Each year when Computer Weekly asks for nominations for its list of the most influential women in UK tech, the number of women considered grows.
This year, more than 650 women were put forward for the top 50, Rising Stars and Hall of Fame, showing yet more growth from previous years – in 2017 when the first longlist was published, the nominations were just over 160.
Since its launch in 2012, where the list featured only 25 women, Computer Weekly’s list of the top 50 women in UK technology has endeavoured to showcase the technology sector’s brilliant and hard-working women.
For the 12th year in a row, a panel of judges will choose the shortlist of 50 women, soon to be published, to allow readers to vote for who they believe should receive the accolade of Most Influential Woman in UK Technology 2023.
The judges have also selected several women to join the Hall of Fame, and several women who will be named Rising Stars of the industry, to honour those who have made a lifetime contribution to the sector and those who may feature on the top 50 list in the future.
The winner of the top 50 will be announced at Computer Weekly’s annual diversity in tech event, run in partnership with Nash Squared in London on the 11 October 2023.
Reader votes are counted alongside those of our judges’ to reach the final decision, but first we want to congratulate all of those who are being considered in this longlist of nominations.
The 2023 Most Influential Women in UK Technology longlist (in alphabetical order):
- Aashi Sahu, head of automation services, Bots For That
- Abadesi Osunsade, founder and CEO, Hustle Crew
- Abbie Morris, CEO and co-founder, Compare Ethics
- Abigail Rappaport, SVP commercial operations, Expedia Group
- Adah Parris, storyteller, director and producer of L&D experiences, The House of Griots
- Adelina Chalmers, founder and CTO, The Geek Whisperer
- Adizah Tejani, portfolio, HSBC Ventures
- Agnes Gradzewicz, co-founder and CMO, Smarty Software
- Akua Opong , senior associate, service management – EMEA end user computing, London Stock Exchange; technology mentor, Cajigo
- Alex Depledge, founder and CEO, Resi
- Alex Willard, CEO, Pivigo
- Alexa Greaves, CEO, AAG IT Services
- Alexa Marenghi, senior manager, HR, GTM, Microsoft; founder, Codess
- Alexandra Deschamps Sonsino, consultant, Designswarm; founder, The Good Night Lamp
- Alexandra Gillon-Livesey, executive director and head of applied AI, JP Mogan
- Alexandra Jones, director general for science, innovation and growth, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Alice Bentinck, co-founder, Entrepreneur First
- Alina Timofeeva, associate partner, Oliver Wyman
- Alison Davis, CIO, GE Healthcare
- Alison Ettridge, CEO, Stratigens from Talent Intuition
- Alison McKenzie-Folan, CEO, Wigan Council
- Alison McLaughlin, board member, ScotlandIS
- Alison Pritchard, deputy national statistician, ONS
- Alison Vincent, fellow, Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET); BCS fellow
- Allison Gardner, senior scientific research fellow, NICE – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Allison Kirkby, incoming CEO, BT; current CEO, Telia
- Amanda Brock, CEO, Open UK
- Amanda Finch, CEO, Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec)
- Amandine Flachs, co-founder, WildMeta;
- Amber Shand, software engineer, Skyscanner; ambassador, Women Techmakers; brand ambassador, Code First Girls
- Amina Aweis, founder, Recipe Mate
- Amma Manso, cyber security expert
- Ana Perez, senior director consulting, Oracle; chair, Oracle Women in Leadership
- Angela Channer, principal software craftsperson, Codurance
- Angela McLean, government chief scientific adviser
- Angela Morrison, experienced CIO; non executive director, HM Land Registry; COO, Cancer Research UK
- Angela Yu, A&E doctor; founder and managing director, London App Brewery
- Ann Marie Gallacher, CIO, NHS 24 Scotland
- Ann-Marie Orange, CIO, Transunion
- Anna Barsby, founder and managing partner, Tessiant
- Anna Brailsford, CEO, Code First Girls
- Anna Holland-Smith, co-founder, Recode; lead, engineer development and growth, Automattic
- Anne Currie, tech ethics (contract), Container Solutions; CEO and co-founder, WorkingProgram
- Anne Keast-Butler, director, GCHQ
- Anne Rose, managing associate, Mishcon de Reya
- Annette Joseph, founder and CEO, Diverse and Equal
- Annika Small, co-founder, CAST (Centre for Acceleration of Social Technology)
- Anushka Davies, head of talent, engagement and diversity, and head of learning and development, Softcat
- Anushka Sharma, founder, Naaut; co-founder, London Space Network
- Arfah Farooq, scout, Ada Ventures; founder, Muslamic Makers; community manager, Big Society Capital
- Ariana Alexander-Sefre, founder and co-CEO, SPOKE
- Ariane Gadd, principal platform engineering, Slalom Build
- Ash Finnegan, VP GTM innovation and transformation, Conga
- Asia Sharif, software engineer, NatWest; founder, ChainVerse; software engineering mentor, Black Girls in Tech
- Audrey Limery, CEO and founder, Kweevo
- Avril Chester, founder, Cancer Central; CTO, Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Beckie Taylor, CEO, co-founder, TechReturners
- Becks Armstrong, CEO, Clarity; group COO, Hygenox
- Beeban Kidron, founder and chair, 5Rights Foundation
- Belinda Finch, CIO, Three
- Belinda Parmar, CEO, The Empathy Business
- Bella Abrams, director of IT, University of Sheffield
- Beth Clarke, quality and DevOps specialist, Rosen
- Bethany Williams, lead for training, education and public/patient involvement, National Pathology Imaging Co-Operative
- Bev White, CEO, Nash Squared
- Beverly Clarke, educational consultant, Beverly Clark Consulting; NCCE professional development leader, National Centre for Computing Education
- Bhavagaya Bakshi, NHS GP; co-founder, C The Signs
- Bina Mehta, chair, KPMG UK
- Bindi Karia, venture partner, Molten Ventures
- Bingqian Gao, senior director of global advanced analytics, Aktana; founder and chair, Tiny Viz Talks
- Bristy Azmi, co-founder and creative director, Ricebox Studio
- Bukky Babajide, founder and community lead, Female Techpreneur
- Burcu Karabork, head of Quart Trading Technology, Jefferies
- Cait O’Riordan, VP product management, Google
- Camille Baker, senior tutor digital direction, professor of interactive and immersive arts, Royal College of Art
- Carina Namih, partner, Plural Platform; board trustee, Alan Turing Institute
- Carlene Jackson, CEO, Cloud9 Insight
- Carly Kind, director, Ada Lovelace Institute
- Carmina Lees, managing director, financial services technology consulting, Accenture
- Caroline Carruthers, CEO, Carruthers and Jackson; co-author, The Chief Data Officer’s Playbook
- Caroline Hargrove, CTO, Ceres Power
- Caroline Serfass, board member, NNIT
- Carolyn Dawson, CEO, Founders Factory and Tech Nation
- Casey Calista, public affairs and corporate communications lead strategist, Hill + Knowlton Strategies
- Cath Goulding, director of digital risk and security, Cadent Gas Limited
- Catherine Breslin, founder, Kingfisher Labs
- Catherine Wright, director, corporate finance, HSBC Innovation Banking
- Cathy McCabe, CEO, Proximity Insight
- Catriona Campbell, CTIO, EY UKI; chair, Scottish AI Alliance
- Cecilia Harvey, co-founder, Hyve Dynamics; founder, Tech Women Today
- Charlene Hunter, CEO and founder, Coding Black Females
- Charlotte Batters, head of people and internal technology, CTS (Cloud Technology Solutions)
- Charlotte Crosswell, non-exec director, fintech and innovation advisor
- Charlotte Kirby, AVP, head of manufacturing, automotive and aero/defence, Salesforce
- Charlotte Light, advisory board member, Institute of Coding; CDO, Aztec Group
- Charlotte Robertson, co-founder, Digital Awareness UK
- Charlotte Zhao, director, codebar; co-founder and CEO, AViD FM
- Check Warner, co-founder, Diversity VC; partner, Ada Ventures
- Cheryl Razzell, UKIR head of compute solution architecture, AWS
- Cheryl Stevens, digital director of shared channels experiences, DWP
- Chiara Pensato, VP marketing – platform solutions, Farfetch
- Chibudom Onuorah, quantitative research, JPMorgan Chase & Co
- Chinazor Vivian Kalu, programme manager, Niyo Group
- Christina Scott, chief product and technology officer, OVO
- Christine Ashton, non-executive director, RBS International
- Clair Hillier, head of digital delivery management, Waterstons
- Claire Agutter, director, Scopism; director, ITSM Zone (IT Training Zone)
- Claire Burn, security data engineer, Elastic
- Claire Cockerton, former CEO, Plexal; founder and advisor
- Claire Davenport, non-executive director, Trustpilot
- Claire Dickson, group CIO, DS Smith
- Claire Edmunds, founder and CEO, Clarify
- Claire Morris, chief studio officer, Founders Factory
- Claire Novorol, co-founder and chief medical officer, Ada Health
- Claire Osborne, vice president interactive, Inspired Entertainment
- Claire Thorne, co-CEO, Tech She Can
- Clare Barclay, CEO, Microsoft UK
- Clare Gorman, SVP sales enablement, Clarivate
- Clare Johnson, founder, Women in Cyber Wales; cyber capability consultant, ITSUS Consulting
- Clare Joy, global director of partnerships, Onfido
- Clare Lansley, CIO, Aston Martin Formula One
- Clare Loveridge, vice president and GM – EMEA, Arctic Wolf
- Clare Streets, founder and NED; ambassador, TTC
- Clare Sutcliffe, serial founder, angel investor and community strategist
- Claudia Natanson, chair, UK Cyber Security Council
- Claudia Varney, head of digital skills policy, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Colleen Wong, founder, Techsixtyfour; founder and CEO, Silver Sircle
- Cynthia Davis, CEO and founder, Diversifying Group
- Daljit Bamford, chief customer officer, Bento Tech
- Daniela Menzky, co-founder and COO, Angoka
- Daryn Edgar, CEO, LYTT
- Davina Sirisena, founder, Difference Digital; founder, Tech4Goodjobs
- Debbie Garside, CIO and head of product, Assured Cyber Protection
- Debbie Green, VP and COO, applications, Oracle UKI
- Deborah O’Neill, partner – head of digital Europe, Oliver Wyman
- Deborah Okenla, founder and CEO, Your Startup, Your Story (YSYS)
- Deborah Vickers, VP product management, Citi; COO, Women in Banking and Finance
- Depika Koria, global product lead – voice AI, HSBC
- Devika Wood, co-founder, Vida Care; senior VP of new markets, Orcha
- Devon Edwards Joseph, senior analytics engineer, Spotify
- Diana Kennedy, CTO, Bupa
- Diana Otel, test architect, PRMA Consulting
- Diane Gilpin, CEO, Smart Green Shipping
- Dimple Dalby, engineering manager, Compare the Market
- Dionne Condor-Farrell, agile development lead, Transport for London
- Djamila Guernou, head of technology service operations, Transport for London
- Doniya Soni-Clark, head of policy and public affairs, Multiverse
- Dupsy Abiola, VP chief of staff, Monzo
- Dyann Heward-Mills, CEO, HewardMills
- Edafe Onerhime, executive director, principal data architect, JP Morgan
- Edel McGrath, partner, group head of technology, Knight Frank
- Edwina Dunn, non-exec director, Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation; commissioner, Geospatial Commission; founder, The Female Lead
- Efua Akumanyi, co-CTO, Coding Black Females
- Eileen Jennings-Brown, CIO, Exscientia
- EJ Cay, VP, UK and Ireland, Genesys
- Elaine Bucknor, strategic advisor, non executive director and technology executive
- Elaine Warburton, founder and non-executive director, QuantuMDx
- Eleanor Harry, CEO and founder, HACE: Data Changing Child Labour
- Elena Gorman, co-founder, Women in Tech North East
- Elena Novokreshchenova, MD Europe, Entain
- Elena Sinel, founder, Acorn Aspirations and Teens in AI; business mentor, Microsoft for Startups
- Eli Schutze Ramirez, software engineer, Avian Labs
- Eliana Vanekova, founder, ZeroSmart
- Elin Ng, co-founder and advisor, Salve Technologies; chief of staff, Griffin
- Elisabetta Zaccaria, founder, Secure Chorus Ltd; entrepreneur mentor in residence, Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at London Business School
- Elizabeth Burroughs, COO, HACE: Data Changing Child Labour
- Elizabeth Eastaugh, senior director, technology – integration platform, A.P. Moller – Maersk
- Elizabeth Tweedale, CEO of Cypher Coders
- Elizabeth Varley, dealmaker – global entrepreneur programme, Department for Business and Trade
- Elizabeth Vega, group CEO, Informed Solutions
- Ella Schofield, engineering manager, Bloom & Wild
- Ellie Yell, founder, Fledglink; independent consultant, coach and advisor
- Elona Mortimer-Zhika, CEO, IRIS Software Group
- Elspeth Finch, CEO and founder, IAND
- Emily Brooke, founder and chair, Beryl.cc
- Emily Forbes, founder, Seenit
- Emily Hall-Strutt, director, Next Tech Girls
- Emma Fryer, partner, ERM: Environmental Resources Management
- Emma Lacy, UKIE applications PMO lead, Oracle
- Emma…