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/