Most Influential Women in UK Tech: The 2020 longlist - Computer Weekly
By Clare McDonald, Business Editor
“Who are the most influential women in UK tech?” is a question we ask every year as we seek out to name the top 50 most influential women in the UK’s tech sector.
Each year, during its search for influential women in UK technology, Computer Weekly asks the tech industry to nominate who it thinks should be considered for the top 50 – here is the longlist for 2020
Each year, the number of nominations grows as the industry tells us who it thinks should be considered for the top 50 list.
As part of its commitment to shining a light on the female technology role models throughout the UK, Computer Weekly started publishing the longlist in 2017 when the number of nominations exceeded 160.
This number has grown year-on-year from 360 in 2019 to more than 430 women this year, each of which has made a significant contribution to the technology sector.
When Computer Weekly launched its list of influential women in UK IT in 2012, it only featured 25 women. It was later expanded to include 50 women to ensure as many as possible are recognised each year.
Each year, we aim to ensure the nominations for the 50 Most Influential Women in UK Technology are as diverse and inclusive as possible, regardless of age, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation, including trans women and those who identify as non-binary.
The shortlist of 50 names chosen by our expert judges will be published soon, allowing readers to vote on who they think should be chosen as the Most Influential Woman in UK Technology 2020 to help the judges make their final decision – but we also wanted to reveal all of the nominees who were considered. Congratulations to all.
The 2020 Most Influential Women in UK Technology longlist (in alphabetical order):
Abadesi Osunsade, founder and CEO, Hustle Crew
Abbie Morris, CEO and co-founder, Compare Ethics
Abi Mohamed, programme manager, Tech Nation; co-founder/tech lead, Community Growth Ventures
Abigail Rappaport, global business leader, Workplace by Facebook
Adah Parris, storyteller, director and producer of L&D experiences, The House of Griots
Adizah Tejani, digital innovations and partnerships, HSBC
Agnes Gradzewicz, co-founder and CMO, Smarty Software
Alex Depledge, founder and CEO, Resi
Alexa Greaves, CEO, AAG IT Services
Alexa Marenghi, senior programme manager – global talent acquisition, Microsoft; founder of Codess
Alexandra Deschamps Sonsino, director, Designswarm; founder, The Good Night Lamp
Alexandra Gillon-Livesey, vice-president, digital innovation, JP Morgan
Alexandra Margarint, mid-weight front-end developer, Vodafone UK
Alice Bentinck, co-founder of Entrepreneur First
Alina Timofeeva, advanced analytics and cloud, KPMG UK
Alison Vincent, fellow, Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET); technical adviser, Cybertonica; BCS fellow
Ana Perez, senior director consulting, Oracle Ltd; chair, Oracle Women in Leadership
Angela Morrison, experienced CIO; non-executive director, HM Land Registry
Angela Yu, A&E doctor; founder and managing director of London App Brewery
Ania Kubow, software engineer, Eurostar; co-founder, Whistle + Bango
Anna Barsby, founder and managing partner, Tessiant
Anna Holland-Smith, co-founder and board member, Recode
Anne Boden, CEO, Starling Bank
Anne Currie, tech ethics (contract), Container Solutions; founder, Coed Ethics Conference
Anne Marie Neatham, commercial director for the office of the CTO, Ocado Technology
Anne Rose, associate and co-head of blockchain group, Mishcon de Reya
Anne Stokes, CEO, Streamwire Group
Anne-Marie Imafidon, CEO, Stemettes
Annika Small, co-founder and director, CAST (Centre for Acceleration of Social Technology)
Anushka Sharma, founder, Naaut
Ariane Gadd, lead DevOps engineer, Fiit
Avril Chester, founder and CEO, Cancer Central; interim executive director, data and tech, RIBA
Bea Karol Burks, director of explorations, Nesta
Beckie Taylor, CEO, co-founder, TechReturners
Becks Armstrong, CEO, Clarity
Beeban Kidron, founder and chair, 5Rights Foundation
Belinda Parmar, CEO, The Empathy Business
Bethany Koby, CEO and co-founder, Technology Will Save Us
Bindi Karia, advisor
Bingqian Gao, data science lead, TrueCue
Cait O'Riordan, chief product and information officer, Financial Times
Camille Baker, reader, interface and interaction, School of Media and Performing Arts; lecturer, MA Games Design, University for the Creative Arts
Carina Namih, general partner, Episode 1
Carly Kind, director, Ada Lovelace Institute
Carmina Lees, managing director, Financial Services Technology Consulting at Accenture
Caroline Carruthers, CEO of Carruthers and Jackson
Caroline Dinenage, digital minister
Caroline Hargrove, CTO, Babylon Health
Caroline Plumb, founder and CEO, Fluidly
Carrie Anne Philbin, director of education, Raspberry Pi Foundation
Casey Calista, senior account director, Hill + Knowlton Strategies
Cath Goulding, chief information security officer, Nominet
Catherine Breslin, director, solutions architect, Cobalt Speech & Language
Catherine Knivett, head of operations, AWO
Cathy McCabe, CEO, Proximity Insight
Charlene Hunter, CEO and founder, Coding Black Females
Charlotte Kirby, vice president, global strategic relations at Salesforce.org
Charlotte Light, CIO, Channel 4
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 Stevens, deputy director identity, trust and fraud, and error prevention, DWP
Chetna Arora, manager, Iqvia
Chiara Pensato, CMO, Cutover
Christina Scott, chief technology officer, News UK
Christine Ashton, CIO advisor
Cindy Rose, CEO, Microsoft UK
Claire Agutter, director, Scopism; director and lead tutor, IT Training Zone Ltd
Claire Burn, software engineer, Rapid7; global ambassador, Women Who Code Belfast
Claire Cockerton, former CEO, Plexal
Claire Davenport, CEO, notonthehighstreet.com
Claire Edmunds, founder and CEO, Clarify
Claire Morris, head of design, Founders Factory
Claire Novorol, co-founder and chief medical officer, Ada Health
Claire Vyvyan, senior vice-president, UK & Ireland commercial business, Dell EMC
Clare Gilmartin, CEO, Trainline
Clare Joy, expansion strategy manager, Onfido
Clare Sutcliffe, director and co-founder, She Wins
Cynthia Davis, CEO and founder, BAME Recruitment Ltd; chair, the board of directors at Pop Up Projects
Daljit Bamford, social media advocate, The Trussell Trust
Daniela Menzky, co-founder and COO, Angoka
Daryn Edgar, vice-president, global alliances, WorkFusion
Davina Sirisena, founder and CEO at Difference Digital
Debbie Garside, CEO of GeoLang Limited
Debbie Green, vice-president applications, Oracle UK&I
Debbie Wosskow, co-founder, AllBright; former CEO, Love Home Swap
Deborah Okenla, founder and CEO, Your Startup, Your Story (YSYS)
Deborah Vickers, channel director, MoneyGuru.com
Depika Koria, global product owner - voice assistants, HSBC
Devika Wood, co-founder, Vida Care; proposition owner-enhanced doctor at hand, AXA PPP Healthcare
Devon Edwards Joseph, senior data engineer, Soho House
Diana Biggs, global head of innovation, HSBC Private Banking
Diana Kennedy, vice-president strategy, architecture and planning, BP
Dimple Dalby, lead cloud platform engineer, Compare the Market
Doniya Soni, programme strategy and operations manager, WhiteHat
Dupsy Abiola, head of global innovation, International Airlines Group
Edel Creely, managing director, Arkphire Services
Edel McGrath, partner, group head of technology, Knight Frank
Edwina Dunn, chairperson, Starcount; non-executive director, Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation; commissioner, Geospatial Commission
Eileen Burbidge, partner, Passion Capital; government special envoy for fintech
Eileen Jennings-Brown, head of technology, Wellcome Trust
Elaine Bucknor, group CISO and group director of security, Sky
Elaine Warburton, founder and non-executive director, QuantuMDx
Elena Novokreshchenova, vice-president of international, Remitly
Elena Sinel, Founder, Acorn Aspirations and Teens in AI
Eli Schutze Ramirez, web engineer, Monzo
Eliana Vanekova, head of business development and e-learning, Global Digital Week
Elin Ng, co-founder, Salve Technologies
Elisabetta Zaccaria, founder, Secure Chorus Ltd
Elizabeth Denham, information commissioner, ICO
Elizabeth Eastaugh, senior director, technology – development platform and infrastructure, Expedia
Elizabeth Varley, co-founder and CEO, TechHub
Elizabeth Vega, group CEO, Informed Solutions
Ella Schofield, engineering manager, Bloom & Wild
Ellie Yell, founder and CEO, Fledglink
Elly Zhang, director of partnerships, Heliocor; co-founder and CEO, Buzzmi
Elspeth Finch, CEO and founder, IAND
Emily Brooke, founder and chair, Beryl.cc
Emily Forbes, founder, Seenit
Emma Cerrone, executive director, agile and digital fitness lead, global digital accelerator, MSD
Emma Fryer, associate director datacentres, TechUK
Emma Lacy, Nordics business operations leader, Oracle
Emma McGuigan, senior managing director, Microsoft Business Group, Accenture
Emma Mulqueeny, consultant and advisor
Emma Robertson, co-founder, Digital Awareness UK
Emma Sinclair, co-founder, Enterprise Alumni
Emma Woodman, UK&I ServiceNow practice lead, Accenture
Emma Wright, partner, Kemp Little; founder and director, Institute of AI
Erika Brodnock, founder, Extend Ventures; founder, Karisma Kidz and Kami
Erika Federis, legal counsel, Wirex
Erin Platts, head of EMEA and president of the UK branch, Silicon Valley Bank
Estelle Johannes, director, member communities UK, CompTIA
Fanny Corlosquet, DevOps engineer, The Economist Newspaper Ltd
Farah Kanji, global talent director, Founders Factory
Farida Gibbs, chief executive, Gibbs Hybrid
Fatimat Gbajabiamila, software engineer, Apolitical
Faye Holland, founder and director, Cofinitive
Fiona Hudson Kelly, CEO, Smart Assessor; CEO, Smart Apprentices
Flavilla Fongang, managing director, 3 Colours Rule; founder, TLA Black Women in Tech
Flora Tasse, head of CV/AI research, Streem
Fran O’Leary, co-founder and director of client services, Lodestone
Francesca Carlesi, co-founder and CEO, Molo Finance
Funmi Adewodu, IoS engineer, Yoyo Wallet
Gabi Wagenhofer, head of global solutions and data services, BP
Gail Jones, managing director, UKFast
Gem Hill, senior test for voice and AI, BBC
Gem Young, founder, Women of FinTech; founder, DiversiTech Hub
Gemma Moore, founder and director, Cyberis
Genevieve Leveille, CEO and principal founder, AgriLedger
Georgia Hanias, founder, Ecology Media
Georgina Owens, SVP IT services, DAZN
Ghislaine Boddington, co-founder and director, Women Shift Digital
Gillian Lamela, CIB technology cloud and engineering transformation programme manager and Women In Technology UK regional lead, Barclays
Grace Chang, software engineer, Twitter
Grace Stuart, marketing manager, Revolut
Hadley Beeman, chief technology adviser to the secretary of state, Department for Health and Social Care; acting CTO NHSX
Hannah Dawson, co-founder and CEO, Futrli
Hannah Sutcliffe, relationship manager, Moonhub
Hayaatun Sillem, CEO, Royal Academy of Engineering
Hayley Sudbury, co-founder and CEO, Werkin
Hazel Moore, chairman and co-founder, FirstCapital
Heather Black, CEO and founder, Supermums
Heather Delaney, founder and managing director, Gallium Ventures
Heather Picov, CEO, Apps for Good
Heather Savory, non-executive director UK Parliament Information Authority, House of Lords
Heba Bevan, CEO and founder, Utterberry
Helen Fraser, software developer, Morgan Stanley
Helen Kelisky, senior vice president, cloud sales, UK and Ireland at Salesforce
Helen Lamb, vice-president, strategic pursuits unit, global delivery group, Fujitsu
Helen Meek, agile coach and consultant, RippleRock
Helen Milner, chief executive, Good Things Foundation
Helen Mitchell, director and co-founder, Blukudu Ltd; director, digital innovation programmes, Standard Industries
Helen Wollaston, CEO, Wise
Helene Panzarino, associate director, Centre for Digital Banking and Finance, The London Institute of Banking and Finance
Hephzi Pemberton, founder and CEO, Equality Group
Hilary Leevers, CEO, EngineeringUK
Indra Joshi, director of AI, NHSX
Inês Teles Correia, co-founder and CEO, DWYL
Iris Lapinski, founder and chair, Apps for Good
Irra Ariella Khi, CEO and founder, Zamna (formerly VChain Technology)
Isabel Fox, co-managing partner and co-founder, Luminous Ventures
Isabel Lewis, senior technology associate, Publicis Sapient
Ivana Bartoletti, technical director – privacy, Deloitte; co-founder, Women Leading in AI Network
Jackie Bell, senior teaching fellow in equality, diversity, outreach and public engagement, Imperial College
Jacqueline Abernethy, AVP of customer success EMEA, BounceX
Jacqui Taylor, CEO, Flying Binary
Jane Silber, chair, Diffblue
Jane Turner, CEO, Centtrip
Janet Coyle, managing director business, London & Partners
Janna Bastow, CEO, ProdPad; co-founder, Mind the Product
Jaycee Cheong, cloud infrastructure engineer, Bryter
Jeni Tennison, vice-president and chief strategy adviser, Open Data Institute
Jennifer Arcuri, founder, InnoTech Network and Hacker House
Jennifer Opal, DevOps engineer, BT Group
Jennifer Rigby, COO, Lloyd’s of London
Jenny Griffiths, founder and CEO, Snap Vision
Jess Gosling, senior international policy officer, Department of Digital, Culture, Media & Sport; co-founder, Growth & Grace Collective
Jess Wade, postdoctoral research associate, Imperial College London
Jessica Falk, software engineer, Improbable
Jessica Sapick, DeepMind marketer, Google
Jia-Yan Gu, head of equities technology transformation, HSBC
Jo Eckersley, CEO and founder, Bubbl
Jo Graham, CIO, Boohoo
Jo Haslam, design director, Snap Finger Click
Jo Twist, CEO, UKIE
Joan Lei, senior data scientist, Revolut
Joanna Davinson, chief digital, data and technology officer, Home Office
Joanna Montgomery, founder, Little Riot
Joanne Hannaford, head of EMEA technology and global head of quality assurance engineering, Goldman Sachs
Joanne Smith, founder and CEO, Recordsure; chair, CBI SME Council
Jots Sehmbi, director of Innovation & Technology Solutions (CIO & CTO), University of Essex
Joy Foster, CEO, TechPixies
Joyeeta Das, CEO and founder, Gyana
Jude Ower, founder and CEO, Playmob
Julie Bretland, CEO, owner and founder, Our Mobile Health
Julie Parmenter, chief financial officer, nDreams
Julie Watling, managing director, Communications Solutions
Julie Woods-Moss, chair, Dunnhumby; CMO, Thoughtworks
Juliet Bauer, UK managing director, LIVI/KRY
June Angelides, VC, Samos Investments
Justine Roberts, founder and CEO, Mumsnet and Gransnet
Kadine James, chair, Women in 3D Printing and Hobs 3D
Kanta Dihal, postdoctoral researcher, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge
Karen McCormick, chief investment officer, Beringea
Karen Price, executive director, Tech Partnership Degrees
Karimah Campbell, EMEA customer success manager, Relativity
Kate Beaumont, director of innovation, Technology and Services Strategy, Samsung UK&I
Kate Bohn, Innovation and Strategy – Incubator and Accelerator lead, Lloyds Banking Group
Kate Craig-Wood, MD and co-founder, Memset
Kate Rosenshine, head of Azure Cloud Solution Architecture, Microsoft
Katie Koschland, senior software engineer, The Financial Times
Kavita Kalaichelvan, software engineer, Appear Here
Kayla Shapiro, production engineer, Facebook
Keeley Crockett, reader in computational intelligence, Manchester Metropolitan University
Kerensa Jennings, director of digital impact, BT Group
Kerry Baldwin, managing partner, IQ Capital; vice-chair, BVCA
Kike Oniwinde, co-founder, BYP Network
Kim Nilsson, co-founder and CEO, Pivigo
Kiran Bhagotra, CEO and founder, ProtectBox
Kiran Uppal, VP projects, Unruly
Kirsten Connell, MD, CyLon
Kirstin Duffield, CEO, Morning Data
Kit Collingwood, chief digital officer, LB Greenwich
Kriti Sharma, vice-president product, GFK; founder, AI for Good UK
Lamorna Short, co-founder, Blue Elvin
Lara Sampson, product director, Universal Credit, DWP
Larissa Suzuki, machine learning practice lead, Google
Laura Weston, Java developer, Sky
Lauren Kisser, director, Alexa Info International, Amazon
Lauren Stewart, founder, Invigorate
Leanne Bonner-Cooke, founder and chair, Evolve-IT; founder and CEO, e-Bate
Leeann Monk-Ozgul, co-founder and co-CEO, Elemental – The Social Prescribing Company
Liane Katz, CEO, MAMA.codes
Liat Moss, developer, Anthony Nolan
Libby Kinsey, head of technology and lead technologist for machine learning and artificial intelligence, Digital Catapult; co-founder, Project Juno
Lilybeth Go, IT director for artificial intelligence, BP
Lisa Hammond, CEO and co-founder, Centrix Software
Lisa Jacobs, UK managing director, Funding Circle
Lisa Ventura, CEO and founder, UK Cyber Security Association
Liz Ashall-Payne, CEO, Orcha
Liz Rice, VP open source engineering, Aqua Security
Liz Whitefield, director, Hippo Digital
Liz Williams, CEO, FutureDotNow
Lou Cordwell, CEO, magneticNorth
Louise McCarthy, CIO advisor
Louise Stokes, director, Digital Leaders
Lucinda Carney, founder and CEO, Actus Software
Lucy Hall, CEO, Digital Women
Lucy Ireland, MD, BCS Learning & Development
Lyn Grobler, group CIO, Hyperion Insurance Group
Lynn Collier, global programme director – customer success, Hitachi Vantara
Magdalena Kron, Rise Global FinTech platform director, Barclays; co-founder, Geek Girl Meetup UK
Maggie Van’T Hoff, vice-president of IT transformation and value, Shell
Mala Mawkin, digital medicine innovation lead, Imperial College London
Malika Malik, data and AI cloud solution architect, Microsoft; Adviros, APPG on AI
Mandy Chessell, distinguished engineer, IBM
Margaret Ross, professor of software quality, Southampton Solent University
Maria Axente, responsible AI and AI for good lead, PwC UK; advisory board member, APPG for AI
Maria McKavenagh, COO, Verv (Green Running)
Mariarosaria Taddeo, senior research fellow and deputy director of the Digital Ethics Lab of the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
Marieke Flament, CEO, Mettle
Marija Butkovic, founder and CEO, Women of Wearables
Marily Nika, senior AI/machine learning product manager (Speech), Google
Marta Krupinska, head of Google for Startups UK.
Martha Moniz, engineering manager, Intercom
Maxine Mackintosh, postdoctoral research associate, The Alan Turing Institute; co-founder One HealthTech
Meha Nelson, co-founder and CTO, Predina; product and operations manager, Minica Automation
Mel Unsworth, global head of technology, Yoox Net-A-Porter
Melinda Nicci, founder and CEO, Baby2Body
Melinda Roylett, general manager UK and Ireland, Uber
Melissa Di Donato, CEO, SUSE
Melissa Morris, CEO, Lantum
Meri Williams, CTO, Healx
Merici Vinton, co-founder and CEO, Ada’s List
Merve Taner, software engineer, Zencargo
Mevish Aslam, founder, Sprinters
Michelle Senecal de Fonseca, area vice-president, Northern Europe, Citrix
Michelle Seng Ah Lee, AI ethics lead, Deloitte UK
Misa Ogura, research software engineer, BBC; co-founder and CTO, Women Driven Development
Mridula Pore, co-founder and CEO, Peppy
Mursal Hedayat, co-founder and CEO at Chatterbox
Nabila Salem, board member,Tenth Revolution Group; president, Revolent Group
Nadia Abouayoub, founder, Aifinai
Nadine Thomson, global chief technology officer, MediaCom
Nadira Hussain, director of leadership development and research, Socitm
Nancy Fechnay, co-founder, BedrockX
Naomi Timperley, interim chair, FutureEverything; co-founder of Tech North Advocates
Natalie Gammon, digital and cybersecurity Advisor
Natalie Massenet, founder and executive chair, Net-a-Porter Goup
Natasha Sayce-Zelem, head of technology, Sky
Neeta Patel, CEO, Centre for Entrepreneurs
Neha Rajesh, head of account-based and partner marketing, Temenos
Nicky Tozer, VP, EMEA, Oracle NetSuite
Nicola Blackwood, chair, Genomics England
Nicola Graham, director of infrastructure and support services, NHS Ayrshire & Arran
Nicola Mendelsohn, managing director, Facebook Europe
Nicola Whiting, chief strategy officer, Titania
Nicole Eagan, chief strategy and AI officer, Darktrace
Nicole Fu, consultant, Nav.Marketing
Niki Trigoni, chief technology officer, Navenio; Professor in Computer Science, head of Cyber Physical Systems Group, University of Oxford
Nikki Kelly, SVP public sector and health, Atos
Nina Tumanishvili, founder, HelloHub
Nneka Abulokwe, founder and CEO, MicroMax Consulting
Noor Shaker, founder and CEO, Glamorous AI
Norma Dove-Edwin, chief information officer, Places for People Group
Olga Kravchenko, CEO, Musemio
Pamela Maynard, CEO, Avanade
Pat Saini, head of immigration, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
Payal Jain, chair of Women in Data UK
Pearl Noble-Mallock, head of product and cyber security, BAE Systems
Perrine Farque, founder, Inspired-Human
Phoebe Chibuzo Hugh, founder and CEO, Brolly
Phoebe Greig, co-founder, Women Driven Development; co-director, Lesbians Who Tech, London; senior software engineer, Citi Innovation Lab
Phoebe Thacker, programme specialist for neuroscience, Google DeepMind
Pip Jamieson, founder and CEO, The Dots
Pippa Malmgren, co-founder, H Robotics
Polly Barnfield, founder and CEO, Maybe
Poppy Gustafsson, CEO, Darktrace
Poppy Rainer, co-founder and CTO, Thrift+
Pravina Ladva, chief technology and operations officer, Swiss Re
Priya Guha, Venture Partner, Merian Ventures
Priya Lakhani, founder and CEO, Century Tech
Rachel Murphy, CEO, Difrent Group
Rachel Neaman, non-executive board member, advisor, mentor
Rachelle Mills, chief executive officer, KareInn
Rahel Tesfai, founder and CEO, FroHub
Rashada Harry, co-founder and managing director, Your Future, Your Ambition
Rav Bumbra, founder, Structur3dpeople; founder, Cajigo
Rebecca George, managing partner, Government and Public Services, Deloitte
Rebecca Kemp, director of customer journey, Citizens Advice
Rebecca Pope, director - data science andeEngineering, KPMG UK; data science strategy lead, Great Ormond Street Hospital (voluntary secondment)
Regina Moran, enterprise director at Vodafone
Reshma Sohoni, partner and co-founder of Seedcamp
Rioch Edwards-Brown, founder, So You Wanna Be In Tech?
Roberta Lucca, co-founder, chief brand officer and board director, Bossa Studios; creative director and host, Beta Lucca YouTube Channel
Ronda Zelezny-Green, global head, training and e-learning; Internet Society
Ros Delderfield, customer experience manager, BP
Rosie Sherry, founder, Ministry of Testing
Roxane Heaton, digital and innovation director, Morrisons
Rubi Kaur, solutions architect, Vodafone Group
Ruth Wandhofer, partner, Gauss Vantures
Sabrina Castiglione, chief financial officer, Tessian
Safia Barikzai, associate professor, London South Bank University; academic lead, Digital Grid Partnership
Samantha Payne, co-founder and chief operating officer, Open Bionics
Samantha Smith, head of digital and IT, 3C Shared Services; strategic IT lead, Cambridgeshire County and Peterborough City Councils
Sana Khareghani, head of UK government Office for Artificial Intelligence
Sandra Taylor, head of digital and ICT services, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Sandra Wachter, associate professor, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
Sara Sharkey, head application services and DevOps, Defence Digital
Sarah Armstrong-Smith, chief security advisor, EMEA, Microsoft
Sarah Atkinson, director, corporate social responsibility, global, Micro Focus
Sarah Burnett, partner, Emergence Partners; chair, BCS Women
Sarah Curran-Usher, EMEA managing director, True Fit
Sarah Hunter, director of global public policy, X (Google moonshots)
Sarah Luxford, director, Global Resourcing; co-founder TLA Women in Tech
Sarah Porter, founder and CEO, Inspired Minds
Sarah Rench, director of AI and industry solutions, Avanade
Sarah Shields, vice-president central and north Europe channel, Dell Technologies
Sarah Turner, CEO and co-founder, Angel Academe
Sarah Wilkinson, CEO, NHS Digital
Sarah Winmill, CIO, business functions, Ministry of Defence
Shaheen Sayed, senior managing director, Accenture
Shalini Khemka, founder and CEO, E2Exchange
Sharmadean Reid, founder, Beautystack and WAH Nails
Sharon Moore, CTO for public sector, IBM UK
Sharon Russell, senior software engineer, Comparethemarket.com
Sheeza Shah, founder and CEO, UpEffect
Shefali Roy, COO and CCO, TrueLayer
Sheila Flavell, COO, FDM Group
Sheree Atcheson, head of diversity and inclusion, Monzo
Sheridan Ash, technology and investments director, women in technology leader UK, PwC
Sherry Vaswani, group CEO, Xalient
Sian John, EMEA and APJ director, Cybersecurity Strategy, Microsoft
Siobhan Baker, software crafter, 8th Light
Sonia Patel, CIO, NHSX
Sonya Barlow, founder, LMF Network CIC
Sophie Deen, CEO at Bright Little Labs
Sophie McGrath, partner, Tech & Life Sciences, Goodwin
Stephanie Itimi, founder and CEO, Seidea
Stephanie Phair, chief customer officer, Farfetch
Sue Daley, associate director technology and innovation, TechUK
Suki Fuller, founder, Miribure
Susan Morrow, head of R&D, Avoco Secure
Susanne Chishti, CEO, Fintech Circle
Suzie Miller, senior cloud solutions architect - Azure, Microsoft
Sylvia Lu, head of cellular technology strategy, u-blox; board director, CW (Cambridge Wireless); board member, UK5G
Tabitha Goldstaub, co-founder, CognitionX; chair of government's AI Council
Tamara Lohan, founder and CTO, Mr & Mrs Smith
Tamara Rajah, founder, Live Better With
Tamsin Ashmore, CFO, Ultima Business Solutions
Tania Boler, CEO and co-founder, Elvie
Tanya Cordrey, partner, AKF Partners
Tara Donnelly, chief digital officer, NHSX
Taylor Semelsberger, founder, Miro Solutions UK
Tina Götschi, head of teaching and learning, Ada. National College for Digital Skills.
Tina Howell, cloud practice lead, AND Digital
Ting Zhang, CEO and founder, Crayfish.io
Tracy Westall, non-executive director, Department for Transport; NED, West Midlands 5G
Trudy Norris-Grey, chair of WISE
Tugce Bulut, CEO and co-founder, Streetbees
Valerie Moran, head of operations and client relations, PrepaidFS
Vanessa Vallely, managing director, WeAreTechWomen
Verena Rieser, professor of conversational AI and head of NLP; Co-Founder at Alana
Vicki Young, founder and CEO, Nalla Design
Vicky Brock, founder and CEO, Vistalworks
Victoria Carr, PhD student, King’s College London; founder, Researc/hers Code
Vivi Cahyadi, CEO, AltoVita
Wendy Tan White, vice-president, Moonshots at X; board member, TechNation; member, UK Diogital Economy Council; trustee, Alan Turing Institute
Yemi Oluseun, business change consultant, The Change Hive
Yi Luo, head of strategy, Earnd
Zahra Bahrololoumi, senior managing director, Accenture Technology UK & Ireland
Zandra Moore, CEO, Panintelligence
Zara Nanu, CEO and co-founder, Gapsquare
Zoe Cunningham, director, Softwire
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?
The voting for the 50 women in this year’s shortlist will soon open to allow readers to vote on who they think should be named the Most Influential Woman in UK Technology 2020.
Women considered to have made a lifetime contribution to the technology sector, as well as past winners, have been added to our Hall of Fame, and so do not appear on the annual nominations list.
The winner will be announced at Computer Weekly’s annual diversity in tech event, run in partnership with Spinks, which this year will be held online on 1 October 2020 during National Inclusion Week.
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