Alina Timofeeva is a Influence Board Member for the British Computer Society, The Chartered Institute for IT, a multi-award-winning strategic advisor in Data & Technology to major financial services organisations, a thought leader and a sought-after speaker at large industry events.
She has worked with leading consulting firms Oliver Wyman, KPMG and Accenture, where she was recognized by multiple industry awards, including Digital Leader of the Year, Digital Transformation Leader, Cloud professional of the Year, and Most Inspirational Individual of the Year.
As a LinkedIn Top Voice and a TEDx speaker, she speaks on the topics of Data and Technology on TV and at large industry events, such as World Economic Forum, London Tech Week, Money 20/20, Banking Transformation Summit, and universities, for example University of Oxford, London School of Economics, Imperial College London.
She was featured in BBC, Forbes, The Banker by Financial Times. Her TEDx talk ‘Fail but Never Give Up’ got over 500k views, is translated into 23 languages and became the top 10 World's Most Watched TEDx talks released in Dec 2021.
In addition to her expertise in Data & Technology the audience is drawn to her unique story of tenacity as she grew ultra-fast in the male dominated industry as a first-generation female immigrant with a disability from a working class.
How many times have you failed in something? What would you do if you come from a humble background, you want to work in another country and you don’t know anyone there to help you? What if you applied for 500 jobs in that country and got 497 rejections? Would you give up? This TEDx talk will inspire you to let every failure be your catalyst and motivate you to adapt. It will help you to change your mindset and remember that failure is an opportunity to grow. Alina Timofeeva is a multi-award-winning professional in digital topics, having won 7 awards just in 2021. Though working in a male dominated technology industry, she was promoted 4 times in 4 years – something only few women manage to succeed. Today she is an Associate Partner at Oliver Wyman, consulting top Financial Services firms globally as an expert in Digital, Cloud &...
Ultimately, when systems wobble, there is little that can be done - except wait for a fix.