Most influential women in UK tech: The 2023 longlist

Each yr when Computer Weekly asks for nominations for its listing of probably the most influential women in UK tech, the variety of women thought of grows.

This yr, greater than 650 women had been put ahead for the highest 50, Rising Stars and Hall of Fame, exhibiting but extra progress from earlier years – in 2017 when the primary longlist was printed, the nominations had been simply over 160.

Since its launch in 2012, the place the listing featured solely 25 women, Computer Weekly’s listing of the highest 50 women in UK expertise has endeavoured to showcase the expertise sector’s sensible and hard-working women.

For the 12^th yr in a row, a panel of judges will select the shortlist of fifty women, quickly to be printed, to permit readers to vote for who they consider ought to obtain the accolade of Most Influential Woman in UK Technology 2023.

The judges have additionally chosen a number of women to hitch the Hall of Fame, and several other women who will likely be named Rising Stars of the trade, to honour those that have made a lifetime contribution to the sector and those that could function on the highest 50 listing in the longer term.

The winner of the highest 50 will likely be introduced at Computer Weekly’s annual range in tech occasion, run in partnership with Nash Squared in London on the 11 October 2023.

Reader votes are counted alongside these of our judges’ to succeed in the ultimate determination, however first we wish to congratulate all of those that are being thought of in this longlist of nominations.

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

• Aashi Sahu, head of automation companies, Bots For That
• Abadesi Osunsade, founder and CEO, Hustle Crew
• Abbie Morris, CEO and co-founder, Compare Ethics
• Abigail Rappaport, SVP business 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 affiliate, service administration – EMEA finish person computing, London Stock Exchange; expertise mentor, Cajigo
• Alex Depledge, founder and CEO, Resi
• Alex Willard, CEO, Pivigo
• Alexa Greaves, CEO, AAG IT Services
• Alexa Marenghi, senior supervisor, HR, GTM, Microsoft; founder, Codess
• Alexandra Deschamps Sonsino, advisor, Designswarm; founder, The Good Night Lamp
• Alexandra Gillon-Livesey, govt director and head of utilized AI, JP Mogan
• Alexandra Jones, director basic for science, innovation and progress, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
• Alice Bentinck, co-founder, Entrepreneur First
• Alina Timofeeva, affiliate accomplice, 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 nationwide statistician, ONS
• Alison Vincent, fellow, Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET); BCS fellow
• Allison Gardner, senior scientific analysis fellow, NICE – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
• Allison Kirkby, incoming CEO, BT; present CEO, Telia
• Amanda Brock, CEO, Open UK
• Amanda Finch, CEO, Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec)
• Amandine Flachs, co-founder, WildMeta;
• Amber Shand, software program engineer, Skyscanner; ambassador, Women Techmakers; model ambassador, Code First Girls
• Amina Aweis, founder, Recipe Mate
• Amma Manso, cyber safety knowledgeable
• Ana Perez, senior director consulting, Oracle; chair, Oracle Women in Leadership
• Angela Channer, principal software program craftsperson, Codurance
• Angela McLean, authorities chief scientific adviser
• Angela Morrison, skilled CIO; non govt director, HM Land Registry; COO, Cancer Research UK
• Angela Yu, A&E physician; founder and managing director, London App Brewery
• Ann Marie Gallacher, CIO, NHS 24 Scotland
• Ann-Marie Orange, CIO, Transunion
• Anna Barsby, founder and managing accomplice, Tessiant
• Anna Brailsford, CEO, Code First Girls
• Anna Holland-Smith, co-founder, Recode; lead, engineer growth and progress, Automattic
• Anne Currie, tech ethics (contract), Container Solutions; CEO and co-founder, WorkingProgram
• Anne Keast-Butler, director, GCHQ
• Anne Rose, managing affiliate, 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 expertise, engagement and variety, and head of studying and growth, Softcat
• Anushka Sharma, founder, Naaut; co-founder, London Space Network
• Arfah Farooq, scout, Ada Ventures; founder, Muslamic Makers; neighborhood supervisor, 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 program engineer, NatWest; founder, ChainVerse; software program 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, high quality and DevOps specialist, Rosen
• Bethany Williams, lead for coaching, schooling and public/affected person involvement, National Pathology Imaging Co-Operative
• Bev White, CEO, Nash Squared
• Beverly Clarke, instructional advisor, Beverly Clark Consulting; NCCE skilled growth chief, National Centre for Computing Education
• Bhavagaya Bakshi, NHS GP; co-founder, C The Signs
• Bina Mehta, chair, KPMG UK
• Bindi Karia, enterprise accomplice, Molten Ventures
• Bingqian Gao, senior director of worldwide superior analytics, Aktana; founder and chair, Tiny Viz Talks
• Bristy Azmi, co-founder and inventive director, Ricebox Studio
• Bukky Babajide, founder and neighborhood lead, Female Techpreneur
• Burcu Karabork, head of Quart Trading Technology, Jefferies
• Cait O’Riordan, VP product administration, Google
• Camille Baker, senior tutor digital path, professor of interactive and immersive arts, Royal College of Art
• Carina Namih, accomplice, Plural Platform; board trustee, Alan Turing Institute
• Carlene Jackson, CEO, Cloud9 Insight
• Carly Kind, director, Ada Lovelace Institute
• Carmina Lees, managing director, monetary companies expertise 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 company communications lead strategist, Hill + Knowlton Strategies
• Cath Goulding, director of digital danger and safety, Cadent Gas Limited
• Catherine Breslin, founder, Kingfisher Labs
• Catherine Wright, director, company 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 individuals and inner expertise, CTS (Cloud Technology Solutions)
• Charlotte Crosswell, non-exec director, fintech and innovation advisor
• Charlotte Kirby, AVP, head of producing, 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; accomplice, Ada Ventures
• Cheryl Razzell, UKIR head of compute resolution structure, AWS
• Cheryl Stevens, digital director of shared channels experiences, DWP
• Chiara Pensato, VP advertising – platform options, Farfetch
• Chibudom Onuorah, quantitative analysis, JPMorgan Chase & Co
• Chinazor Vivian Kalu, programme supervisor, Niyo Group
• Christina Scott, chief product and expertise officer, OVO
• Christine Ashton, non-executive director, RBS International
• Clair Hillier, head of digital supply administration, Waterstons
• Claire Agutter, director, Scopism; director, ITSM Zone (IT Training Zone)
• Claire Burn, safety information 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 chairman interactive, Inspired Entertainment
• Claire Thorne, co-CEO, Tech She Can
• Clare Barclay, CEO, Microsoft UK
• Clare Gorman, SVP gross sales enablement, Clarivate
• Clare Johnson, founder, Women in Cyber Wales; cyber functionality advisor, ITSUS Consulting
• Clare Joy, world director of partnerships, Onfido
• Clare Lansley, CIO, Aston Martin Formula One
• Clare Loveridge, vice chairman and GM – EMEA, Arctic Wolf
• Clare Streets, founder and NED; ambassador, TTC
• Clare Sutcliffe, serial founder, angel investor and neighborhood strategist
• Claudia Natanson, chair, UK Cyber Security Council
• Claudia Varney, head of digital abilities coverage, 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 buyer 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, functions, Oracle UKI
• Deborah O’Neill, accomplice – head of digital Europe, Oliver Wyman
• Deborah Okenla, founder and CEO, Your Startup, Your Story (YSYS)
• Deborah Vickers, VP product administration, Citi; COO, Women in Banking and Finance
• Depika Koria, world product lead – voice AI, HSBC
• Devika Wood, co-founder, Vida Care; senior VP of latest markets, Orcha
• Devon Edwards Joseph, senior analytics engineer, Spotify
• Diana Kennedy, CTO, Bupa
• Diana Otel, take a look at architect, PRMA Consulting
• Diane Gilpin, CEO, Smart Green Shipping
• Dimple Dalby, engineering supervisor, Compare the Market
• Dionne Condor-Farrell, agile growth lead, Transport for London
• Djamila Guernou, head of expertise service operations, Transport for London
• Doniya Soni-Clark, head of coverage and public affairs, Multiverse
• Dupsy Abiola, VP chief of employees, Monzo
• Dyann Heward-Mills, CEO, HewardMills
• Edafe Onerhime, govt director, principal information architect, JP Morgan
• Edel McGrath, accomplice, group head of expertise, 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 govt director and expertise govt
• 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; enterprise mentor, Microsoft for Startups
• Eli Schutze Ramirez, software program engineer, Avian Labs
• Eliana Vanekova, founder, ZeroSmart
• Elin Ng, co-founder and advisor, Salve Technologies; chief of employees, 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, expertise – integration platform, A.P. Moller – Maersk
• Elizabeth Tweedale, CEO of Cypher Coders
• Elizabeth Varley, dealmaker – world entrepreneur programme, Department for Business and Trade
• Elizabeth Vega, group CEO, Informed Solutions
• Ella Schofield, engineering supervisor, Bloom & Wild
• Ellie Yell, founder, Fledglink; unbiased advisor, 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, accomplice, ERM: Environmental Resources Management
• Emma Lacy, UKIE functions 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, advisor and advisor; chief of employees to the chief income officer, SUSE
• Emma Robertson, co-founder, Digital Awareness UK
• Emma Sinclair, CEO and co-founder, EnterpriseAlumni
• Emma Stace, chief digital info officer, The Open University
• Emma Taylor, head of digital security, RazorSecure
• Emma Trickitt, strategic partnerships lead EMEA, range 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 property)
• 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 program engineer, MDRx
• Faith La Grange, UK consulting lead, Microsoft
• Fanny Corlosquet, senior software program engineer, Bendi
• Farah Kanji, chief folks officer, Founders Factory
• Farida Gibbs, founder and CEO, Gibbs Hybrid
• Fateha Majid-Dacre, founder and CEO, Biye Biye LTD
• Fatimat Gbajabiamila, full stack software program engineer, Hometree; founder, Bridgemap
• Faye Holland, CEO and founder, Cofinitive and #21toWatch
• Felicity Burch, govt director, Centre for Data Ethics & Innovation
• Flora Tasse, head of CV/AI analysis, Streem
• Floriana Molone, CIO, Richmond and Wandsworth Councils
• Fran O’Leary, co-founder and director of shopper companies, Lodestone; co-founder Institute of AI
• Francesca Carlesi, co-founder and CEO, Molo Finance
• Francesca Stocco, software program developer, Softwire
• Franziska Bell, SVP digital expertise, BP
• Fungai Ndemera, founder and CEO, CheckUp Health
• Funmi Adewodu, iOS engineer, Spotify
• Gabi Mendelsohn, chief of employees, BibliU
• Gabi Wagenhofer, VP markets and midstream digital/CIO buying and selling, transport and midstream, BP
• Gabriella Talbot, lead agile supply supervisor, Costa Coffee
• Gem Hill, founder and self care coach, SelfCare Backpack
• Gemma Hallett, CEO, miFuture; head of abilities, Fintech Wales
• Gemma Livermore, founder, Women of FinTech; chief progress officer, TechPassport
• Gemma Moore, founder and director, Cyberis
• Genevieve LeVeille, precept founder and CEO, AgriLedger
• Georgina Maratheftis, affiliate director for native public companies, TechUK
• Georgina Owens, CTO, William Hill International
• Ghislaine Boddington, co-founder and inventive director, BDS Creative and physique>information>area; co-founder, Women Shift Digital
• Gigi Taguri, director of medical expertise, LloydsPharmacy Online Doctor
• Gill Whitehead, group director, on-line security, Ofcom
• Gillian Lamela, govt director, markets cloud structure and engineering, JP Morgan
• Gina Gill, CDIO, Ministry of Justice
• Hadley Beeman, technical structure 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 info 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 program developer, Morgan Stanley
• Helen Kelisky, managing director UKI, Google Cloud
• Helen Lamb, VP, govt director, Uvance and portfolio, company technique, CEO Office, Fujitsu
• Helen Meek, agile coach and advisor, RippleRock
• Helen Mitchell, digital innovation and alter director and co-founder, Blukudu Ltd; interim head of sustainability and social worth, ALTERX Real Estate
• Helen Needham, managing principal at Capco; founding father of Me.Decoded
• Helen Thomas, CEO, Digital Health and Care Wales
• Helene Panzarino, affiliate director, Centre for Digital Banking and Finance, The London Institute of Banking and Finance
• Hena Naranbhai, director of strategic growth, Barclays
• Hephzi Pemberton, founder and CEO, Equality Group
• Hilary Leevers, CEO of EngineeringUK
• Holly Smith, senior resident options architech, Databricks
• Indra Joshi, director, Palantir Technologies
• Inês Teles Correia, co-founder and CEO, DWYL
• Ira Krachanovskaya, enterprise mentor, FemTech Lab
• Irene Graham, CEO, Scaleup Institute
• Irra Ariella Khi, CEO and founder, Zamna (previously VChain Technology) and Sunflower Relief
• Isabel Fox, basic accomplice, Outsized Ventures
• Isabel Lewis, frontend developer, Nutmeg
• Isabel Oakley Chapman, director, Power2Connect
• Isabelle Duarte, CMO, Soldo
• Ivana Bartoletti, world chief privateness officer, Wipro; co-founder, Women Leading in AI Network
• Jackie Bell, senior instructing fellow in equality, range, outreach and public engagement, Imperial College
• Jacqueline Hanson, director, Core Digital Services, DWP Digital
• Jacqui Lipinski, CIO and director of digital and technical companies, The Royal College of Art
• Jacqui Taylor, CEO, Flying Binary
• Jane Turner, CEO, Centtrip
• Janet Collyer, chair, Quantum Dice
• Janet Coyle, managing director enterprise progress, 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 program engineer – cloud platforms, Snyk
• Jeanie York, CTO, Virgin Media O2
• Jeni Tennison, co-chair, information governance working group, Global Partnership on AI; govt director, Connected by Data
• Jenn Calland, information analyst, CTS
• Jennifer Cox, EMEA safety engineering supervisor, CSM rising enterprise and world architecht, Tenable
• Jennifer Gabrielle-Chapman, head of expertise acquisition, Many Pets
• Jennifer Opal, board member, Neurodiversity in Business; delegate, United Nations
• Jenny Griffiths, founder, Snap Vision; VP information science, Oracle
• Jess Wade, postdoctoral analysis affiliate, Imperial College London
• Jessica Falk, website reliability engineer, Google
• Jessica Figueras, vice chair of trustees, UK Cyber Security Council; interim CEO, Pionen
• Jessie Auguste, software program engineer, CybSafe; advisory board member, GirlDreamer
• Jia-Yan Gu, principal engineer, NatWest Group
• Jill Hodges, founder, Fire Tech; senior product supervisor, 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, information 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 govt board member, Credit Suisse
• Joanne Kenney, senior scientific scientist, ieso
• Joanne Smith, founder and govt 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 information and digital infrastructure, Department of Science, Innovation and Technology
• Julia Ward, principal shopper and markets liaison at CTO workplace, WithSecure
• Julie Bretland, CEO, proprietor and founder, Our Mobile Health
• Julie Dawson, chief coverage and regulatory officer, Yoti
• Julie Parmenter, chief monetary officer, nDreams
• Julie Watling, managing director, Communications Solutions
• Julie Woods-Moss, chair, Dunnhumby; CMO, Thoughtworks
• Juliet Bauer, chief progress and advertising 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, affiliate fellow, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge
• Karen Emelu, CEO and founder, Black Girls in Tech
• Karen McCormick, chief funding officer, Beringea
• Karen McLaughlan, head of applied sciences and platforms , Social Security Scotland
• Karen Meechan, CEO, ScotlandIS
• Karimah Campbell, founder, Black Tech Queens; EMEA chief, buyer success administration, Relativtiy
• Karina Vazirova, co-founder and CEO, Femtech Lab
• Karrie Liu, director, Hypatia Analytics
• Kasia Wojciechowska, regional head of shopper accounts, Capita
• Kate Beaumont, director, gadget operations, product and companies, Vodafone
• Kate Bohn, world head of personal markets expertise, Macquarie Assets Management; mentor, Women in Fintech
• Kate Dadlani, head of safety advisory companies, Logicalis UK&I
• Kate Philpot, senior director, world gross sales enablement, Getty Images; committee secretary, TLA – Black Women In Tech
• Kate Rosenshine, world expertise director, strategic partnerships – digital natives, Microsoft
• Kate Ross, chief supply officer, Smart Pension
• Kate Simon, accomplice, 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 analysis and growth, Sellafield
• Katherine Holden, head of information analytics, AI and digital ID, TechUK
• Kathryn Baddeley, head of company social accountability, Cisco UK&I
• Katia Lang, co-founder and CMO, FemTech Lab
• Katie Gallagher , managing director, Manchester Digital
• Katie Inns, safety advisor, WithSecure
• Katie Koschland, principal engineer, The Financial Times
• Katrina Novakovic, open supply tradition lead, Citi
• Katrina Young , CEO, KYC Digital and Aggregator Digital Technologies
• Kavita Kalaichelvan, co-founder, Simba Health
• Kay Kukoyi, CEO, Purposeful Group
• Kayla Shapiro, manufacturing engineer, Meta
• Keeley Crockett, professor in computational intelligence, Manchester Metropolitan University
• Kerensa Jennings, director, information platforms, BT Group
• Kerry Sinclair, EVP of IT, Sage
• Kike Oniwinde Agoro, founder, BYP community
• Kim Wiles, product supervisor, Nominet
• Kiran Bhagotra, CEO and founder, ProtectBox
• Kiran Uppal, VP inventive insights, Nexxen Studio
• Kirsten Connell, investor, First Cheque Fund, Octopus Ventures
• Kirsten Edmondson, head of software program growth: authentication, De La Rue
• Kirstin Duffield, CEO, Morning Data
• Kirsty Baxter-Smith, cell cloud core operations director, BT
• Kit Ahweyevu, CEO, MindWeaver
• Kit Collingwood, assistant director, digital and buyer companies, LB Greenwich
• Kriti Sharma, chief product officer, authorized tech, Thomson Reuters; founder, AI for Good UK
• Lara Sampson, accomplice, Public Digital
• Larissa Suzuki, technical director, Google CTO Office
• Laura Jardine Paterson, founder, Concat.tech
• Lauren Kisser, director, front 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 expertise / innovation officer, BP
• Leontina Postelnicu, head of well being and social care, techUK
• Liane Katz, CEO, MAMA.codes
• Libby Kinsey, head of information science technique and operations, Ocado Technology; co-founder, Project Juno
• Lilybeth Go, head of technique and innovation – information & 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, world chief digital officer, KPMG
• Lisa Jacobs, CEO, Funding Circle
• Lisa Ventura, founder, Cyber Security Unity
• Liz Ashall-Payne, CEO, Orcha
• Liz Rice, chief open supply officer, Isovalent; governing board, Cloud Native Computing Foundation; board member, OpenUK
• Liz Whitefield, govt director, Hippo Digital
• Liz Williams, CEO, FutureDotNow; chair, GoodIssuesFoundation
• Lopa Patel, founder, Asians in Tech; chair, Diversity UK
• Lorna Allan, chief digital and knowledge officer, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
• Lorna Davidson, CEO and founder, Redwigwam
• Lou Cordwell, CEO, MagneticNorth; chief inventive 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, world options supervisor, Hitachi Vantara
• Magdalena Kron, Rise world FinTech platform director, Barclays
• Magdalene Amegashitsi, group supervisor, perception and analytics, Avanade UK
• Maggie Van’T Hoff, VP of IT transformation and worth, Shell
• Mahek Vara, founder and CEO, Code Camp
• Mandy Chessell, Egeria open supply challenge 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 progress accomplice, BP Launchpad
• Maria Santacaterina, founder and CEO, Santacaterina
• Maria Than, co-founder and designer, Ricebox Studio
• Mariarosaria Taddeo, affiliate professor, senior analysis 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 program engineer, American Express
• Maxine Mackintosh, programme lead on various information, Genomics England
• Megan Lee Devlin, CEO, Central Digital and Data Office, UK authorities
• Mehak Mumtaz, COO and co-founder, iLoF
• Mel Unsworth, CTO, END.
• Melanie Dawes, chief govt, Ofcom
• Melanie McGrory, EMEA director, cloud acceleration workforce, 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, world 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 (world workforce), Louis Dreyfus
• Nadine Thomson, CTO, Media for GroupM, WPP
• Nadira Hussain, CEO, Socitm
• Naina Bhattacharya, chief info safety 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, gross sales and managing director, EMEA, Akamai
• Natalie Black , HM commerce commissioner for Asia Pacific
• Natalie Duffield, CEO, WeLink
• Natalie Massenet, founder and govt chair, Net-a-Porter Goup
• Natalie Moore, CEO, Apps for Good
• Natasha Sayce-Zalem, world head of accomplice engineering, Prime Video, Amazon
• Neeta Mundra, monetary companies transformation advisor, Salesforce
• Neeta Patel, non-exec director, advisor, mentor
• Neha Rajesh, founder, MarvelWoman.org; advertising lead, Chrome Enterprise EMEA, Google
• Nic Granger, director of company (Digital, Data and Technology, North Sea Transition Authority
• Nicky Tozer, SVP, EMEA, Oracle NetSuite
• Nicola Graham, director of infrastructure and help companies, NHS Ayrshire and Arran
• Nicola Hodson, CEO for UKI, IBM; TechUK Deputy President
• Nicola Martin, head of high quality engineering, Adarga; BCS Women committee member and BCS Pride vice chair
• Nicola Whiting, co-owner and non-exec, Titania
• Nicole Eagan, chief technique 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 pc 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 basic supervisor, X-Chem
• Norma Dove-Edwin, chief digital and knowledge officer, Thames Water
• Nova Baines, VP cloud DevOps, AVEVA
• Nzinga Gardner, enterprise 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, world director, scientific and technical buyer help, 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 safety, BAE Systems
• Penny Endersby, CEO, Met Office
• Perrine Farque, managing director, Inspired Human
• Phoebe Chibuzo Hugh, enterprise CEO, Direct Line Group
• Phoebe Greig, co-founder, Women Driven Development; senior lead software program engineer and supervisor, Citi Innovation Lab
• Phoebe Thacker, programme lead – information, Google DeepMind
• Pip Jamieson, founder and CEO, The Dots
• Pip White, SVP gross sales, The Access Group
• Pippa Malmgren, Economist, writer
• Polly Barnfield, founder and CEO, Maybe
• Pravina Ladva, group chief digital and expertise officer, Swiss Re
• Priya Lakhani, founder and CEO, Century Tech
• Rachael Beer, enterprise growth director, Capita Local Public Services; co-chair, TechUK Local Public Services Committee
• Rachel Dunscombe, co-chair, OpenEHR; member, UK authorities AI Council; visiting professor, Imperial College London
• Rachel Ilan Simpson, director of UX, Multiverse
• Rachel Keane, chief information inspirer, The Data Inspiration Group
• Rachel Murphy, entrepreneur; founder, The Grafter
• Rachel Neaman, accomplice, 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 resolution consulting supervisor and co-chair of Women’s Group, ServiceNow
• Rashada Harry, co-founder and managing director, Your Future, Your Ambition
• Rebecca Crook, chief progress officer, EMEA, CI&T
• Rebecca Mister, co-founder and director, RedTech Recruitment
• Rebecca Molyneux, deputy director, broadband regulation and funding, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
• Rebecca Pope, UK digital and information science innovation lead, Roche
• Rebecca Stephens, deputy director digital and tech coverage, DCMS
• Regina Moran, SVP, world supply, Fujitsu
• Renee Hunt, CTO, Compare the Market
• Reshma Sohoni, founding accomplice, Seedcamp
• Rioch Edwards-Brown, founder, So You Wanna Be In Tech?
• Rita Martins, world head of FinTech partnerships, HSBC
• Ritu Mohanka, managing director EMEA, Syndio
• Rituja Ravikiran Rao, senior enterprise challenge supervisor, 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 folks officer, Kuda
• Rosie Sherry, founder, Rosieland
• Roxane Heaton, CIO, Macmillan Cancer Support
• Rubi Kaur, expertise technique supervisor, Vodafone Group; chair, Vodafone Women in Technology
• Ruby Melling, enterprise advisor, Greater Manchester Combined Authority; growth affiliate, Growing Talent Manchester; founder, Talentloop
• Ruth Harrison, world head of trade domains, Thoughtworks
• Sabina Ciofu, affiliate director, worldwide, TechUK
• Sabrina Castiglione, chief working officer, Pento
• Safia Barikzai, affiliate professor, London South Bank University; tutorial lead, Digital Grid Partnership
• Safiya Ahmed, co-founder and designer, Ricebox Studio
• Sally Wynter, founder, MUHU; founder, PaperRound
• Sam Hall, director of major, neighborhood care and psychological well being digital companies, 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 apply in AI, King’s College London
• Sandra Taylor, assistant director of IT and digital, Worcestershire County Council
• Sandra Wachter, professor of expertise and regulation, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
• Sanghamitra Karra, EMEA head of inclusive ventures group, Morgan Stanley
• Sara Jones, cell operations director, BT
• Sara Sharkey, director, Deloitte
• Sara Simeone, CEO, Niftyz
• Sarah Armstrong-Smith, chief safety advisor, EMEA, Microsoft
• Sarah Atkinson, director ESG and variety and inclusion, Micro Focus
• Sarah Cardell, CEO, Competition & Markets Authority
• Sarah Clarke, proprietor, Infospectives
• Sarah Corbridge, healthcare director, Credera
• Sarah Curran, founder and chief menopause officer, Just Hotter
• Sarah Friswell, CEO, Red Ant
• Sarah Greasley, EMEA director, options structure, 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 safety centre of excellence, Avanade
• Sarah Shields, group alliances director, Computacenter
• Sarah Tulip, head of northern supply 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, enterprise features, Ministry of Defence
• Sasha Burgoyne, co-founder and head of operations, TechChange; head of operations – academy, Softwire
• Seema Khinda Johnson, co-founder and COO, Nuggets
• Semsi Sonmez, accomplice – digital audit and expertise expertise chief, PwC
• Shaheen Sayed, senior managing director and expertise lead UKI, Accenture
• Shalini Khemka, founder and CEO, E2Exchange
• Sharmadean Reid, founder, The Stack World
• Sharon Wallace, head of D&I partnerships and alter, Sky
• Sheeza Shah, founder and CEO, UpEffect
• Shefali Roy, founding accomplice, First Look
• Sheree Atcheson, group VP of range and inclusion, Valtech
• Sheridan Ash, expertise and innovation, women in expertise chief, PwC UK; founder, Tech She Can
• Sherry Vaswani, founder and CEO, Xalient
• Shivvy Jervis, futurist, Forecasting Lab
• Sian Allsopp, expertise govt director, Morgan Stanley; TechSheCan steering committee member
• Sian John, chief expertise officer, NCC Group
• Sian Jones, CEO, Correla
• Silka Patel, social worth supervisor, Leidos; founder, Scotland Women in Technology
• Siobhan Baker, advisor, Coding Black Females
• Soheir Ghallab, IT advisor; chair, BCS Business Change Specialist Group
• Sonal Shah, VP PMO portfolio and initiatives 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, affiliate developer, Sky
• Sophie McGrath, accomplice, 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 safety, Sopra Steria
• Suki Fuller, founder, Miribure
• Suneeta Khutan, co-founder, Rise Enable Empower
• Susan Bowen, CEO, Aptum
• Susan Morrow, head of analysis and growth, Avoco Secure
• Susanne Baker, accomplice, ERM; chair, TechUK’s Climate Council
• Susanne Chishti, CEO, Fintech Circle
• Susie Hargreaves, CEO, Internet Watch Foundation
• Suze Shardlow, neighborhood lead, Ladies of Code: London; developer relations advisor, Hoopy
• Suzie Miller, world incapacity inclusion specialist, UBS
• Sylvia Lu, head of company technique, u-blox; board director, Cambridge Wireless; board member, 5G-ACIA
• Tabitha Goldstaub, govt director, Innovate Cambridge
• Tamara Lohan, founder and CEO, Mr & Mrs Smith
• Tamara Rajah, chief enterprise 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 working 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 trainer; founding father of costumeCode
• Tracy Westall, chair, Curium Solutions; non-executive director, Department for Transport; NED, West Midlands 5G
• Trish Blomfield, head of worldwide 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 employees analysis scientist, Google DeepMind; co-founder at Alana
• Vibhusha Raval, scrum grasp, Lloyds Banking Group
• Vicki Young, founder and CEO, Nalla Design
• Vickie Allen, founder, DevelopHer Awards; senior software program developer, Certua
• Vicky Brock, founder and CEO, Vistalworks
• Vicky Wills, CTO, Exclaimer
• Vinny Leach, information and AI resolution supply director, Avanade
• Vivi Cahyadi, CEO, AltoVita
• Vivi Friedgut, founder and CEO, Blackbullion
• Wai Foong Ng, founder and CEO, Matchable
• Wendy Muirhead, managing director and area chief, Ceridian EMEA
• Wendy Redshaw, chief digital info 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 expertise transformation, Cisco
• Zoe Cunningham, director, Softwire
• Zsanett Bahor, senior analyst, Accenture

A panel of knowledgeable judges used the next standards to resolve which of those women will likely be included in the highest 50 shortlist:

Influence: What authority or means does the particular person have – both via her private place or the function she holds – to personally affect the event of UK IT, or to affect others in positions of authority?

Achievements: What has the particular person achieved in the previous 12 months to assist the event of UK IT?

Profile: Is the particular person recognised as a job mannequin for aspiring leaders? How extensively is she acknowledged by her friends as an authority and affect on UK IT?

Leadership: Does the particular person exhibit the abilities and expertise essential to be seen as a frontrunner in the event of IT in the UK? Does she have a management function and does that assist her to develop the function of IT in the UK?

Potential: How doubtless is it that the particular person may have a major affect on UK IT in the subsequent 12 months? Will her authority and accountability develop?

Community: Has the particular person contributed to the women in expertise neighborhood? To what extent has she used her affect to assist different women progress in IT? 

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