Meet our women tech leaders
These individuals have built hugely successful tech businesses and share their valuable insight.
What does an inclusive workforce mean in practice and how can you get there? These individuals have built hugely successful tech businesses and share their valuable insight.
Talking about the importance of building diverse teams in order to ‘win’…
"If you want to win today you have to be building a company that is inclusive. You have to build teams that reflect the world around us; you have to be able to empower your team.”
Crystal Hutter – Co-founder and Advisor, Edmodo
Talking about London’s business culture…
“London has this open mindset and so many people looking to help you take your dream from a seed to really as fast paced growth as you can manage. It’s an amazing place to start your business.”
Dupsy Abiola – Head of Global Innovation, IAG
On the opportunity for cities such as London and San Francisco to collaborate…
“In a globalised world there’s a real opportunity for major city centres like London and San Francisco to cross pollinate their knowledge, their perspective, their populations their expertise it enables a mass collaboration and expands both cultures and mindsets.”
Julie Hanna – Serial Entrepreneur and Executive Chairwoman, Kiva
On why you should promote diverse teams in the workplace…
“Having a diverse team future proofs you and makes you much better able to solve the problem and that has also been shown by the financial results. It’s also more fun.”
Sherry Coutu – Serial Entrepreneur
On why diversity matters for tech businesses…
“It’s crucial we have women and diversity in our businesses if we are going to build the right technology that benefits everybody not just the few.”
Tabitha Goldstaub – Co-founder, CognitionX
Why London is a great place to grow your business…
“To any company thinking of expanding to London, I can’t think of another city where you could find so much diversity and richness of expertise and experiences in any industry whether its healthcare, finance, fashion, food…we have it all so please come join us.”
Tamara Rajah – Founder and CEO, Live Better With
On setting a good example for others to be inspired by…
“I certainly wouldn’t have become a construction engineer or a tech founder and CEO if I didn’t see other women doing it and looking at them and thinking to myself well if they can do it certainly I can do it too. So setting a good example and making sure that the people who represent the city are diverse and inclusive is probably one of the best things cities can do.”
Tracy Young – Co-founder and CEO of PlanGrid