortlist of 50 women, soon to be published, to allow readers to vote for who they believe should receive the accolade of Most Influential Woman in UK Technology 2023.

The judges have also selected several women to join the Hall of Fame, and several women who will be named Rising Stars of the industry, to honour those who have made a lifetime contribution to the sector and those who may feature on the top 50 list in the future.

The winner of the top 50 will be announced at Computer Weekly’s annual diversity in tech event, run in partnership with Nash Squared in London on the 11 October 2023.

Reader votes are counted alongside those of our judges’ to reach the final decision, but first we want to congratulate all of those who are being considered in this longlist of nominations.

The 2023 Most Influential Women in UK Technology longlist (in alphabetical order):

Aashi Sahu, head of automation services, Bots For That
Abadesi Osunsade, founder and CEO, Hustle Crew
Abbie Morris, CEO and co-founder, Compare Ethics
Abigail Rappaport, SVP commercial operations, Expedia Group
Adah Parris, storyteller, director and producer of L&D experiences, The House of Griots
Adelina Chalmers, founder and CTO, The Geek Whisperer
Adizah Tejani, portfolio, HSBC Ventures
Agnes Gradzewicz, co-founder and CMO, Smarty Software
Akua Opong , senior associate, service management – EMEA end user computing, London Stock Exchange; technology mentor, Cajigo
Alex Depledge, founder and CEO, Resi
Alex Willard, CEO, Pivigo
Alexa Greaves, CEO, AAG IT Services
Alexa Marenghi, senior manager, HR, GTM, Microsoft; founder, Codess
Alexandra Deschamps Sonsino, consultant, Designswarm; founder, The Good Night Lamp
Alexandra Gillon-Livesey, executive director and head of applied AI, JP Mogan
Alexandra Jones, director general for science, innovation and growth, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Alice Bentinck, co-founder, Entrepreneur First
Alina Timofeeva, associate partner, Oliver Wyman
Alison Davis, CIO, GE Healthcare
Alison Ettridge, CEO, Stratigens from Talent Intuition
Alison McKenzie-Folan, CEO, Wigan Council
Alison McLaughlin, board member, ScotlandIS
Alison Pritchard, deputy national statistician, ONS
Alison Vincent, fellow, Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET); BCS fellow
Allison Gardner, senior scientific research fellow, NICE – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Allison Kirkby, incoming CEO, BT; current CEO, Telia
Amanda Brock, CEO, Open UK
Amanda Finch, CEO, Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec)
Amandine Flachs, co-founder, WildMeta;
Amber Shand, software engineer, Skyscanner; ambassador, Women Techmakers; brand ambassador, Code First Girls
Amina Aweis, founder, Recipe Mate
Amma Manso, cyber security expert
Ana Perez, senior director consulting, Oracle; chair, Oracle Women in Leadership
Angela Channer, principal software craftsperson, Codurance
Angela McLean, government chief scientific adviser
Angela Morrison, experienced CIO; non executive director, HM Land Registry; COO, Cancer Research UK
Angela Yu, A&E doctor; founder and managing director, London App Brewery
Ann Marie Gallacher, CIO, NHS 24 Scotland
Ann-Marie Orange, CIO, Transunion
Anna Barsby, founder and managing partner, Tessiant
Anna Brailsford, CEO, Code First Girls
Anna Holland-Smith, co-founder, Recode; lead, engineer development and growth, Automattic
Anne Currie, tech ethics (contract), Container Solutions; CEO and co-founder, WorkingProgram
Anne Keast-Butler, director, GCHQ
Anne Rose, managing associate, Mishcon de Reya
Annette Joseph, founder and CEO, Diverse and Equal
Annika Small, co-founder, CAST (Centre for Acceleration of Social Technology)
Anushka Davies, head of talent, engagement and diversity, and head of learning and development, Softcat
Anushka Sharma, founder, Naaut; co-founder, London Space Network
Arfah Farooq, scout, Ada Ventures; founder, Muslamic Makers; community manager, Big Society Capital
Ariana Alexander-Sefre, founder and co-CEO, SPOKE
Ariane Gadd, principal platform engineering, Slalom Build
Ash Finnegan, VP GTM innovation and transformation, Conga
Asia Sharif, software engineer, NatWest; founder, ChainVerse; software engineering mentor, Black Girls in Tech
Audrey Limery, CEO and founder, Kweevo
Avril Chester, founder, Cancer Central; CTO, Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Beckie Taylor, CEO, co-founder, TechReturners
Becks Armstrong, CEO, Clarity; group COO, Hygenox
Beeban Kidron, founder and chair, 5Rights Foundation
Belinda Finch, CIO, Three
Belinda Parmar, CEO, The Empathy Business
Bella Abrams, director of IT, University of Sheffield
Beth Clarke, quality and DevOps specialist, Rosen
Bethany Williams, lead for training, education and public/patient involvement, National Pathology Imaging Co-Operative
Bev White, CEO, Nash Squared
Beverly Clarke, educational consultant, Beverly Clark Consulting; NCCE professional development leader, National Centre for Computing Education
Bhavagaya Bakshi, NHS GP; co-founder, C The Signs
Bina Mehta, chair, KPMG UK
Bindi Karia, venture partner, Molten Ventures
Bingqian Gao, senior director of global advanced analytics, Aktana; founder and chair, Tiny Viz Talks
Bristy Azmi, co-founder and creative director, Ricebox Studio
Bukky Babajide, founder and community lead, Female Techpreneur
Burcu Karabork, head of Quart Trading Technology, Jefferies
Cait O’Riordan, VP product management, Google
Camille Baker, senior tutor digital direction, professor of interactive and immersive arts, Royal College of Art
Carina Namih, partner, Plural Platform; board trustee, Alan Turing Institute
Carlene Jackson, CEO, Cloud9 Insight
Carly Kind, director, Ada Lovelace Institute
Carmina Lees, managing director, financial services technology consulting, Accenture
Caroline Carruthers, CEO, Carruthers and Jackson; co-author, The Chief Data Officer’s Playbook
Caroline Hargrove, CTO, Ceres Power
Caroline Serfass, board member, NNIT
Carolyn Dawson, CEO, Founders Factory and Tech Nation
Casey Calista, public affairs and corporate communications lead strategist, Hill + Knowlton Strategies
Cath Goulding, director of digital risk and security, Cadent Gas Limited
Catherine Breslin, founder, Kingfisher Labs
Catherine Wright, director, corporate finance, HSBC Innovation Banking
Cathy McCabe, CEO, Proximity Insight
Catriona Campbell, CTIO, EY UKI; chair, Scottish AI Alliance
Cecilia Harvey, co-founder, Hyve Dynamics; founder, Tech Women Today
Charlene Hunter, CEO and founder, Coding Black Females
Charlotte Batters, head of people and internal technology, CTS (Cloud Technology Solutions)
Charlotte Crosswell, non-exec director, fintech and innovation advisor
Charlotte Kirby, AVP, head of manufacturing, automotive and aero/defence, Salesforce
Charlotte Light, advisory board member, Institute of Coding; CDO, Aztec Group
Charlotte Robertson, co-founder, Digital Awareness UK
Charlotte Zhao, director, codebar; co-founder and CEO, AViD FM
Check Warner, co-founder, Diversity VC; partner, Ada Ventures
Cheryl Razzell, UKIR head of compute solution architecture, AWS
Cheryl Stevens, digital director of shared channels experiences, DWP
Chiara Pensato, VP marketing – platform solutions, Farfetch
Chibudom Onuorah, quantitative research, JPMorgan Chase & Co
Chinazor Vivian Kalu, programme manager, Niyo Group
Christina Scott, chief product and technology officer, OVO
Christine Ashton, non-executive director, RBS International
Clair Hillier, head of digital delivery management, Waterstons
Claire Agutter, director, Scopism; director, ITSM Zone (IT Training Zone)
Claire Burn, security data engineer, Elastic
Claire Cockerton, former CEO, Plexal; founder and advisor
Claire Davenport, non-executive director, Trustpilot
Claire Dickson, group CIO, DS Smith
Claire Edmunds, founder and CEO, Clarify
Claire Morris, chief studio officer, Founders Factory
Claire Novorol, co-founder and chief medical officer, Ada Health
Claire Osborne, vice president interactive, Inspired Entertainment
Claire Thorne, co-CEO, Tech She Can
Clare Barclay, CEO, Microsoft UK
Clare Gorman, SVP sales enablement, Clarivate
Clare Johnson, founder, Women in Cyber Wales; cyber capability consultant, ITSUS Consulting
Clare Joy, global director of partnerships, Onfido
Clare Lansley, CIO, Aston Martin Formula One
Clare Loveridge, vice president and GM – EMEA, Arctic Wolf
Clare Streets, founder and NED; ambassador, TTC
Clare Sutcliffe, serial founder, angel investor and community strategist
Claudia Natanson, chair, UK Cyber Security Council
Claudia Varney, head of digital skills policy, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Colleen Wong, founder, Techsixtyfour; founder and CEO, Silver Sircle
Cynthia Davis, CEO and founder, Diversifying Group
Daljit Bamford, chief customer officer, Bento Tech
Daniela Menzky, co-founder and COO, Angoka
Daryn Edgar, CEO, LYTT
Davina Sirisena, founder, Difference Digital; founder, Tech4Goodjobs
Debbie Garside, CIO and head of product, Assured Cyber Protection
Debbie Green, VP and COO, applications, Oracle UKI
Deborah O’Neill, partner – head of digital Europe, Oliver Wyman
Deborah Okenla, founder and CEO, Your Startup, Your Story (YSYS)
Deborah Vickers, VP product management, Citi; COO, Women in Banking and Finance
Depika Koria, global product lead – voice AI, HSBC
Devika Wood, co-founder, Vida Care; senior VP of new markets, Orcha
Devon Edwards Joseph, senior analytics engineer, Spotify
Diana Kennedy, CTO, Bupa
Diana Otel, test architect, PRMA Consulting
Diane Gilpin, CEO, Smart Green Shipping
Dimple Dalby, engineering manager, Compare the Market
Dionne Condor-Farrell, agile development lead, Transport for London
Djamila Guernou, head of technology service operations, Transport for London
Doniya Soni-Clark, head of policy and public affairs, Multiverse
Dupsy Abiola, VP chief of staff, Monzo
Dyann Heward-Mills, CEO, HewardMills
Edafe Onerhime, executive director, principal data architect, JP Morgan
Edel McGrath, partner, group head of technology, Knight Frank
Edwina Dunn, non-exec director, Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation; commissioner, Geospatial Commission; founder, The Female Lead
Efua Akumanyi, co-CTO, Coding Black Females
Eileen Jennings-Brown, CIO, Exscientia
EJ Cay, VP, UK and Ireland, Genesys
Elaine Bucknor, strategic advisor, non executive director and technology executive
Elaine Warburton, founder and non-executive director, QuantuMDx
Eleanor Harry, CEO and founder, HACE: Data Changing Child Labour
Elena Gorman, co-founder, Women in Tech North East
Elena Novokreshchenova, MD Europe, Entain
Elena Sinel, founder, Acorn Aspirations and Teens in AI; business mentor, Microsoft for Startups
Eli Schutze Ramirez, software engineer, Avian Labs
Eliana Vanekova, founder, ZeroSmart
Elin Ng, co-founder and advisor, Salve Technologies; chief of staff, Griffin
Elisabetta Zaccaria, founder, Secure Chorus Ltd; entrepreneur mentor in residence, Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at London Business School
Elizabeth Burroughs, COO, HACE: Data Changing Child Labour
Elizabeth Eastaugh, senior director, technology – integration platform, A.P. Moller – Maersk
Elizabeth Tweedale, CEO of Cypher Coders
Elizabeth Varley, dealmaker – global entrepreneur programme, Department for Business and Trade
Elizabeth Vega, group CEO, Informed Solutions
Ella Schofield, engineering manager, Bloom & Wild
Ellie Yell, founder, Fledglink; independent consultant, coach and advisor
Elona Mortimer-Zhika, CEO, IRIS Software Group
Elspeth Finch, CEO and founder, IAND
Emily Brooke, founder and chair, Beryl.cc
Emily Forbes, founder, Seenit
Emily Hall-Strutt, director, Next Tech Girls
Emma Fryer, partner, ERM: Environmental Resources Management
Emma Lacy, UKIE applications PMO lead, Oracle
Emma Lindley, co-founder, Women in Identity
Emma Maslen, CEO and founder, Inspir ‘em
Emma McGuigan, advisory board member, Digital Leaders; lead – Intelligent Platform Service, Accenture
Emma Mulqueeny, consultant and advisor; chief of staff to the chief revenue officer, SUSE
Emma Robertson, co-founder, Digital Awareness UK
Emma Sinclair, CEO and co-founder, EnterpriseAlumni
Emma Stace, chief digital information officer, The Open University
Emma Taylor, head of digital safety, RazorSecure
Emma Trickitt, strategic partnerships lead EMEA, diversity recruiting, Google
Emma Wright, director, Institute of AI; director, Interparliamentary Forum on Emerging Technology; Partner, Harbottle and Lewis
Erika Brodnock, co-founder, Extend Ventures; founder, Karisma Kidz and Kami
Erika Federis, lawyer (crypto and digital assets)
Erin Platts, CEO, HSBC Innovation Banking UK
Estelle Johannes, senior director, member communities UK, CompTIA
Esther O’Callaghan, founder, hundo.xyz
Eva Zhang, CEO, Alipay UK
Evgeniya Fedoseeva, founder and CEO, GenerationKM
Faith Ida, software engineer, MDRx
Faith La Grange, UK consulting lead, Microsoft
Fanny Corlosquet, senior software engineer, Bendi
Farah Kanji, chief people officer, Founders Factory
Farida Gibbs, founder and CEO, Gibbs Hybrid
Fateha Majid-Dacre, founder and CEO, Biye Biye LTD
Fatimat Gbajabiamila, full stack software engineer, Hometree; founder, Bridgemap
Faye Holland, CEO and founder, Cofinitive and #21toWatch
Felicity Burch, executive director, Centre for Data Ethics & Innovation
Flora Tasse, head of CV/AI research, Streem
Floriana Molone, CIO, Richmond and Wandsworth Councils
Fran O’Leary, co-founder and director of client services, Lodestone; co-founder Institute of AI
Francesca Carlesi, co-founder and CEO, Molo Finance
Francesca Stocco, software developer, Softwire
Franziska Bell, SVP digital technology, BP
Fungai Ndemera, founder and CEO, CheckUp Health
Funmi Adewodu, iOS engineer, Spotify
Gabi Mendelsohn, chief of staff, BibliU
Gabi Wagenhofer, VP markets and midstream digital/CIO trading, shipping and midstream, BP
Gabriella Talbot, lead agile delivery manager, Costa Coffee
Gem Hill, founder and self care coach, SelfCare Backpack
Gemma Hallett, CEO, miFuture; head of skills, Fintech Wales
Gemma Livermore, founder, Women of FinTech; chief growth officer, TechPassport
Gemma Moore, founder and director, Cyberis
Genevieve LeVeille, principle founder and CEO, AgriLedger
Georgina Maratheftis, associate director for local public services, TechUK
Georgina Owens, CTO, William Hill International
Ghislaine Boddington, co-founder and creative director, BDS Creative and body>data>space; co-founder, Women Shift Digital
Gigi Taguri, director of medical technology, LloydsPharmacy Online Doctor
Gill Whitehead, group director, online safety, Ofcom
Gillian Lamela, executive director, markets cloud architecture and engineering, JP Morgan
Gina Gill, CDIO, Ministry of Justice
Hadley Beeman, technical architecture group member, W3C
Hannah Dawson, co-founder and CEO, Futrli by Sage
Hannah Fitzsimons, CEO, Cashflows
Hannah Sutcliffe, co-founder and COO, MOONHUB
Hayaatun Sillem, CEO, Royal Academy of Engineering
Hayley Roberts , CEO and founder, Distology
Hayley Sudbury, co-founder and CEO Werkin
Hazel Moore, chairman and co-founder, FirstCapital
Heather Black, CEO and founder, Supermums
Heather Savory, non-executive director UK parliament information and digital board, House of Lords
Heba Bevan, CEO and founder, Utterberry
Heena Mistry, chief digital officer, United Utilities
Helen Boothman, managing director, Evergreen Energy
Helen Fraser, software developer, Morgan Stanley
Helen Kelisky, managing director UKI, Google Cloud
Helen Lamb, VP, executive director, Uvance and portfolio, corporate strategy, CEO Office, Fujitsu
Helen Meek, agile coach and consultant, RippleRock
Helen Mitchell, digital innovation and change director and co-founder, Blukudu Ltd; interim head of sustainability and social value, ALTERX Real Estate
Helen Needham, managing principal at Capco; founder of Me.Decoded
Helen Thomas, CEO, Digital Health and Care Wales
Helene Panzarino, associate director, Centre for Digital Banking and Finance, The London Institute of Banking and Finance
Hena Naranbhai, director of strategic development, Barclays
Hephzi Pemberton, founder and CEO, Equality Group
Hilary Leevers, CEO of EngineeringUK
Holly Smith, senior resident solutions architech, Databricks
Indra Joshi, director, Palantir Technologies
Inês Teles Correia, co-founder and CEO, DWYL
Ira Krachanovskaya, business mentor, FemTech Lab
Irene Graham, CEO, Scaleup Institute
Irra Ariella Khi, CEO and founder, Zamna (formerly VChain Technology) and Sunflower Relief
Isabel Fox, general partner, Outsized Ventures
Isabel Lewis, frontend developer, Nutmeg
Isabel Oakley Chapman, director, Power2Connect
Isabelle Duarte, CMO, Soldo
Ivana Bartoletti, global chief privacy officer, Wipro; co-founder, Women Leading in AI Network
Jackie Bell, senior teaching fellow in equality, diversity, outreach and public engagement, Imperial College
Jacqueline Hanson, director, Core Digital Services, DWP Digital
Jacqui Lipinski, CIO and director of digital and technical services, The Royal College of Art
Jacqui Taylor, CEO, Flying Binary
Jane Turner, CEO, Centtrip
Janet Collyer, chair, Quantum Dice
Janet Coyle, managing director business growth, London & Partners
Janet Hughes, programme director, future farming and countryside programme, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Janine Hirt, CEO, Innovate Finance
Janthana Kaenprakhamroy, CEO and founder, TapolyUK
Jaycee Cheong, senior software engineer – cloud platforms, Snyk
Jeanie York, CTO, Virgin Media O2
Jeni Tennison, co-chair, data governance working group, Global Partnership on AI; executive director, Connected by Data
Jenn Calland, data analyst, CTS
Jennifer Cox, EMEA security engineering manager, CSM emerging enterprise and global architecht, Tenable
Jennifer Gabrielle-Chapman, head of talent acquisition, Many Pets
Jennifer Opal, board member, Neurodiversity in Business; delegate, United Nations
Jenny Griffiths, founder, Snap Vision; VP data science, Oracle
Jess Wade, postdoctoral research associate, Imperial College London
Jessica Falk, site reliability engineer, Google
Jessica Figueras, vice chair of trustees, UK Cyber Security Council; interim CEO, Pionen
Jessie Auguste, software engineer, CybSafe; advisory board member, GirlDreamer
Jia-Yan Gu, principal engineer, NatWest Group
Jill Hodges, founder, Fire Tech; senior product manager, Amazon in the Community, Amazon
Jo Dalton, founder and CEO, JD & Co
Jo Eckersley, CEO and founder, Bubbl
Jo Evershed, CEO and co-founder, Gorilla Experiment Builder; CEO, Cauldron Science
Jo Graham, CDIO, ghd
Joan Lei, data scientist, Aicadium
Joanna Haslam, design director, Snap Finger Click
Joanna Hodgson, UK Country Lead, Red Hat
Joanna Montgomery, founder, Little Riot
Joanna Tasker, TLA Education and TLA PropTech Lead
Joanne Hannaford, CTOO and executive board member, Credit Suisse
Joanne Kenney, senior clinical scientist, ieso
Joanne Smith, founder and executive chair, TCC and Recordsure
Jordan Brompton, co-founder and CMO, Myenergi
Josephine Dalton, senior director, Lodestone
Jots Sehmbi, CIO, City, University of London
Joy Foster, founder and CEO, TechPixies
Joyeeta Das, ambassador for women in innovation, Innovate UK
Jude Ower, founder and CEO, Playmob
Julia Lopez, minister of state for data and digital infrastructure, Department of Science, Innovation and Technology
Julia Ward, principal client and markets liaison at CTO office, WithSecure
Julie Bretland, CEO, owner and founder, Our Mobile Health
Julie Dawson, chief policy and regulatory officer, Yoti
Julie Parmenter, chief financial officer, nDreams
Julie Watling, managing director, Communications Solutions
Julie Woods-Moss, chair, Dunnhumby; CMO, Thoughtworks
Juliet Bauer, chief growth and marketing officer, Kry
Juliette Atkinson, IT director, Bradford University
Justine Roberts, founder and CEO, Mumsnet and Gransnet
Kadine James, CEO and Founder, The Immersive KIND; chief disruptor, Artificial Rome
Kanta Dihal, associate fellow, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge
Karen Emelu, CEO and founder, Black Girls in Tech
Karen McCormick, chief investment officer, Beringea
Karen McLaughlan, head of technologies and platforms , Social Security Scotland
Karen Meechan, CEO, ScotlandIS
Karimah Campbell, founder, Black Tech Queens; EMEA leader, customer success management, Relativtiy
Karina Vazirova, co-founder and CEO, Femtech Lab
Karrie Liu, director, Hypatia Analytics
Kasia Wojciechowska, regional head of client accounts, Capita
Kate Beaumont, director, device operations, product and services, Vodafone
Kate Bohn, global head of private markets technology, Macquarie Assets Management; mentor, Women in Fintech
Kate Dadlani, head of security advisory services, Logicalis UK&I
Kate Philpot, senior director, global sales enablement, Getty Images; committee secretary, TLA – Black Women In Tech
Kate Rosenshine, global technology director, strategic partnerships – digital natives, Microsoft
Kate Ross, chief delivery officer, Smart Pension
Kate Simon, partner, Leap by McKinsey
Kate Spalding, sector lead, Cadence Innova
Katherine Ainley, CEO, Ericsson UK and Ireland
Katherine Calleja, founder, Cambridge Women in Tech
Katherine Eilbeck, head of research and development, Sellafield
Katherine Holden, head of data analytics, AI and digital ID, TechUK
Kathryn Baddeley, head of corporate social responsibility, Cisco UK&I
Katia Lang, co-founder and CMO, FemTech Lab
Katie Gallagher , managing director, Manchester Digital
Katie Inns, security consultant, WithSecure
Katie Koschland, principal engineer, The Financial Times
Katrina Novakovic, open source culture lead, Citi
Katrina Young , CEO, KYC Digital and Aggregator Digital Technologies
Kavita Kalaichelvan, co-founder, Simba Health
Kay Kukoyi, CEO, Purposeful Group
Kayla Shapiro, production engineer, Meta
Keeley Crockett, professor in computational intelligence, Manchester Metropolitan University
Kerensa Jennings, director, data platforms, BT Group
Kerry Sinclair, EVP of IT, Sage
Kike Oniwinde Agoro, founder, BYP network
Kim Wiles, product manager, Nominet
Kiran Bhagotra, CEO and founder, ProtectBox
Kiran Uppal, VP creative insights, Nexxen Studio
Kirsten Connell, investor, First Cheque Fund, Octopus Ventures
Kirsten Edmondson, head of software development: authentication, De La Rue
Kirstin Duffield, CEO, Morning Data
Kirsty Baxter-Smith, mobile cloud core operations director, BT
Kit Ahweyevu, CEO, MindWeaver
Kit Collingwood, assistant director, digital and customer services, LB Greenwich
Kriti Sharma, chief product officer, legal tech, Thomson Reuters; founder, AI for Good UK
Lara Sampson, partner, Public Digital
Larissa Suzuki, technical director, Google CTO Office
Laura Jardine Paterson, founder, Concat.tech
Lauren Kisser, director, living room AI, science and tech, Prime Video and Amazon Studios
Leanne Bonner-Cooke, entrepreneur
Leeann Monk-Ozgul, co-founder and operations director, Elemental – The Social Prescribing Company
Leigh-Ann Russell, chief technology / innovation officer, BP
Leontina Postelnicu, head of health and social care, techUK
Liane Katz, CEO, MAMA.codes
Libby Kinsey, head of data science strategy and operations, Ocado Technology; co-founder, Project Juno
Lilybeth Go, head of strategy and innovation – data & ai, Siemens Energy
Lindy Cameron, CEO, National Cyber Security Centre
Lisa Forte, Partner, Red Goat Cyber Security
Lisa Hammond, CEO and co-founder, Centrix Software
Lisa Heneghan, global chief digital officer, KPMG
Lisa Jacobs, CEO, Funding Circle
Lisa Ventura, founder, Cyber Security Unity
Liz Ashall-Payne, CEO, Orcha
Liz Rice, chief open source officer, Isovalent; governing board, Cloud Native Computing Foundation; board member, OpenUK
Liz Whitefield, executive director, Hippo Digital
Liz Williams, CEO, FutureDotNow; chair, GoodThingsFoundation
Lopa Patel, founder, Asians in Tech; chair, Diversity UK
Lorna Allan, chief digital and information officer, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Lorna Davidson, CEO and founder, Redwigwam
Lou Cordwell, CEO, MagneticNorth; chief creative officer, Magnetic
Louise Harris, co-founder and director, TramshedTech
Louise McCarthy, non-exec director; digital advisor
Louise O’Shea, chair, Fintech Wales
Louise Smith, chair, Innovate Finance
Lucie Glenday, group CPO and founder, MySense.ai
Lucinda Carney, founder and CEO, Actus Software
Lucy Hall, founder, Digital Women and SocialDay
Lucy Ireland, MD, BCS Learning & Development
Lyn Grobler, group CIO, Howden Group Holdings
Lynn Collier, global solutions manager, Hitachi Vantara
Magdalena Kron, Rise global FinTech platform director, Barclays
Magdalene Amegashitsi, group manager, insight and analytics, Avanade UK
Maggie Van’T Hoff, VP of IT transformation and value, Shell
Mahek Vara, founder and CEO, Code Camp
Mandy Chessell, Egeria open source project lead; founder, Pragmatic Data Research
Mansata Kurang, founder and CEO, VR Revival
Maria Axente, AI and AI for good lead, PwC UK; advisory board member, APPG for AI
Maria McKavanagh, senior growth partner, BP Launchpad
Maria Santacaterina, founder and CEO, Santacaterina
Maria Than, co-founder and designer, Ricebox Studio
Mariarosaria Taddeo, associate professor, senior research fellow, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
Marija Butkovic, founder and CEO, Women of Wearables
Marta Krupinska, CEO and co-founder, CUR8
Mary McKenna, co-founder, AwakenHub
Mattie Yeta, chief sustainability officer, CGI
Maureen Biney, software engineer, American Express
Maxine Mackintosh, programme lead on diverse data, Genomics England
Megan Lee Devlin, CEO, Central Digital and Data Office, UK government
Mehak Mumtaz, COO and co-founder, iLoF
Mel Unsworth, CTO, END.
Melanie Dawes, chief executive, Ofcom
Melanie McGrory, EMEA director, cloud acceleration team, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Melinda Nicci, founder and CEO, Body Collective Group
Melissa Di Donato, non-executive director, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Melissa Hendry, co-founder and COO, ddroidd
Melissa Morris, CEO, Lantum
Meri Williams, CTO, Pleo
Michelle Donelan, secretary of state for Science, Innovation, & Technology, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Michelle Senecal de Fonseca, vice-president, global strategic alliance partnerships, Citrix
Michelle Seng Ah Lee, AI ethics lead, Deloitte UK
Mignon Mapplebeck, consulting director, DataTick
Mikela Druckman, CEO and co-founder, Greyparrot
Milena Nikolic, CTO, Trainline
Misa Ogura, co-founder and CTO, Women Driven Development
Molly Johnson-Jones, founder and CEO, Flexa Careers
Monika Radclyffe, innovation programme director, Plexal
Mridula Pore, co-founder and CEO, Peppy
Mursal Hedayat, co-founder and CEO at Chatterbox
Musidora Jorgensen, chief sustainability officer, Microsoft UK
Myra Hunt and Harriet Green, co-CEOs, Centre for Digital Public Services (Wales)
Nabila Salem, group president, Revolent Group
Nadia Abouayoub, founder, Aifinai; head of pricing platforms and market analytics (global team), Louis Dreyfus
Nadine Thomson, CTO, Media for GroupM, WPP
Nadira Hussain, CEO, Socitm
Naina Bhattacharya, chief information security officer, Danone
Naomi Timperley, co-founder, Tech North Advocates; innovation director, Oxford Innovation
Naomi Williams, COO and partnerships lead, Black Girls in Tech
Narisa Chauvidul-Aw, founder and CEO, KogoPAY Group
Natalia Pawlak, co-founder / head of product & tech, MyVentures
Natalie Billingham, SVP, sales and managing director, EMEA, Akamai
Natalie Black , HM trade commissioner for Asia Pacific
Natalie Duffield, CEO, WeLink
Natalie Massenet, founder and executive chair, Net-a-Porter Goup
Natalie Moore, CEO, Apps for Good
Natasha Sayce-Zalem, global head of partner engineering, Prime Video, Amazon
Neeta Mundra, financial services transformation advisor, Salesforce
Neeta Patel, non-exec director, advisor, mentor
Neha Rajesh, founder, WonderWoman.org; marketing lead, Chrome Enterprise EMEA, Google
Nic Granger, director of corporate (Digital, Data and Technology, North Sea Transition Authority
Nicky Tozer, SVP, EMEA, Oracle NetSuite
Nicola Graham, director of infrastructure and support services, NHS Ayrshire and Arran
Nicola Hodson, CEO for UKI, IBM; TechUK Deputy President
Nicola Martin, head of quality engineering, Adarga; BCS Women committee member and BCS Pride vice chair
Nicola Whiting, co-owner and non-exec, Titania
Nicole Eagan, chief strategy and AI officer, Darktrace
Nicole Hardiman, director of engineering, Flagstone
Niki Dowdall, director, GRC World Forums; founder DEI in Tech
Niki Trigoni, CTO, Navenio; professor in computer science and head, Cyber Physical Systems Group, University of Oxford
Nikki Kelly, CEO, Eviden Northern Europe & APAC
Nina Tumanishvili, UK lead, Women in Tech; funding member, Odin
Nneka Abulokwe, founder and CEO, MicroMax Consulting
Noor Shaker, senior VP and general manager, X-Chem
Norma Dove-Edwin, chief digital and information officer, Thames Water
Nova Baines, VP cloud DevOps, AVEVA
Nzinga Gardner, business operations analyst, News UK; chair of Women in Tech Network, News UK
Olga Kravchenko, CEO, Musemio
Pamela Maynard, CEO, Avanade
Pat Ryan, founder, Cybergirls First
Patricia Gestoso-Souto, global director, scientific and technical customer support, BIOVIA
Patricia Shaw, CEO and founder, Beyond Reach
Paulette Watson, founder and managing director, Academy Achievers
Payal Jain, chair, Women in Data UK
Pearl Noble-Mallock, head of product security, BAE Systems
Penny Endersby, CEO, Met Office
Perrine Farque, managing director, Inspired Human
Phoebe Chibuzo Hugh, venture CEO, Direct Line Group
Phoebe Greig, co-founder, Women Driven Development; senior lead software engineer and manager, Citi Innovation Lab
Phoebe Thacker, programme lead – data, Google DeepMind
Pip Jamieson, founder and CEO, The Dots
Pip White, SVP sales, The Access Group
Pippa Malmgren, Economist, author
Polly Barnfield, founder and CEO, Maybe
Pravina Ladva, group chief digital and technology officer, Swiss Re
Priya Lakhani, founder and CEO, Century Tech
Rachael Beer, business development director, Capita Local Public Services; co-chair, TechUK Local Public Services Committee
Rachel Dunscombe, co-chair, OpenEHR; member, UK government AI Council; visiting professor, Imperial College London
Rachel Ilan Simpson, director of UX, Multiverse
Rachel Keane, chief data inspirer, The Data Inspiration Group
Rachel Murphy, entrepreneur; founder, The Grafter
Rachel Neaman, partner, Strengths Unleashed
Rachel Phillips, VP of UK and Ireland, Okta
Rachel Steenson, vice chair, BCS Council
Rachelle Mills, director of partnerships and innovation, KareInn
Rahel Tesfai, founder and CEO, FroHub
Rama Varsani, senior solution consulting manager and co-chair of Women’s Group, ServiceNow
Rashada Harry, co-founder and managing director, Your Future, Your Ambition
Rebecca Crook, chief growth officer, EMEA, CI&T
Rebecca Mister, co-founder and director, RedTech Recruitment
Rebecca Molyneux, deputy director, broadband regulation and investment, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Rebecca Pope, UK digital and data science innovation lead, Roche
Rebecca Stephens, deputy director digital and tech policy, DCMS
Regina Moran, SVP, global delivery, Fujitsu
Renee Hunt, CTO, Compare the Market
Reshma Sohoni, founding partner, Seedcamp
Rioch Edwards-Brown, founder, So You Wanna Be In Tech?
Rita Martins, global head of FinTech partnerships, HSBC
Ritu Mohanka, managing director EMEA, Syndio
Rituja Ravikiran Rao, senior enterprise project manager, Deliveroo
Roberta Lucca, co-founder and board director, Bossa Studios
Romanie Thomas, COO, Mindstone
Ronda Zelezny-Green, co-founder and director, Panoply Digital; CAN programme director, Data,org
Roni Savage, MD, Jomas Associates (Engineering & Environmental)
Rosalind Singleton, CEO, Spring Fibre; Chair, Telecoms Supply Chain Advisory Council
Rose Luckin, professor of learner centred design, UCL; founder and CEO, EDUCATE Ventures Research
Rosie Hewat, group chief people officer, Kuda
Rosie Sherry, founder, Rosieland
Roxane Heaton, CIO, Macmillan Cancer Support
Rubi Kaur, technology strategy manager, Vodafone Group; chair, Vodafone Women in Technology
Ruby Melling, enterprise advisor, Greater Manchester Combined Authority; development associate, Growing Talent Manchester; founder, Talentloop
Ruth Harrison, global head of industry domains, Thoughtworks
Sabina Ciofu, associate director, international, TechUK
Sabrina Castiglione, chief operating officer, Pento
Safia Barikzai, associate professor, London South Bank University; academic lead, Digital Grid Partnership
Safiya Ahmed, co-founder and designer, Ricebox Studio
Sally Wynter, founder, MUHU; founder, PaperRound
Sam Hall, director of primary, community care and mental health digital services, Digital Health and Care Wales
Sam Wilson, freelance Interim CIO
Samantha Evans, co-founder, Founders Connext
Samantha Payne, co-founder and COO, Open Bionics
Samantha Richardson, principal advisor, Twilio
Samantha Smith, director, Socitm Inspire
Sana Khareghani, professor of practice in AI, King’s College London
Sandra Taylor, assistant director of IT and digital, Worcestershire County Council
Sandra Wachter, professor of technology and regulation, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
Sanghamitra Karra, EMEA head of inclusive ventures group, Morgan Stanley
Sara Jones, mobile operations director, BT
Sara Sharkey, director, Deloitte
Sara Simeone, CEO, Niftyz
Sarah Armstrong-Smith, chief security advisor, EMEA, Microsoft
Sarah Atkinson, director ESG and diversity and inclusion, Micro Focus
Sarah Cardell, CEO, Competition & Markets Authority
Sarah Clarke, owner, Infospectives
Sarah Corbridge, healthcare director, Credera
Sarah Curran, founder and chief menopause officer, Just Hotter
Sarah Friswell, CEO, Red Ant
Sarah Greasley, EMEA director, solutions architecture, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Sarah Hague, COO, BlackDice Cyber
Sarah Hunter, non-executive director, Advanced Research and Invention Agency; board trustee, Nesta
Sarah Porter, founder and CEO, Inspired Minds
Sarah Rench, co-lead, European cyber security centre of excellence, Avanade
Sarah Shields, group alliances director, Computacenter
Sarah Tulip, head of northern delivery centres, Cognizant; co-founder, Women in Leeds Digital
Sarah Turner, CEO and co-founder, Angel Academe
Sarah Wilkinson, COO, Virgin Money
Sarah Williams-Gardener, CEO, Fintech Wales
Sarah Winmill, CIO, business functions, Ministry of Defence
Sasha Burgoyne, co-founder and head of operations, TechSwitch; head of operations – academy, Softwire
Seema Khinda Johnson, co-founder and COO, Nuggets
Semsi Sonmez, partner – digital audit and technology talent leader, PwC
Shaheen Sayed, senior managing director and technology lead UKI, Accenture
Shalini Khemka, founder and CEO, E2Exchange
Sharmadean Reid, founder, The Stack World
Sharon Wallace, head of D&I partnerships and change, Sky
Sheeza Shah, founder and CEO, UpEffect
Shefali Roy, founding partner, First Look
Sheree Atcheson, group VP of diversity and inclusion, Valtech
Sheridan Ash, technology and innovation, women in technology leader, PwC UK; founder, Tech She Can
Sherry Vaswani, founder and CEO, Xalient
Shivvy Jervis, futurist, Forecasting Lab
Sian Allsopp, technology executive director, Morgan Stanley; TechSheCan steering committee member
Sian John, chief technology officer, NCC Group
Sian Jones, CEO, Correla
Silka Patel, social value manager, Leidos; founder, Scotland Women in Technology
Siobhan Baker, consultant, Coding Black Females
Soheir Ghallab, IT consultant; chair, BCS Business Change Specialist Group
Sonal Shah, VP PMO portfolio and projects in remediation tech, Barclays
Sonia Patel, system CIO, NHS England
Sonya Barlow, founder, LMF Network
Sophie Davies-Patrick, CTO, MPB
Sophie Deen, CEO, Bright Little Labs
Sophie Kneeshaw, associate developer, Sky
Sophie McGrath, partner, tech and life sciences, Goodwin Procter LLP
Stephanie Eltz, co-founder and CEO, Doctify
Stephanie Itimi, CEO, Seidea
Stephanie Phair, group president, Farfetch
Storm Fagan, chief product officer, BBC
Sue Whittington, COO, Smart
Sue-Ellen Wright, managing director, aerospace defence and security, Sopra Steria
Suki Fuller, founder, Miribure
Suneeta Khutan, co-founder, Rise Enable Empower
Susan Bowen, CEO, Aptum
Susan Morrow, head of research and development, Avoco Secure
Susanne Baker, partner, ERM; chair, TechUK’s Climate Council
Susanne Chishti, CEO, Fintech Circle
Susie Hargreaves, CEO, Internet Watch Foundation
Suze Shardlow, community lead, Ladies of Code: London; developer relations consultant, Hoopy
Suzie Miller, global disability inclusion specialist, UBS
Sylvia Lu, head of corporate strategy, u-blox; board director, Cambridge Wireless; board member, 5G-ACIA
Tabitha Goldstaub, executive director, Innovate Cambridge
Tamara Lohan, founder and CEO, Mr & Mrs Smith
Tamara Rajah, chief business and science officer and MD Wellness Futures, Holland & Barrett
Tamsin Ashmore, CFO, Ultima Business Solutions
Tania Boler, president and founder, Elvie
Tanuja Randery, EMEA managing director, Amazon Web Services
Tanya Cordrey, VP product, Instagram
Tanya Powell, co-CTO, Coding Black Females
Tara Donnelly, founder, Digital Care
Tara McGeehan, president, CGI UK & Australia
Tarah Lourens, chief operating officer, Rightmove
Tess Cosad, CEO and co-founder at Bea Fertility
Tessa Clarke, co-founder and CEO, Olio
Thuria Wenbar, CEO and co-founder, E-Pharmacy
Tina Götschi, principal, Ada. National College for Digital Skills.
Tina Howell, chief cloud officer, xDesign
Ting Zhang, CEO and founder, Crayfish.io
Toni Lavender, CTO, Pebble pad
Toni Scullion, computing science teacher; founder of dressCode
Tracy Westall, chair, Curium Solutions; non-executive director, Department for Transport; NED, West Midlands 5G
Trish Blomfield, head of global accounts, Europe, Check Point Software Technologies
Trish Quinn, digital programme director, Directorate for Social Care and National Care Service Development, Scottish Government
Tristi Tanaka, head of the CMO portfolio, NHS Black Country ICB; BCS Women committee member; fellow, ForHumanity
Tugce Bulut, CEO and co-founder, Streetbees
Valerie Willis, co-founder and director, Ecomm Merchant Solutions
Verena Rieser, senior staff research scientist, Google DeepMind; co-founder at Alana
Vibhusha Raval, scrum master, Lloyds Banking Group
Vicki Young, founder and CEO, Nalla Design
Vickie Allen, founder, DevelopHer Awards; senior software developer, Certua
Vicky Brock, founder and CEO, Vistalworks
Vicky Wills, CTO, Exclaimer
Vinny Leach, data and AI solution delivery director, Avanade
Vivi Cahyadi, CEO, AltoVita
Vivi Friedgut, founder and CEO, Blackbullion
Wai Foong Ng, founder and CEO, Matchable
Wendy Muirhead, managing director and region leader, Ceridian EMEA
Wendy Redshaw, chief digital information officer, retail, NatWest Group
Wendy Tan White, CEO, Intrinsic; VP, Moonshots at X; member, UK Digital Economy Council
Yanna Winter, CIO, Generali
Yemi Jackson, founder and CEO of Engage Transform
Yi Luo, CEO and co-founder, Eunice
Yoko Spirig, CEO and co-founder, Ledgy
Zahra Bahrololoumi, CEO, Salesforce UK&I
Zandra Moore, CEO, Panintelligence
Zara Nanu, CEO and co-founder, Gapsquare
Zarina Pasalic, director of digital experience transformation, Cisco
Zoe Cunningham, director, Softwire
Zsanett Bahor, senior analyst, Accenture

A panel of expert judges used the following criteria to decide which of these women will be included in the top 50 shortlist:

Influence: What authority or ability does the person have – either through her personal position or the role she holds – to personally influence the development of UK IT, or to influence others in positions of authority?

Achievements: What has the person achieved in the past 12 months to help the development of UK IT?

Profile: Is the person recognised as a role model for aspiring leaders? How widely is she acknowledged by her peers as an authority and influence on UK IT?

Leadership: Does the person demonstrate the skills and experience necessary to be seen as a leader in the development of IT in the UK? Does she have a leadership role and does that help her to develop the role of IT in the UK?

Potential: How likely is it that the person will have a significant impact on UK IT in the next 12 months? Will her authority and responsibility grow?

Community: Has the person contributed to the women in technology community? To what extent has she used her influence to help other women progress in IT?

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