1. Poppy Gustafsson
Poppy Gustafsson is the CEO of Darktrace, a cyber security and artificial intelligence firm that uses AI to prevent cyber attacks.
Poppy studied maths at Sheffield University, before joining Darktrace as their chief financial officer in 2013. Since being promoted as CEO, Poppy has been awarded the ‘Tech CEO of the Year’ at the UK Tech Awards, and the ‘CEO of the Year’ at the Digital Masters Awards, both in 2021.
2. Suki Fuller
Suki Fuller founded Miribure, which is a strategic & competitive intelligence company focused on the integration of intelligence with lean/agile principles for companies.
Suki has been recognised many times as an influential woman in tech, she was named by Financial Times as one of the Top 100 Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic Leaders in UK Tech; as one of Computer Weekly Top 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2021, 2020, 2019 and in 2018 as one of Five Rising Stars.
3. Ella Schofield
Ella Schofield is the Engineering Manager at Bloom and Wild, an online postal flower service.
Ella worked in advertising, before deciding to change career path and learn how to code. Ella chose code because she wanted to pursue a career path where she would be challenged daily, forever learning and able to have a positive impact on the world. Ella was named on the Makers 2021 ‘Women in Software Power List.’
4. Hayaatun Sillem
Hayaatun Sillem is the CEO of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a charity that harnesses the power of engineering to build a sustainable society and an inclusive economy that works for everyone
Hayaatun has been named as one of the ‘Inspiring 50 Women in Tech’ and one of the most influential women in engineering.
5. Charlene Hunter
Charlene Hunter founded Coding Black Females as a network for black female software developers.
Charlene originally studied maths at university, before realising she was interested in tech and undertook a masters in computer science. Since then, Charlene was named as ‘A Rising Star’ in 2020, and one of ‘2021’s Most Influential Women in UK Tech’ by Computer Weekly for her work at Coding Black Females.
