Women Pivoting to Digital Steering Board
The Taskforce is chaired by Caroline Haines CC, Vice Chair of Policy and Resources, City of London Corporation and Co-Chaired by Sheridan Ash, CEO of Tech She Can. It is led by a Steering Board of 27 diverse influential leaders across a range of sub sectors, regions and business sizes who are passionate about solving this issue.
The Taskforce membership is comprised of three different levels:
- Strategy Steering Board: comprised of senior leaders in this space, responsible for overseeing the overall strategic direction of the Taskforce.
- Taskforce members: comprised of different subject matter experts from across the UK regions with an interest in digital and diversity, responsible for delivering the Workstream outputs.
- Associate members: comprised of a range of different organisations who will further the reach of the Taskforce.
Steering Board
Adam Baldwin - Head of Functions and Business Engagement - BNP Paribas - UK
Anita Kimber - Financial Services Digital Transformation Leader - EY
Birgit Neu - Consultant - Freelance Consultant
Caroline Haines - Vice Chair, Policy and Resources - City of London
Christine Chen - Personal capacity
Claire Tunley - Chief Executive Officer - Financial Services Skills Commission (FSSC)
Cynthia Davis - Co-Founder - Diversifying Group
Deborah O'Neill - Co-Lead of Digital Europe - Oliver Wyman
Erin Young - Project Co-Lead and Research Fellow - The Alan Turing Institute
Flavilla Fongang - Founder - GTA Black Women in Tech
Holly Porter - Managing Director - BCS
Julian David - Chief Executive Officer - TechUK
Karen Blake - CEO - Tech Talent Charter
Kate Neate - Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer, Digital Assets - BNY - London
Kate Ross - Global Programme Manager for Workforce education and skills - IBM
Kate Thompson - BusinessFourZero
Laura Faulkner - Director of Business Services - Nationwide
Liz Barnsdale - Managing Director, Accenture Song & Accenture UKI Exec Sponsor People, Inclusion & Diversity - Accenture
Mark O'Conor - Partner - DLA Piper
Purnima Sen - Chief People & Impact Officer - Sparta Global
Sarah Underhill - HR Director, Technology & Data (Group Chief Operating Office) - Lloyds Banking Group
Sarwar Khan - Head of Government Affairs - Salesforce UK
Semsi Sonmez - Partner - PwC
Sheridan Ash - Founder & Co-CEO - Tech She Can
Sherry Coutu CBE - Non-Executive Director - Personal capacity
Suchitra Nair - Director in the EMEA Centre for Regulatory Strategy and lead to the Technological Innovation and Regulation work - Deloitte
Vanessa Vallely OBE - CEO and Founder - WeAreTheCity