Women of Silicon Roundabout 2023 | Ascend Global Media | 21 November 2023 | ExCeL London, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, London E16 1XL, UK

Women of Silicon Roundabout is the original centrepiece of the global gender diversity movement in tech and the flagship event in the Women in Technology World Series which has welcomed over 56,000 delegates globally.

With the birth of a whole new paradigm, and a tidal wave of tech innovation, we want our community to be at the forefront of this change. Connect with tech leaders, diversity advocates and change makers as we dive into the New Frontier.

Explore the most essential technologies in today’s quickly changing world and the new revolutionary concepts in business and workforce that are radically changing our future.

2023 Speakers

Felicity Oswald
Chief Operating Officer, National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)

Clare Hickie
Chief Technology Officer, Workday

Shubhi Rajnish
Chief Information and Digital Officer, National Grid ESO

Diana Kennedy
Chief Technical Officer, Bupa

Anne Carrigy
Chief Information Officer, Logitech

Sarah Self
Chief Information Security Officer, Aviva UK

Mariam Ogunbambi
Chief Client Officer, Engine by Starling

Rebecca Salsbury
Chief Technology Officer, Financial Times

Jessica Hall
Chief Product Officer, Just Eat Takeaway.com

Gillian Tomlinson
Group Chief Data Officer, The Weir Group PLC

Elaine Arden
Chief Human Resources Officer, HSBC

Miryem Salah
Chief Data Officer & Head of Digital & Transformation, Vodafone Business UK

Dr. Abi Giles-Haigh
Field CTO, Oracle - EMEA

Claire Thomas
Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Hitachi Vantara

Suki Fuller
Founder - Analytical Storyteller (2023 Most Influential Women in UK Technology), Miribure

Dana Haidan
Chief Sustainability Officer, Virgin Media

Claudia Harris
Chief Executive Officer, Makers

Kanika Chaganty
Chief Data Officer, Brit Insurance

Anna Brailsford
CEO & Co-Founder, Code First Girls

Harriet Rees
Chief Information Officer, Starling Bank

Katya Denike
Chief Product Officer, Holland & Barrett

Amaia Lesta
Chief Cloud Product Manager, Vodafone Cloud Engineering

Gemma Collins
Performance and Development Director, Grayce

Janine Hirt
Chief Executive Officer, Innovate Finance

Meri Williams
Chief Technical Officer, Pleo

Catherine Michel
Chief Technology Officer, Halma plc

Lisa Smith
Consulting Partner, Deloitte Digital

Dr. Christina Yan Zhang
Chief Executive Officer, The Metaverse Institute

Kendal Parmer
Chief Executive Officer, Untapped AI

Tehsheena Shams
Founder and CEO, Dynamo

Mairead Masterson
VP of Analytics & Business Intelligence, Bloom & Wild

Leigh-Ann Russell
EVP Innovation & Engineering, bp

Sakshi Anand
VP of Growth, Trainline

Teresa Wu
VP of Software Engineering, Chase

Chai Shetty
Director of Operations, Deliveroo

Natasha Banse
Managing Director - Markets Technology, JP Morgan

Crystal Downie
Executive Director - Markets Production Management, JP Morgan

Michelle Howchin
Senior Director Ecommerce Delivery, ASDA

Emily Renny
Director of Product Management, Checkout.com

Dawn Kelso
Data & Analytics Director, KPMG

Sarah Robinson
Engineering Director, Intel

Kara Radcliffe
Director - Cloud Technologies, PwC

Rose Ahearne
Director - Analytics Engineering, Monzo

Kristina Reddy
Senior Director - Group Finance, PlayStation (Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)

Cassie Craddock
Senior Director - Business Development, RippleX

Carla Harding
Technology Product Director, Tesco

Babette Coke
Technology Programme Director, Tesco

Vidya Laxman
Technology Director, Tesco

Tanja Lichtensteiger
Director of Product Engineering, BBC

Mel Good
Executive Director - Sr Director of Software Engineering, Chase

Arpita Bhayani
Executive Director - Director of Software Engineering, Chase

Danielle Battleson-Porterfield
Executive Director – CX Lead - Banking, Chase

Sharonee Dutta
Managing Director, BCG

Emma Neal
Director - Support Engineering, Microsoft

Tanya Goldhaber
Director of Strategy - English Division, Pearson

Emily Hall-Strutt
Director, Next Tech Girls

Theodora Costley-White
Technical Director and Founder, Women in Tech Coterie

Ilana Simons
Sales Director, Braze

Keiko Kimura
Software Engineering Team Director, BlackRock

Joanne Thurlow
Executive Director, ESG Institute

Sian Wilson
Executive Director- Commercial, The Skills Network

Pam Linton
Group ERP Director, Sky

Amanda Murphy
Head of IT, AstraZeneca

Penny Cuthbert
EMEA Head of Delivery, Cprime

Maya Kaczorowski
Head of Product, Tailscale

Catherine Russell
Head of Sustainable Business, Vodafone

Jess Shepherd
Head of Digital, Vodafone

Dorothy Chou
Head of Policy and Public Engagement, Google DeepMind

Jane Mustoe
Enabling Functions Technology - Technology Innovation Lab and Finance Change Director, Tesco

Dax Grant
Infrastructure and Operations, CFC

Michelle Tolmay
Head of Infosec & Tech Services, Kaluza

Caroline Rademaker
Head of the Netherlands, Templeton

Emma Wicks
Head of Editorial and Product Insight & Analytics, Telegraph Media Group

Steph Marques
Head of UX, Bernadette

Iva Johan
Head of Strategy, Bernadette

Tatiana Campagna
Head of Engineering, Bionic

Lucile Kamar
Head of D&I, ITN

Lee Chambers
Director, Male Allies UK

Rachel Altmann
Chief Executive Officer, BeHive Consulting

Gursh Mendhir
Principal - Innovation, True

Leanne Lawton
Stakeholder Programme Manager & Engagement Lead, HSBC

Laura Duffey
General Manager IT - Low Carbon Solutions, Shell

Amy Challen
General Manager for Artificial Intelligence, Shell

Maya Sellon
Inclusive Design and Accessibility Principal Lead and Experience Design, Shell

Evelien van Meerveld
Sr. People Business Partner - EMEA, Lucid

Catriona Campbell
Client Technology and Innovation Officer, EY UK&I

Diane Alagar
Digital Partner, Wavemaker

Pooja Nayer
Consulting Partner, Wipro Consulting

Phani Solomou
Senior Partner, Digital Consulting Wipro

Becki Howarth
Senior Product Delivery Manager, KrakenFlex

Samanta Wallace
Analytics Innovation Manager, Accenture

Alina Timofeeva
Associate Partner, Oliver Wyman

Monica Norman
Technical Programme Manager, bp

Tanu Sahnan
Software Engineering Manager, BBC

Danielle Troy
Test Manager, BBC

Becky Travis
Software Engineering Team Lead, BBC

Deepa Nair
Manager, Netcompany

Gabi Talbot
Lead Agile Delivery Manager, Costa Coffee

Ruth Wall
Software Engineering Manager, Bionic

Sarah Persov
Engineering Team Lead, Dojo

Nishi Ajmera
Lead Engineer, Publicis Sapient

Shabari Shetty
Senior Technical Product Owner, MMT

Andrea Monge
Technical Program Manager, Roku

Ilona Lubojesmska
GM Client Services, The Trade Desk

Laveena Ramchandani
Quality Engineering Manager, EasyJet

Jan Antons
Product & Business Development Manager, Vertual

Art O’Gnimh
General Manager, Logitech

Katrina Beadle
People Analytics and HR Systems Manager, Accenture

Becky Salen
Purpose led Product Manager, Deloitte Digital

Sarah Al Abed
UX Designer, Deloitte Digital

Yas Caon
UX Designer, Deloitte Digital

Rose Agnew
UX Design Consultant, Deloitte Digital

Rachel Keane
Founder, Data Inspiration Group Ltd (Digdata)

Onyeka Nweze
Chartered Company Secretary & Governance Professional ,

Simi Lindgren
Founder, Yuty

Sophie Creese
Founder, HeyFlow

Jardine Miles
Marketing & Insights Manager, HeyFlow

Sarah Wilson-Carr
Senior Developer, Sky

Jemma Holmes
Hybrid Cloud Platform Automation Engineer, QBE

Filipa Moura
Principal Software Engineer, bp

Vanessa Heron-Hua
Data Engineer, Loveholidays

Blanca Rojo Martin
Distinguished Engineer and Cloud Engineer, UBS

Sam Watkins
Accomplished Engineer & Senior Security Manager, BT

Katie Walker
Software Engineer, Spotify

Jessica Leach
Software Engineer, BBC

Stacey Shkuratoff
Staff Software Engineer, Guild Education

Naamua Dodoo
Software Engineer, Tesco

Xiuli Chen
Applied Scientist, Yelp

Maddie Clingan
Agile Coach, ControlPlane

Beth McIntyre
Business Consultant, Netcompany

Sue Azari
eCommerce Industry Lead, AppsFlyer

Bianca Riemer
CEO, Leader Haus

Pam Bateson
CEO & Founder, Thrive Partners

Minna Vaisanen
Head of Customer Success & Accounts, Thrive Partners

Iryna Tsyganok
Co Founder and CEO, Irysan

Mary Agbesanwa
Fintech Specialist - Founder, Now You’re Talking Network

Antonia Creswell
Founder, BobbyChat

Libby Vincent
Founder, Hodology

Shazia Hussain
Tech Recruiter / BBC Apprentice Candidate 2023 ,

Melissa Heikkilä
Senior Reporter, MIT Technology Review

Carolyn Brand
Business Coach

Isabel Walker
Master Facilitator and Coach, PowerSpeaking

Clare Sudbery
Technical Coach, Sudbery Software Engineering

Kaitlin Fritz
Podcast Host, Everyday Entrepreneurship

2023 Sponsors

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• bp Pulse
• Deloitte Digital
• Just Eat Takeaway.com
• Shell
• HSBC

GOLD SPONSORS:
• The Trade Desk
• Netcompany
• KPMG
• CFC
• Trainline
• BBC
• J.P. Morgan
• Financial Times
• Braze
• Ripple
• EY
• Grayce
• Tailscale
• Vodafone
• Lucid
• Tesco
• Aviva
• Workday
• PlayStation
• Optum
• Octopus Energy

SILVER SPONSORS:
• QBE
• CPrime
• Dojo
• Code First Girls
• Yelp
• Templeton and Partners
• BlackRock
• Kaluza
• Chase
• Roku
• BCG
• Checkout.com
• Makers
• Loveholidays
• Oracle

PARTNERS:
• Startups Magazine
• WiCys
• Next Tech Girls
• She Can Code
• She Chats Tech
• Power Speaking