For the past 10 years, Computer Weekly has been showcasing women in IT, initially publishing a list of the top 25 most influential women in UK tech in 2012.
Since its first incarnation, the list has grown, and now celebrates 50 of the UK’s most influential women in UK tech every year.
In 2017, Computer Weekly started publishing the longlist when the number of nominations exceeded 160.
This number has grown year-on-year from 360 in 2019 to more than 430 in 2020 and over 500 women this year, each of whom has made a significant contribution to the technology sector.
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.
Once the longlist of nominations is closed, a panel of judges chooses a shortlist of 50 women, which will soon be published to allow readers to vote for who they think should receive the accolade of Most Influential Woman in UK Technology 2021.
Readers’ votes are counted alongside the judges’ to reach the final decision, but first we want to congratulate all of those who are being considered.
The 2021 Most Influential Women in UK Technology longlist (in alphabetical order):
Abadesi Osunsade, founder and CEO, Hustle Crew; VP global community and belonging, Brandwatch
Abbie Morris, CEO and co-founder, Compare Ethics
Abi Mohamed, programme lead, Tech Nation; co-founder/tech lead, Community Growth Ventures
Abigail Rappaport, global director, enterprise operations, Workplace by Facebook
Adah Parris, storyteller, director and producer of L&D experiences, The House of Griots
Adelina Chalmers, The Geek Whisperer – adviser for CTOs, tech leaders and engineers
Adizah Tejani, partnerships and product innovation, HSBC
Agnes Gradzewicz, co-founder and CMO, Smarty Software
Alex Depledge, founder and CEO, Resi
Alex Willard, CEO, Pivigo
Alexa Greaves, CEO, AAG IT Services
Alexa Marenghi, senior program manager – global talent acquisition, Microsoft; founder, Codess
Alexandra Deschamps Sonsino, consultant, Designswarm; founder, The Good Night Lamp
Alexandra Gillon-Livesey, head of strategic partnerships, CIB chief data and analytics office, JP Morgan
Alexandra Margarint, software developer, Flairbox
Alice Bentinck, co-founder, Entrepreneur First
Alina Timofeeva, senior manager, advanced analytics and cloud, KPMG UK (moving to associate partner, Oliver Wyman)
Alison Davis, CIO, Natural History Museum
Alison Ettridge, CEO, Talent Intuition
Alison Pritchard, deputy national statistician and director general data capability, ONS
Alison Vincent, fellow, Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET); BCS fellow
Amanda Brock, CEO, Open UK
Amandine Flachs, CEO and co-founder, WildMeta
Amelia Bampton , regional director, Codurance
Amina Aweis, software engineer and web accessibility advocate, Silktide
Ana Perez, senior director consulting, Oracle; chair, Oracle Women in Leadership
Andrea Palmer, business change and digital transformation manager, BCS fellow, chair of BCS Women
Angela Morrison, experienced CIO; non-executive director, HM Land Registry; COO, Cancer Research UK
Angela Yu, A&E doctor; founder and managing director, London App Brewery
Ania Kubow, software engineer and course creator, FreeCodeCamp.org; co-founder, Whistle + Bango
Anna Barsby, CIO and managing partner, Tessiant
Anna Brailsford, CEO, Code First Girls
Anna Holland-Smith, co-founder, Recode; lead, engineer development and growth, Automattic
Anne Boden, CEO, Starling Bank
Anne Currie, tech ethics (contract), Container Solutions; CEO and co-founder, WorkingProgram
Anne Marie Neatham, commercial director for the office of the CTO, Ocado Technology
Anne Rose, managing associate, Mishcon de Reya
Anne Stokes, CEO, Streamwire Group
Annika Small, co-founder, CAST (Centre for Acceleration of Social Technology)
Anushka Sharma, founder, Naaut; senior technical programme coordinator, DiRAC – HPC
Ariane Gadd, lead DevOps engineer, Fiit
Avril Chester, founder, Cancer Central and Ask Ave; CTO, RIBA
Bea Karol Burks, director of explorations, Nesta
Beckie Taylor, CEO and co-founder, TechReturners
Becks Armstrong, CEO, Clarity
Beeban Kidron, founder and chair, 5Rights Foundation
Belinda Finch, CIO, Three
Belinda Parmar, CEO, The Empathy Business
Beth Probert, consultant engineer, Capgemini Engineering; vice-chair, WISE Young Professionals’ Board
Bethany Koby, co-founder, Technology Will Save Us; fellow, The Bio-Leadership Project
Bev White, CEO, Harvey Nash Group
Bhavagaya Bakshi, NHS GP; co-founder, C The Signs
Bindi Karia, adviser
Bingqian Gao, senior director of global advanced analytics, Aktana; founder and chair, Tiny Viz Talks
Bukky Babajide, founder, Female Techpreneur
Cait O’Riordan, chief product and information officer, Financial Times
Camille Baker, professor in interactive and immersive arts; year leader for MA Games Design, University for the Creative Arts
Carina Namih, general partner, Episode 1 Ventures
Carly Kind, director, Ada Lovelace Institute
Carmina Lees, managing director, Financial Services Technology Consulting at Accenture
Caroline Carruthers, CEO, Carruthers and Jackson; co-author, The chief data officer’s playbook
Caroline Dinenage, minister for digital and culture
Caroline Gorski, group director, R² Data Labs, Rolls-Royce
Caroline Hargrove, CTO, Zedsen
Caroline Plumb, founder and CEO, Fluidly
Caroline Serfass, senior vice-president and chief information officer, Canon Europe
Casey Calista, public affairs strategist, Hill + Knowlton Strategies
Cath Goulding, chief information security officer, Nominet
Catherine Breslin, adviser, Deeptech Labs; founder, Kingfisher Labs
Catherine Knivett, interim head of operations, AWO (on maternity leave)
Cathy McCabe, CEO, Proximity Insight
Charlene Hunter, CEO and founder, Coding Black Females
Charlotte Crosswell, non-exec director, fintech and innovation adviser
Charlotte Kirby, vice-president global strategic relations, Salesforce.org
Charlotte Light, advisory board member, Institute of Coding; group CTO, 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; partner, Ada Ventures
Cheryl Stevens, interim director for shared channels experience, DWP Digital
Chiara Pensato, CMO, Cutover
Christina Scott, CTO, News UK
Christine Ashton, CIO adviser
Claire Agutter, director, Scopism; director and lead tutor, IT Training Zone
Claire Burn, software engineer, Rapid7; global ambassador, Women Who Code Belfast
Claire Cockerton, former CEO, Plexal; founder and adviser
Claire Davenport, CEO, notonthehighstreet.com
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-president interactive, Inspired Entertainment
Claire Vyvyan, senior vice-president, UK & Ireland commercial business, Dell EMC
Clare Barclay, CEO, Microsoft UK
Clare Gorman, senior VP, sales business operations, AVEVA
Clare Joy, expansion strategy manager, Onfido
Clare Sutcliffe, director and co-founder, She Wins; VP community, Multiverse
Claudia Natanson, head of information security, AccuWeather; chair, UK Cyber Security Council
Colleen Wong, founder and CEO, Techsixtyfour
Cynthia Davis, CEO and founder, BAME Recruitment; chair, board of directors, Pop Up Projects
Daljit Bamford, social media advocate, The Trussell Trust
Daniela Menzky, co-founder and COO, Angoka
Daryn Edgar, board member, Glisser; CEO, LYTT
Davina Sirisena, founder and CEO, Difference Digital
Debbie Garside, co-chair, security – KTN Defence and Security Advisory Board, Knowledge Transfer Network
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, VP product management, Citi; COO, Women in Banking and Finance
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 analytics engineer, Spotify
Diana Biggs, member, board of digital leaders, World Economic Forum; CEO, Valour
Diana Kennedy, CTO, Bupa
Dimple Dalby, lead cloud platform engineer, Compare the Market
Doniya Soni, programme strategy lead, Multiverse (formerly White Hat)
Dupsy Abiola, head of global innovation, International Airlines Group
Edel McGrath, partner, group head of technology, Knight Frank
Edwina Dunn, non-exec director, Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation; commissioner, Geospatial Commission
Eileen Jennings-Brown, head of technology, Wellcome Trust
Eileen Logie, deputy director, ESFA Apprenticeship Service
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, software engineer, Twitter
Eliana Vanekova, founder, ZeroSmart
Elin Ng, co-founder and COO, Salve Technologies
Elisabetta Zaccaria, founder, Secure Chorus; entrepreneur mentor in residence, Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at London Business School
Elizabeth Eastaugh, senior director, technology – development platform and infrastructure, Expedia
Elizabeth Varley, adviser – early stage tech advisory group, Silicon Valley Bank
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; head of partnerships, Globe Derivative Exchange
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, UKIE HCM business operations leader, Oracle
Emma Lindley, co-founder, Women in Identity
Emma McGuigan, senior managing director, Microsoft Business Group; lead – Intelligent Platform Service, Accenture
Emma Mulqueeny, consultant and adviser
Emma Robertson, director and co-founder, Digital Awareness UK
Emma Sinclair, co-founder, Enterprise Alumni
Emma Stace, chief digital and technology officer, Department for Education
Emma Taylor, head of digital safety, RazorSecure
Emma Trickitt, head of diversity and inclusion – technology, Sky
Emma Woodman, UK&I ServiceNow practice lead; MD, Accenture
Emma Wright, director, Institute of AI; partner, Deloitte Legal
Erika Brodnock, co-founder, Extend Ventures; founder, Karisma Kidz and Kami
Erika Federis, associate, CMS
Erin Platts, head of EMEA and president of the UK branch, Silicon Valley Bank
Estelle Johannes, director, member communities UK, CompTIA
Fanny Corlosquet, senior software engineer, The Economist Newspaper
Farah Kanji, chief people officer, Founders Factory
Farida Gibbs, CEO/founder, Gibbs Hybrid
Fateha Majid, founder and CEO, Biye Biye
Fatimat Gbajabiamila, software engineer, Apolitical; founder, Bridgemap
Faye Holland, founder and director, Cofinitive
Felicity Burch, executive director, Centre for Data Ethics & Innovation
Fiona Hudson Kelly, chair, board of directors, 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, Spotify
Gabi Wagenhofer, VP markets and midstream digital/CIO trading, shipping and midstream, BP
Gabriella Talbot, strategic technology delivery manager and co-chair, Aspire Network, The Co-op
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, principal founder and CEO, AgriLedger
Georgina Owens, chief product and technology officer, Doqit
Ghislaine Boddington, co-founder and director, Women Shift Digital
Gillian Docherty, CEO, The Data Lab
Gillian Lamela, director, Technology Cost Simplification Programme; Women In Technology UK regional lead, Barclays Investment Bank
Grace Stuart, director of product marketing, Deel
Hadley Beeman, chief technology adviser to the secretary of state, Department for Health and Social Care
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 Picov, CEO, Apps for Good
Heather Savory, non-executive director, UK Parliament Information Authority, House of Lords
Heba Bevan, CEO and founder, Utterberry
Helen Boothman, managing director, Evergreen Energy
Helen Fraser, software developer, Morgan Stanley
Helen Kelisky, vice-president, cloud sales, UK and Ireland, Salesforce EMEA
Helen Lamb, head of delivery centres of excellence, Fujitsu
Helen Meek, agile coach and consultant, RippleRock
Helen Mitchell, director and co-founder, Blukudu; director of innovation strategy, ecosystems, change and communications, Global Transformation Office, BMI Group
Helen Needham, managing principal, Capco; founder, Me.Decoded
Helene Panzarino, associate director, Centre for Digital Banking and Finance, London Institute of Banking and Finance
Hephzi Pemberton, founder and CEO, Equality Group
Hilary Leevers, CEO, EngineeringUK
Holly Smith, senior solutions consultant, Databricks
Indra Joshi, director of AI, NHSX
Inês Teles Correia, co-founder and CEO, DWYL
Ira Krachanovskaya, senior marketing partner, BP Launchpad; startup adviser
Iris Lapinski, founder and chair, Apps for Good
Irra Ariella Khi, CEO and founder, Zamna (formerly VChain Technology)
Isabel Chapman, director, Power2Connect
Isabel Fox, co-managing partner and co-founder, Luminous Ventures; general partner, Outsized 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
Jacqui Taylor, CEO, Flying Binary
Jane Silber, chair, Diffblue; NED, Pusher
Jane Turner, CEO, Centtrip
Janet Coyle, managing director business growth, 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, Tapoly
Jaycee Cheong, cloud infrastructure engineer, Bryter
Jeanie York, chief technology officer, Virgin Media O2
Jeni Tennison, vice-president and chief strategy adviser, Open Data Institute
Jennifer Allum, head, Gov.UK; director, Government Digital Service
Jennifer Opal, DevOps engineer, HelloSign at Dropbox
Jennifer Rigby, COO, Lloyd’s of London
Jenny Griffiths, founder and CEO, Snap Vision
Jess Gosling, senior international policy adviser, UK government
Jess Wade, postdoctoral research associate, Imperial College London
Jessica Falk, site reliability engineer, Google
Jessica Figueras, vice-chair, UK Cyber Security Council
Jill Hodges, CEO and founder, Fire Tech
Jillian Godsil, founder and editor in chief, Blockleaders.io
Jin-Yan Gu, principal engineer, NatWest Group
Jo Dalton, account director, Lodestone, secretariat of the Parliamentary Internet Communications and Technology Forum
Jo Eckersley, CEO and founder, Bubbl
Jo Graham, CIO, Boohoo
Jo Haslam, design director, Snap Finger Click
Joan Lei, senior data scientist, Revolut
Joanna Davinson, executive director, Central Digital and Data Office, Cabinet 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, chief digital and technology officer, University of Essex
Joy Foster, CEO, TechPixies
Joyeeta Das, founder and chair, Gyana
Jude Ower, founder and CEO, Playmob
Julia Lopez, parliamentary secretary at Cabinet Office, responsible for digital government policy
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, Kry Livi
Juliette Atkinson, IT director, Bradford University
June Angelides, investor, Samos Investments
Justine Roberts, founder and CEO, Mumsnet and Gransnet
Kadine James, CEO and founder, The Immersive KIND
Kanta Dihal, senior research fellow, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge
Karen McCormick, chief investment officer, Beringea
Karimah Campbell, founder, Black Tech Queens; EMEA leader, customer success management, Relativity
Karina Vazirova, co-founder, Femtech Lab
Kate Beaumont, director device operations, product and innovation, Vodafone
Kate Bohn, innovation and strategy – incubator and accelerator lead, Lloyds Banking Group
Kate Rosenshine, director, global cloud solution architecture, unicorns and scaleups, Microsoft
Kate Ross, director of delivery, Smart
Katherine Calleja, senior partnerships and development manager, Raspberry Pi; founder, Cambridge Women in Tech
Katherine Eilbeck, head of research and development, Sellafield
Katia Lang , co-founder, FemTech Lab
Katie Koschland, principal engineer, The Financial Times
Kavita Kalaichelvan, software engineer, Cleo AI
Kayla Shapiro, production engineer, Facebook
Keeley Crockett , professor in computational intelligence, Manchester Metropolitan University
Kerensa Jennings, senior adviser, digital impact, BT Group
Keri Gilder, CEO, Colt
Kike Oniwinde, founder, BYP network
Kim Nilsson, chair, Pivigo
Kiran Bhagotra, CEO and founder, ProtectBox
Kiran Uppal, VP projects, Unruly
Kirsten Connell, First Cheque Fund at Octopus Ventures
Kirstin Duffield, CEO, Morning Data
Kit Collingwood, assistant director, digital and customer services, LB Greenwich
Kriti Sharma, vice-president product, GFK; founder, AI for Good UK
Lara Sampson, partner, Public Digital
Larissa Suzuki, data/AI technology practice lead, Google
Laura Dawson, CIO, London School of Economics
Lauren Kisser, director, Alexa AI – Knowledge International, Amazon
Leanne Bonner-Cooke, founder and CEO, e-Bate
Leeann Monk-Ozgul, co-founder and COO, Elemental – The Social Prescribing Company
Leontina Postelnicu, head of health and social care, TechUK
Liane Katz, CEO, MAMA.codes
Libby Kinsey, head of data science strategy and operations, Ocado Technology; co-founder, Project Juno
Lilybeth Go, VP data and analytics platforms, BP
Lindy Cameron, CEO, National Cyber Security Centre
Lisa Forte, partner, Red Goat Cyber Security; co-founder, Cyber Volunteers 19
Lisa Hammond, CEO and co-founder, Centrix Software
Lisa Jacobs, Europe managing director, Funding Circle
Lisa Ventura, CEO and founder, UK Cyber Security Association; board member, Cyber Security Global Alliance
Liz Ashall-Payne, CEO, Orcha
Liz Rice, chief open source officer, Isovalent; chair, Technical Oversight Committee, Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Liz Whitefield, director, Hippo Digital
Liz Williams, CEO, FutureDotNow; chair, GoodThingsFoundation
Lorna Davidson, CEO and founder, Redwigwam
Lou Cordwell, CEO, magneticNorth
Louise McCarthy, CIO adviser; co-founder and chair, Fluttr
Louise Rix, investor, Forward Partners
Louise Stokes, director, Digital Leaders; director, Shoreditch Virtual
Lucie Glenday, group CEO and founder, MySense.ai
Lucinda Carney, founder and CEO, Actus Software
Lucy Hall, founder, Digital Women and SocialDay; director, Avviso Media
Lucy Ireland, MD, BCS Learning & Development
Lyn Grobler, group CIO, Howden Group Holdings
Lynn Collier, renewals project lead, Syniti
Magdalena Kron, Rise Global FinTech platform director, Barclays
Maggie Van’T Hoff, vice-president of IT transformation and value, Shell
Mala Mawkin, digital medicine innovation lead, Imperial College London; head of market development, Leva Clinic
Malika Malik, data and AI cloud solution architect, Microsoft; adviser, APPG on AI
Mandy Chessell, distinguished engineer, IBM
Mansata Kurang, digital product owner, Alzheimer’s Society; founder, VR Revival
Maria Axente, AI and AI for good lead, PwC UK; advisory board member, APPG for AI
Maria McKavanagh, COO, Verv (Green Running)
Mariarosaria Taddeo, associate professor, senior research fellow, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
Marija Butkovic, founder and CEO, Women of Wearables
Marily Nika, senior AI/machine learning product manager (Speech), Google
Marta Krupinska, head, Google for Startups UK
Martha Moniz, engineering manager, Intercom
Mattie Yeta, head of sustainability – group strategy, DEFRA
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
Mehak Mumtaz, COO and co-founder, iLoF
Mel Unsworth, global director of content and commerce technology, Yoox Net-A-Porter
Melinda Nicci, founder and CEO, Baby2Body
Melinda Roylett, global head of small and medium business, Afterpay
Melissa Di Donato, CEO, SUSE
Melissa Hendry, co-founder and managing director, ddroidd
Melissa Morris, CEO, Lantum
Meri Williams, CTO, Healx
Merve Taner, software engineer, Shopify
Mevish Aslam, founder, Sprinters
Michelle Darracott, CSO, Smart
Michelle Senecal de Fonseca, area vice-president, Northern Europe, Citrix
Michelle Seng Ah Lee, AI ethics lead, Deloitte UK
Mignon Mapplebeck, business/entrepreneurship advisory, SEE Consulting; founder, CIO Digital Book Club
Mikela Druckman, CEO and co-founder, Greyparrot
Misa Ogura, research software engineer, BBC; co-founder and CTO, Women Driven Development
Monika Radclyffe, head, SetSquared, Bristol
Mridula Pore, co-founder and CEO, Peppy
Mursal Hedayat, co-founder and CEO, Chatterbox
Musidora Jorgensen, area vice-president, head of UK energy and utilities sales, Salesforce; ally for women in STEM
Nabila Salem, board member of tenth revolution group and president, Revolent Group
Nadia Abouayoub, founder, Aifinai
Nadine Thomson, global chief technology officer, MediaCom
Nadira Hussain, director of leadership development and research, Socitm
Naina Bhattacharya, chief information security officer, Danone
Naomi Timperley, co-founder, Tech North Advocates; growth and innovation consultant; project director, FreelanceHER100
Nat Pawlak, COO, My Ventures
Natalie Billingham, vice-president, sales and managing director, EMEA
Natalie Gammon, digital and cyber security adviser
Natalie Massenet, founder and executive chair, Net-a-Porter Group
Natasha Sayce-Zalem, global head of partner engineering, Prime Video, Amazon
Neeta Mundra, banking and financial services, Salesforce; industry transformation adviser
Neeta Patel, CEO, Centre for Entrepreneurs
Neha Rajesh, head of account-based and partner marketing, Temenos
Nicky Tozer, SVP, EMEA, Oracle NetSuite
Nicola Blackwood, chair, Genomics England
Nicola Graham, director of infrastructure and support services, NHS Ayrshire & Arran
Nicola Martin, head of quality, Adarga; BCS Women and BCS software testing committee member
Nicola Whiting, co-owner and chief strategy officer, Titania
Nicole Eagan, chief strategy and AI officer, Darktrace
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, CEO and founder, HelloHub
Nneka Abulokwe, founder and CEO, MicroMax Consulting
Noor Shaker, founder and CEO, Glamorous AI
Norma Dove-Edwin, chief information officer, National Grid ESO
Nova Baines, VP cloud DevOps, AVEVA
Olga Kravchenko, CEO, Musemio
Olivia Gambelin, founder and CEO, Ethical Intelligence Associates
Pamela Maynard, CEO, Avanade
Pat Ryen, founder, Cybergirls First
Patricia Shaw, CEO and founder, Beyond Reach; fellow, ForHumanity
Paulette Watson, founder and managing director, Academy Achievers
Payal Jain, chair, Women in Data UK
Pearl Noble-Mallock, head of product and cyber security, BAE Systems
Penny Endersby, CEO, Met Office; visiting prof in electronics and computer science, Southampton University; WISE ambassador
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; lead software engineer, Citi Innovation Lab
Phoebe Thacker, programme manager – neuroscience, Google DeepMind
Pip Jamieson, founder and CEO, The Dots
Pip White, managing director UK&I, Google Cloud
Pippa Malmgren, partner and senior adviser, Monaco Foundry
Polly Barnfield, founder and CEO, Maybe
Poppy Beer, co-founder and CTO, Thrift+
Poppy Gustafsson, CEO, Darktrace
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, adviser, mentor
Rachelle Mills, CEO, 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 Kemp, director of customer journey, Citizens Advice
Rebecca Mister, co-founder and director, RedTech Recruitment
Rebecca Pope, UK digital and data science innovation lead, Roche
Regina Moran, vice-president strategic programs and change, Fujitsu
Reshma Sohoni, founding partner, Seedcamp
Rioch Edwards-Brown, founder, So You Wanna Be In Tech?
Rita Martins, FinTech partnerships lead, Finance and Risk
Roberta Lucca, co-founder and board director, Bossa Studios
Romanie Thomas, founder and CEO, Juggle Jobs
Ronda Zelezny-Green, global head, training and e-learning, Internet Society
Ros Delderfield, customer experience manager, BP International
Rosalind Singleton, CEO, Spring Fibre
Rose Ross, co-founder, TechBritannia; MD, Omarketing
Rosie Sherry, community lead, Orbit
Roxane Heaton, director, digital, data and technology, Cabinet Office
Rubi Kaur, senior solutions architect, Vodafone Group
Sabina Ciofu, head of EU and trade policy, TechUK
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, UK Government Office for Artificial Intelligence
Sandra Taylor, assistant director of IT and digital, Worcestershire County Council
Sandra Wachter, associate professor and senior research fellow, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
Sara Sharkey, head application services and DevOps, Defence Digital
Sara Simeone, CEO, Digital Oracles
Sarah Armstrong-Smith, chief security adviser, EMEA, Microsoft
Sarah Atkinson, director, corporate social responsibility, Global at Micro Focus
Sarah Curran Usher, MD EMEA, True Fit
Sarah Hunter, director of global public policy, X (Google MOONSHOTS)
Sarah Luxford, partner (DDaT), GatenbySanderson; 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 Tulip, head of digital transformation, BJSS
Sarah Turner, CEO and co-founder, Angel Academe
Sarah Wilkinson, CIO, Thomson Reuters
Sarah Winmill, CIO, business functions, Ministry of Defence
Shahanaz Parven, commercial director and research analyst, Baharia Tech
Shaheen Sayed, senior managing director and technology lead UKI, Accenture
Shalini Khemka, founder and CEO, E2Exchange
Sharmadean Reid, founder, Beautystack, WAH Nails, The Stack World
Sharon Moore, CTO for public sector, IBM UK
Sharon Russell, senior software engineer, Comparethemarket.com
Sheeza Shah, founder and CEO, UpEffect
Shefali Roy, board member, Ada’s List and MakerDAO
Sheree Atcheson, global director of diversity and inclusion, Valtech
Sheridan Ash, technology and investments director, women in technology leader UK, PwC; founder, Tech She Can
Sherry Vaswani, group CEO, Xalient
Shivvy Jervis, forecaster and founder, FutureScape 248
Sian Allsopp, technology executive director, Morgan Stanley; steering committee member, Tech She Can
Sian John, director security, compliance and identity strategic growth business development, Microsoft
Siobhan Baker, senior software engineer, 8th Light
Sonia Patel, CIO, NHSX
Sonya Barlow, founder, LMF Network CIC
Sophie Davies-Patrick, CTO, MPB
Sophie Deen, CEO, Bright Little Labs
Sophie McGrath, partner, tech and life sciences, Goodwin Procter LLP
Stephanie Eltz, co-founder and CEO, Doctify
Stephanie Itimi, founder and CEO, Seidea
Stephanie Phair, chief customer officer, Farfetch
Sue Whittington, director of operations, Smart
Suki Fuller, founder, Miribure
Susan Buttsworth, COO, Three UK
Susan Morrow, head of R&D, Avoco Secure
Susana Zoghbi, deep learning research engineer, Greyparrot
Susanne Baker, associate director, climate, environment and sustainability, TechUK
Susanne Chishti, CEO, Fintech Circle
Susie Hargreaves, CEO, Internet Watch Foundation
Suzie Miller, senior cloud solutions architect, Azure, Microsoft
Sylvia Lu, head of cellular technology strategy, u-blox; board director, 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, chief business and science officer, Holland & Barrett
Tamsin Ashmore, CFO, Ultima Business Solutions
Tania Boler, CEO and co-founder, Elvie
Tanya Cordrey, partner, AKF Partners
Tara Donnelly, chief digital officer, NHSX
Tara McGeehan, president of UK and Australia operations, CGI
Tarah Lourens, chief product and technology officer, Rightmove
Taylor Semelsberger, founder, Miro Solutions UK
Tina Götschi, principal, Ada. National College for Digital Skills
Tina Howell, cloud practice lead, AND Digital
Ting Zhang, CEO and founder, Crayfish.io
Tracy Westall, chair, Curium Solutions; non-executive director, Department for Transport; NED, West Midlands 5G
Tristi Tanaka, technology change programme leader, currently at NHS; BCS Women committee member; fellow, ForHumanity
Tugce Bulut, CEO and co-founder, Streetbees
Valerie Willis, head of operations and client relations, PrepaidFS
Verena Rieser, professor of conversational AI and head, NLP; co-founder, Alana
Vibhusha Raval, data innovation scrum lead, GSK
Vicki Young, founder and CEO, Nalla Design
Vicky Brock, founder and CEO, Vistalworks
Victoria Carr, scientific programmer, Wellcome Sanger Institute; founder, ResearcHers Code
Vivi Cahyadi, CEO, AltoVita
Wai Foong Ng, founder and CEO, Matchable
Wendy Redshaw, chief digital information officer, retail banking, NatWest Group
Wendy Tan White, vice-president, Moonshots at X; member, UK Digital Economy Council; trustee, Alan Turing Institute
Yanna Winter, CIO, head of IT, Generali
Yemi Jackson, founder and CEO, Engage Transform
Yemi Oluseun, programme manager, The Change Hive
Yi Luo, angel invester
Yvonne Gallagher, digital director, The NAO
Zahra Bahrololoumi, CEO, Salesforce UK&I
Zandra Moore, CEO, Panintelligence
Zara Nanu, CEO and co-founder, Gapsquare; Global Future Council on Equity and Social Justice at World Economic Forum
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?
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 shortlist of 50 will be published soon, allowing reader voting, and the winner of the top 50 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 30 September 2021.
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