In its search for the most influential women in UK technology, each year Computer Weekly asks the tech industry to nominate who it thinks should be considered for the top 50. Here is the longlist for 2019
Each year, Computer Weekly puts together a list of the 50 Most Influential Women in UK Technology, and when we ask the technology sector to put forward nominations, the list of names grows longer every year.
Since its launch in 2012, the final list has also grown, originally featuring only 25 of the tech industry’s most influential women, but now double that size to allow as many women as possible to be featured.
In 2017, the number of nominations exceeded 160, prompting Computer Weekly to publish a longlist of nominations for the first time.
This number has since grown further, with more than 200 names put forward in 2018, and this year 360 women who have made a significant contribution both to the women in tech movement and the technology sector overall.
Publishing the longlist each year is part of Computer Weekly’s commitment to showcasing the amazing female technology talent that exists throughout the UK.
We seek to ensure that the range of nominations for the 50 Most Influential Women in UK Technology is 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.
We will also soon publish our expert judges’ decision on which of these 50 names have been chosen for the shortlist, which will go forward to a reader vote to help decide the winner of this year’s Most Influential Woman in UK Technology accolade – but we also wanted to reveal all of the nominees who were considered. Congratulations to all.
The 2019 Most Influential Women in UK Technology longlist (in alphabetical order):
Abi Mohamed, co-founder and tech director, Community Growth Venture
Abbie Morris, CEO and co-founder, Compare Ethics
Abigail Rappaport, global business leader, Workplace by Facebook
Agnes Gradzewicz, co-founder and CMO, Smarty Software
Aimee Van Wynsberghe, robot ethicist, Tu Delft
Alex Depledge, founder and CEO, Resi
Alex Mahon, CEO, Channel 4
Alexa Greaves, CEO, AAG IT Services
Alexa Marenghi, global diversity and business programme manager, Microsoft; founder of Codess
Alexandra Deschamps Sonsino, consultant, Designswarm; founder, The Good Night Lamp
Alexandra Gillon-Livesey, strategy associate, JP Morgan
Alexandra Margarint, junior front-end developer, Vodafone UK
Alice Bentinck, co-founder, Entrepreneur First
Alison Vincent, fellow, Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET); technical adviser, Cybertonica; BCS fellow
Alysia Silberg, general partner, Street Global Venture Capital
Amelia Heathman, technology reporter, Evening Standard
Ana Perez, senior director and chair of Oracle Women in Leadership, Oracle
Angela Hood, founder and CEO, ThisWay Global
Angela Morrison, IT and supply chain director, Debenhams
Angela Yu, NHS doctor; founder and managing director, London App Brewery
Angelika Johansson, full stack developer, MoneySupermarket Group
Ania Kubow, co-founder, Whistle & Bango
Anna Barsby, chief technology director, Morrisons
Anna Holland-Smith, internal developer advocate, Automattic; co-founder, Women Who Keynote
Anne Boden, CEO, Starling Bank
Anne Currie, chief strategist, Container Solutions
Anne Marie Neatham, COO, 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)
Ariane Gadd, lead DevOps engineer, KPMG
Athene Donald, professor of experimental physics, University of Cambridge and master of Churchill College
Bea Karol Burks, co-director of explorations, Nesta
Beatrice Butsana-Sita, NED, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; companion, Chartered Management Institute
Beckie Taylor, co-founder, Tech Returners
Becks Armstrong, founder and CEO, Clarity
Belinda Parmar, CEO, The Empathy Business
Bethany Koby, CEO and co-founder, Technology Will Save Us
Bindi Karia, founder and CEO, Bindi Ventures; digital leader of Europe, World Economic Forum
Cait O’Riordan, chief product and information officer, Financial Times
Camille Baker, founder, e-stitches; reader, interface and interaction, School of Communication Design; principal investigator, University for the Creative Arts
Carina Namih, investment partner, Episode 1
Carmina Lees, managing director, Financial Services Technology Consulting Lead, Accenture
Caroline Carruthers, co-author, The Chief Digital Officer’s Playbook; director, Carruthers and Jackson
Caroline Graham, head of legal business change delivery, Barclays
Caroline Hargrove, CTO, Babylon Health
Caroline Hyde, technology presenter, Bloomberg
Caroline Plumb, founder and CEO, Fluidly
Carrie Anne Philbin, director of educator support, Raspberry Pi Foundation
Casey Calista, account director and head of tech and digital, Lodestone
Cath Goulding, chief information security officer, Nominet
Catherine Breslin, director, solutions architect, Cobalt Speech & Language
Catherine Knivett, interim COO, Corsham Institute
Cathy McCabe, CEO, Proximity Insight
Charlotte Finn, vice-president global strategic relations, Salesforce.org
Charlotte Murray, chief operating officer and director of social inclusion, Good Things Foundation; director of care, health and wellbeing, South Yorkshire Housing Association
Charlotte Robertson, MD and co-founder, Digital Awareness UK
Charlotte Zhao, director, codebar; founder, Quirkey
Cheryl Stevens, deputy director identity and trust, DWP
Christina Scott, chief technology officer, News UK; deputy CTO, News Corp
Christine Ashton, CEO, Cogventive; independent non-executive director, Bacs Payment Schemes
Christine Hodgson, chair, Capgemini UK
Cindy Rose, CEO, Microsoft UK
Claire Agutter, director, Scopism; director and lead tutor, IT Training Zone
Claire Burn, software engineer, Rapid7; director, Women Who Code Belfast
Claire Cockerton, former CEO, Plexal; managing director, Cockerton and Co Advisory
Claire Davenport, former CEO, Hello Fresh UK; adviser
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, Dell Technologies
Clare Gilmartin, CEO, Trainline
Clare Joy, senior strategy and expansion manager, Onfido
Clare Sutcliffe, co-founder, Code Club; co-founder, She Wins; chair of trustees, Beam
Cristina Hickman, founder, IVF Professionals; scientific representative, British Fertility Society; chief scientific officer, Apricity
Cynthia Davis, CEO and founder, BAME Recruitment; chair of the board of directors, Pop Up Projects
Daljit Bamford, chief customer officer, Salesforce
Daniela Menzky, co-founder and COO, CyNation
Daryn Edgar, vice-president strategic initiatives, SAP
Davina Sirisena, founder and CEO, Difference Digital
Debbie Forster, CEO, Tech Talent Charter
Debbie Garside, CEO, GeoLang
Debbie Green, vice president country leader applications, Oracle UKI
Debbie Wosskow, co-founder, AllBright; former CEO, Love Home Swap
Deborah Vickers, channel director, MoneyGuru.com
Devika Wood, founder, Vida Care
Devon Edwards Joseph, data engineer, Lloyds Banking Group
Diana Kennedy, vice-president strategy, architecture and planning, BP
Dimple Dalby, senior DevOps engineer, Compare the Market
Doniya Soni, programme strategy and operations manager, WhiteHat
Edel Creely, group managing director, Trilogy Technologies
Edel McGrath, interim CTO, Sainsbury’s Bank
Edwina Dunn, CEO, Starcount
Eileen Burbidge, chair, Tech Nation; partner, Passion Capital; fintech envoy, HM Treasury
Elaine Warburton, co-founder and CEO, QuantuMDx
Elena Sinel, founder, Acorn Associates 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, chairman of the board, Secure Chorus
Elizabeth Denham, information commissioner
Elizabeth Eastaugh, senior director, product – eCP, enterprise data platform services, Expedia
Elizabeth Varley, co-founder and CEO, TechHub
Elizabeth Vega, group CEO, Informed Solutions
Ella Schofield, software developer, Bloom & Wild
Elly Zhang, director of partnerships, Heliocor
Elspeth Finch, CEO and founder, IAND
Emily Brooke, founder and CEO, beryl.cc (Blaze)
Emily Forbes, founder, Seenit
Emma Cerrone, executive director, agile and digital fitness lead, global digital accelerator, MSD; fellow, Forward Institute
Emma Fryer, associate director, TechUK
Emma Lacy, UKI ERPM business operations leader, Oracle
Emma McGuigan, group technology officer, communications, media & technology, Accenture
Emma Mulqueeny, consultant and adviser
Emma Robertson, co-founder, Digital Awareness UK
Emma Sinclair, co-founder, Enterprise Alumni
Emma Wright, partner, Kemp Little; founder and director, Institute of AI
Emma Woodman, UKI ServiceNow practice lead, Accenture
Estelle Johannes, director, member communities UK, CompTIA
Fanny Corlosquet, DevOps engineer, The Economist Newspaper
Farah Kanji, head of talent, Founders Factory
Farida Gibbs, chief executive, Gibbs Hybrid
Fatimat Gbajabiamila, Javascript developer, StoryShare
Faye Holland, chair, Cambridge Ahead; board member, Cambridge Wireless; co-founder, Impact Women’s Network; founder and director, Cofinitive
Fiona Hudson Kelly, chief executive officer at Smart Apprentices
Flora Tasse, co-founder, Selerio; head of CV/AI research, Streem
Francesca Carlesi, co-founder and CEO, Molo Finance
Funmi Adewodu, IoS engineer, Yoyo Wallet
Gabi Wagenhofer, CIO, Castrol BP
Gail Jones, managing director, UKFast
Gayna Hart, founder and managing director, Quicksilva
Gem Young, founder, @womenoffintech
Gemma Milne, co-founder, Science: Disrupt; tech and science journalist
Gemma Moore, founder and director, Cyberis
Ghislaine Boddington, co-founder and director, Women Shift Digital
Grace Chang, software development engineer – tech lead, GoCardless
Grace Stuart, business development analyst, Revolut
Hadley Beeman, acting CTO, NHSX
Harriet Green, CEO and chairman of Asia Pacific, IBM
Hayaatun Sillem, CEO, Royal Academy of Engineering
Hayley Sudbury, co-founder and CEO, Werkin
Hazel Moore, chairman and co-founder, FirstCapital
Heather Black, founder and MD, economic change, Salesforce Supermums
Heather Delaney, founder and MD, Gallium Ventures
Heather Picov, CEO, Apps for Good
Heather Savory, co-chair, UN global working group on big data for official statistics, United Nations
Helen Fraser, software developer, Morgan Stanley
Helen Kelisky, vice-president, Marketing Cloud, Salesforce, EMEA
Helen Lamb, vice-president, strategic pursuits unit, global delivery group, Fujitsu
Helen Mayhew, COO Europe, QuantumBlack
Helen Meek, agile coach and consultant, RippleRock
Helen Milner, chief executive, Good Things Foundation
Helen Mitchell, director and co-founder, Blukudu
Helen Toogood, owner, Hot Chilli Consulting
Helen Wollaston, CEO, WISE
Helene Panzarino, managing director, Rainmaking Colab
Hilary Leevers, CEO, EngineeringUK
Holly Brockwell, CEO, Gadgette
Inês Teles Correia, co-founder, DWYL; director, Founders & Coders
Ingrid Lunden, news editor and writer, TechCrunch
Iris Lapinski, founder and CEO, Apps for Good
Irra Ariella Khi, CEO and founder, VChain Technology
Isabel Fox, general partner and co-founder, Luminous Ventures
Isabel Lewis, technology associate, Publicis Sapient
Jacky Wright, chief digital and information officer, HMRC
Jacquelyn Guderley, founder, Salome Literature
Jacqui Taylor, CEO and founder, Flying Binary
Jane Silber, executive chair, Diffblue
Janet Coyle, director trade and growth, London & Partners
Jaycee Cheong, software development/engineering manager, Immersive Labs
Jeni Tennison, CEO, Open Data Institute
Jennifer Arcuri, founder, InnoTech Network and Hacker House
Jennifer Opal, junior software engineer, BT Group
Jennifer Rigby, chief operating officer, Lloyd’s of London
Jenny Griffiths, founder and CEO, Snap Tech
Jess Wade, postdoctoral research associate, Imperial College London
Jessica Falk, software engineer, Improbable
Jessica Sapick, DeepMind marketer, Google
Jo Eckersley, CEO and founder, Bubbl
Jo Graham, CIO, Boohoo
Jo Twist, CEO, UKIE
Joan Lei, data scientist, Revolut
Joanna Bryson, associate professor, Department of Computing, University of Bath
Joanna Davinson, chief digital, data and technology officer, Home Office
Joanne Smith, founder and CEO, Recordsure
Joanne Hannaford, head of EMEA technology and global head of quality assurance engineering, Goldman Sachs
Joyeeta Das, CEO and founder, Gyana
Jude Ower, founder and CEO, Playmob
Julie Bretland, CEO, owner and founder, Our Mobile Health
Julie Watling, MD, Communications Solutions UK
Julie Woods-Moss, chair of the board of directors, Dunhumby; senior adviser, McKinsey & Company
Juliet Bauer, VP product, KRY
June Angelides, founder, Mums in Technology; investor, Samos Investments; founding ambassador, Fifty Fifty Pledge
Justine Roberts, founder and CEO, Mumsnet and Gransnet
Kadine James, creative tech lead AR/VR/MR, Hobs Studio; chair, Women in 3D Printing
Karen McCormick, chief investment officer, Beringea
Karen Price, CEO, The Tech Partnership
Karen Young, former director, MDS Technologies
Karimah Campbell, forensic and integrity services assistant director, EY’s Forensic & Integrity Services
Kate Rosenshine, head of data and AI cloud solution architecture, Microsoft
Kate Russell, tech journalist, gamer, author and BBC Click presenter
Kathryn Parsons, founder and co-CEO, Decoded
Katie Koschland, engineer, The Financial Times
Kavita Kalaichelvan, software engineer, Appear Here
Kayla Shapiro, site reliability engineer, BBC
Kerensa Jennings, director IDEA, Duke of York’s Office, Buckingham Palace
Kim Nilsson, co-founder and CEO, Pivigo
Kiran Bhagotra, CEO and founder, ProtectBox
Kiran Uppal, projects director, UnrulyEQ, Unruly
Kirsten Connell, MD, CyLon
Kirstin Duffield, CEO, Morning Data
Kit Collingwood, deputy director, data: Universal Credit, DWP Digital
Kriti Sharma, founder, AI for Good
Lamorna Short, chief of staff, Paddle
Lara Sampson, product owner for Universal Credit and head of product, DWP
Laura Bailey, chair, Qadre
Laura Weston, Java developer, Sky
Leanne Bonner-Cooke, founder and chair, Evolve; founder and CEO, e-Bate
Leeann Monk-Ozgul, co-founder and co-CEO, Elemental – The Social Prescribing Company
Liane Katz, co-founder and CEO, MAMA.codes
Liat Moss, freelance consultant; former STEAM director, Ji
Lisa Donaldson, head of brand and design, Franks Pets; co-founder, Tech Education Network
Lisa Hammond, CEO and co-founder, Centrix Software
Lisa Jacobs, chief strategy officer, Funding Circle
Liz Rice, technology evangelist, Aqua Security
Liz Whitefield, director, Hippo Digital
Lori Lee, lead software developer, Unmind
Louise McCarthy, CFO/CXO, adviser, Arachnys
Lucinda Carney, founder and CEO, Actus Software
Lucy Ireland, MD, BCS Learning & Development
Lyn Grobler, group CIO, Hyperion Insurance Group
Lynn Collier, global program director – customer success, Hitachi Vantara
Magdalena Kron, head of Rise London fintech platform lead, Barclays; co-founder, Geek Girl Meetup UK
Maggie Van’T Hoff, vice-president of IT transformation and value, Shell
Mandy Chessell, distinguished engineer, IBM
Margaret Ross, professor of software quality and a principal lecturer, Southampton Solent University
Margot James, digital minister
Maria McKavenagh, COO and chief innovation officer, Verv (Green Running)
Marija Butkovic, founder and CEO, Women of Wearables
Marily Nika, ML product manager, Google
Marta Krupinska, head of Google for Startups UK, Google; founder, Astarte Ventures
Martha Moniz, engineering team lead, Paddle
Max Benson and Karen Gill, co-founders, Modern Muse (charity)
Maxine Mackintosh, PhD student, UCL; co-founder, One HealthTech
Meha Nelson, co-founder and CTO, Predina
Melinda Nicci, founder and CEO, Baby2Body
Melinda Roylett, head of Europe, Square
Melissa Di Donato, former COO, SAP ERP Cloud
Merve Taner, software engineer, Simply Business
Michelle Senecal de Fonseca, area vice-president, Northern Europe, Citrix
Misa Ogura, R&D software engineer, BBC R&D
Mursal Hedayat, co-founder and CEO, Chatterbox
Nadira Hussain, director of leadership development and research, Socitm
Nancy Fechnay, co-founder, BedrockX
Naomi Timperley, board memeber, Capital Pilot; co-founder, Tech North Advocates
Natalie Gammon, non-executive director, Masthaven Bank; independent member of the audit committee, National Trust
Natalie Massenet, co-founder and co-managing partner, Imaginary Ventures
Natalie Smith, associate software developer, MoneySuperMarket
Natasha Sayce-Zelem, head of technology – digital service, Sky
Nathalie Christmann-Cooper, product engineer, Buyapowa
Neeta Patel, CEO, New Entrepreneurs Foundation; CEO, Centre for Entrepreneurs
Nicky Tozer, VP, EMEA, Oracle NetSuite
Nicola Graham, head of ICT, Aberdeenshire Council
Nicola Mendelsohn, VP EMEA, Facebook Europe
Nicola Whiting, chief strategy officer, Titania
Nicola Perrin, head of data for science and health, Wellcome Trust
Nicole Eagan, CEO, Darktrace
Nikki Kelly, SVP public sector and health, Atos
Nina Tumanishvili, founder, HelloHub; founder CEO, TubeChat
Noor Shaker, CEO, GTN
Pamela Maynard, president, product and innovation, Avanade
Pat Saini, head of immigration, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
Paula Muldoon, JavaScript developer, Cambridge Cognition
Payal Jain, chair, Women in Data UK; MD, JCURV; MD, DT1 Consulting
Pearl Noble-Mallock, head of product and cyber security, BAE Systems
Phoebe Chibuzo Hugh, founder and CEO, Brolly
Phoebe Greig, software engineer, BBC; co-founder, Women Driven Development; London City co-director, Lesbians Who Tech
Phoebe Thacker, senior manager, applied technology, Unilever
Pip Jamieson, founder and CEO, The Dots
Pippa Malmgren, author; co-founder, H Robotics
Polly (Gowers) Barnfield, founder and CEO, Maybe
Poppy Gustafsson, co-CEO, Darktrace
Poppy Rainer, head of technology, Thrift+
Pravina Ladva, chief technology and operations officer, Swiss Re
Priya Guha, venture partner, Merian Ventures; chair of the board of trustees, Modern Muse; council member, Innovate UK
Priya Lakhani, founder and CEO, Century Tech
Rachel Coldicutt, CEO, Doteveryone
Rachel Murphy, CEO, Difrent Group
Rachel Neaman, non-executive board member, adviser, mentor
Rachelle Mills, co-founder and CEO, KareInn
Rav Bumbra, founder and CEO, Structur3dpeople; founder, Cajigo
Rebecca George, lead public sector partner, Deloitte
Rebecca Pope, head of data science and engineering, KPMG
Regina Moran, enterprise director, Vodafone
Reshma Sohoni, founding partner, 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
Ros Delderfield, customer experience manager, BP
Rosie Sherry, founder, Ministry of Testing
Roxane Heaton, deputy CTO, UK Hydrographic Office
Rubi Kaur, solutions architect, Vodafone Group
Sabrina Castiglione, chief financial officer, Tessian
Safia Barikzai, associate professor, School of Engineering, London South Bank University
Sam Keyes, vice-president digital and CRM, ConvaTec
Sam Smith, head of IT strategy and architecture, LGSS; strategic IT lead for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Cambridgeshire County Council
Samantha Horsman, infrastructure transformation manager, Wellcome Trust
Samantha Payne, co-founder and COO, Open Bionics
Sana Khareghani, deputy director head of office for AI, DCMS/BEIS
Sandra Taylor, head of digital and ICT services, Dudley Council
Sarah Armstrong-Smith, head of continuity and resilience, distinguished engineer and diversity champion, Fujitsu
Sarah Atkinson, global director of corporate social responsibility, Micro Focus
Sarah Burnett, executive vice-president and distinguished analyst, Everest Group; chair, BCS Women
Sarah Flannigan, CIO, adviser
Sarah Hunter, director of global public policy, X, the moonshot factory
Sarah Luxford, director, Global Resourcing; co-founder, TLA Women in Tech
Sarah Rench, advanced analytics, robotics and AI – senior leader, EY
Sarah Shields, vice-president, Dell EMC Enterprise Channel, Europe
Sarah Turner, CEO and co-founder, Angel Academe
Sarah Wilkinson, CEO, NHS Digital
Sarah Winmill, CIO, British Transport Police
Sarah Young, software developer, Unruly
Sarah-Beth Amos, PhD student, University of Oxford
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
Sheila Flavell, COO, FDM Group
Sheree Atcheson, global ambassador, Women Who Code; consulting inclusion lead, Deloitte UK
Sheridan Ash, technology and investments director, women in technology leader UK, PwC
Sherry Vaswani, group CEO, Xalient
Shirine Khoury-Haq, non-executive director, Post Office
Shirley Creed, liveryman and trustee, The Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators; former global corporate secretary, Dell
Sophie Deen, CEO, Bright Little Labs
Sophie Koonin, web engineer, Monzo
Sophie Newton, COO, Brainlabs
Stephanie Itimi, senior adviser, equality and partnerships, Essex County Council
Stephanie Phair, chief strategy officer, Farfetch
Sue Daley, associate director of technology and innovation, TechUK
Suki Fuller, founder, Miribure
Susan Bowen, president and CEO, Cogeco Peer 1
Susanne Chishti, CEO, Fintech Circle
Tabitha Goldstaub, co-founder, CognitionX; chair, government’s AI Council
Tania Boler, CEO and co-founder, Elvie
Tamara Lohan, founder and COO, Mr & Mrs Smith
Tamara Rajah, founder and CEO, Live Better With
Tara Donnelly, interim chief digital officer (CDO), NHS England
Taylor Semelsberger, founder, Miro Solutions UK
Tina Götschi, vice principal – teaching and learning, Ada, National College for Digital Skills.
Tina Howell, platform lead, AND Digital
Tracy Westall, non-executive director, Department for Transport
Trudy Norris-Grey, chair, WISE
Tugce Bulut, CEO and founder, Streetbees
Ursula Morgenstern, CEO, Atos Germany
Vicki Young, founder and CEO, Nalla Design
Vicky Brock, founder and CEO, Vistalworks
Victoria Carr, PhD Student; found and director, Researc/hers Code, King’s College London and Researc/hers Code
Victoria McCallum, technical business analyst (contractor), Ulster Bank; non-executive director, MACS Supporting Children and Young People
Vinous Ali, head of policy, TechUK
Wendy Tan White, vice-president, X – Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory; board trustee, Alan Turing Institute; member, Digital Economy Council
Yemi Oluseun, project manager, Barclays
Yessi Bello Perez, UK crypto correspondent, TNW
Zoe Cunningham, managing director, Softwire
A panel of expert judges has used the following criteria to decide which of these women will be selected for the top 50:
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?
Computer Weekly will soon open the voting for the 50 women in this year’s shortlist to allow readers to vote on who they think should receive the accolade of Most Influential Woman in UK Technology 2019.
Previous winners, along with leaders considered to have made a lifetime contribution to helping women in technology, 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 Mortimer Spinks and sponsored by the Wellcome Trust, on 25 September 2019.
Thanks for reading,
Mason
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