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23 UK-based women make Inspiring Fifty list of top women in tech

Inspiring 50

Inspiring Fifty, a not-for-profit organisation which identifies and showcases women in leadership positions within the tech sector, has revealed the most inspiring women in European technology for 2016. Almost half (23) of those on the list are UK-based.

Today’s announcement follows a public nomination process during which hundreds of nominations were received. Here’s who made the list from the UK:

Professor Mary Aiken, Professor at Cyber Psychology Research Centre

Laura Jordan Bambach, co-founder of SheSays; creative partner at Mr President

Alice Bentinck, co-founder of Entrepreneur First, co-founder of Code First: Girls

Dr Sue Black OBE, advisor to UK Government Digital Services

Eileen Burbidge, partner at Passion Capital

Judith Clegg, founder and CEO of Takeout Consulting and The Glasshouse

Sherry Coutu, former CEO and angel investor who serves on the boards of companies, charities and universities

Nancy Cruickshank, founder and CEO of MyShowcase

Sonali De Rycker, general partner at Accel

Dame Wendy Hall, professor of computer Science at Univeristy of Southampton

Karen Hanton, founder and chairman at Top Table

Martha Lane Fox, founder and executive chair, doteveryone.org.uk

Avid Larizadeh Duggan, general partner at Google Ventures, UK lead at Code.org

Nicola Mendelsohn, vice president EMEA at Facebook

Jane Moran, global CIO Unilever

Belinda Parmar, founder of Little Miss Geek, CEO of Lady Geek

Kathryn Parsons, co-founder and co-CEO of Decoded

Maggie Philbin, founder and director of TeenTech CIC

Justine Roberts, founder and CEO of Mumsnet and Gransnet

Baroness Joanna Shields, Minister for Internet safety and security

Reshma Sohoni, co-founder and partner at Seedcamp

Elizabeth Varley, founder and CEO TechHub

Sarah Wood, co-founder and co-CEO of Unruly

Janneke Niessen, co-initiator of Inspiring Fifty, commented on the list: “Looking at the Inspiring Fifty of this year really makes me proud. These fifty women are the best-of-the-best, with truly inspirational careers.

“The ultimate aim of Inspiring Fifty is to address the gender imbalance in tech, so the more women we can celebrate and showcase, the more we can demonstrate to young girls and women that a career in tech is one of the most rewarding paths you can choose. We look forward to working with these brilliant women to help us do just that,” Niessen concluded.

Full biographies of all the women can be found at http://www.inspiringfifty.com/europe2016/.

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