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NamePositionOrganisationEnass Abo-HamedChief executive and directorH2GO PowerNneka AbulokweFounder and chief executiveMicroMax ConsultingImtiaz AdamFounder, chief executive officer and directorDeep Learn StrategiesBayo AdelajaDiversity and inclusion consultantGoogleCecil AdjaloUK managing directorHiberus TechnologyIsmail AhmedFounder and executive chairmanWorldRemitAzeem AkhtarGlobal CTO, resources, manufacturing and logisticsBT GlobalDayo AkinrinadeFounderAfriclickIsmail AmlaChief growth officerCapitaJune AngelidesVenture capitalistSamos InvestmentsSaritha ArunkumarMaster inventor and security leaderIBMSheree AtchesonHead of diversity and inclusionMonzoAndy AyimEntrepreneur in residenceOne TechNafisa BakkarCo-founder and chief executiveAmaliahAjay BhallaPresident of cyber and intelligence solutionsMastercardAnisah Osman BrittonFounder and chief executive23 Code StreetLouise Broni-MensahFounder and chief executiveShoobsEileen BurbidgePartnerPassion CapitalNira ChamberlainPresident designateInstitute of Mathematics and its ApplicationsSuranga ChandratillakeGeneral partnerBalderton CapitalSudhir ChaturvediPresident and executive board memberLarsen & Toubro InfotechHassan ChaudhuryDigital health and data specialistDepartment for International TradeYaseed ChaumooCo-founder and chief executiveWaiveDisa Lee ChounHead of innovation, global clinical sciences and operationsUCBReece ChowdhryFounder and chief executiveRLC VenturesEduardo ClinkettFounder and chief executiveESRC ConsultingDamian CornealManaging director of technologyAccentureJoyeeta DasFounder and chief executiveGyanaTomi DaviesPresidentAfrican Business Angel Network (Aban)Amali de AlwisUK managing director, Microsoft for startupsMicrosoftJacqueline de RojasPresidentTechUKRajeeb DeyFounder and chief executiveLearnerblyNorma Dove-EdwinChief data and information officerPlaces for PeopleBunmi DurowojuSenior business development managerMicrosoftTommie EdwardsFounder and chief executiveEventbreePriya GuhaVenture partnerMerian VenturesJustin GuptaHead of broadcast and entertainmentGoogle UK & IrelandCharmaine HaydenGeneral partnerGood Soil VCNader HeneinResearch director, privacy and personal data protectionGartnerKish HiraniChief technology officer; ChairTerra Virtua; BAME in GamesSofia HmichFounder and general partnerFuture Positive CapitalAdama IbrahimAssociate director, global clinical operations; FounderBiogen; eMQTTom IlubeFounder and chief executiveCrossword CybersecurityHarris IrfanPartner; ChairmanGateway; UK Islamic FinTech PanelJoysy JohnDirector of educationNestaNamePositionOrganisationChristian Junior NwaigweFounder and chief executiveRhicsSukhi JutlaCo-founder and chief operating officerMarketOrdersRaj KaliaChief executiveBuilding Digital UKJudy KawaguchiGlobal head, Office of the CIORefinitivIrfan KhanFounder and chief executiveYieldersTariq KhanVice president of consumer experienceCotyKay KukoyiFounderPurposeful ProductsPriya LakhaniFounder and chief executiveCentury TechGenevieve LeveilleFounder and chief executiveAgriledgerBill LiaoManaging director; General partner; Co-founderRebel Bio; SOSV; CoderDojoPiers LinneyEntrepreneur and investorYinka MakindeProgramme directorDigitalHealth.LondonJoan N MillManaging director, Europe, Middle East and AfricaCPA GlobalAli MinaeiChief technology officerYoYo WalletManisha MistryHead of digital cultureRolls-RoyceDevie MohanCo-founder and chief executiveBurnmarkValerie MoranHead of operations and client relationsPrepaid Financial ServicesKeji MustaphaHead of network and operationsConnect VenturesDara NasrManaging directorTwitter UKDaniel NgChief executiveCyberOwlEmma ObanyeChief executive and co-founder; Entrepreneur in residenceMindful Team; Capital EnterpriseKevin ObiManaging directorSynergy IncEdosa OdaroHead of data servicesAxa InsuranceDeborah OkenlaFounder and chief executiveYSYSSeyi Okuyemi-DanielGlobal head of end user technologyHSBCKike OniwindeFounder and chief executiveBYP NetworkTalal RajabProgramme manager, cyber and national securityTechUKChai RajebahadurExecutive vice-president and head of EuropeZensar TechnologiesPawiter RanaHead of service managementFujitsu UKCec RichardsFounder and chief executiveMobs VenturesAnya RoyCo-founderSyronaAseem SadanaGroup chief operating officerIMImobileNamrata SarmahSenior director, product managementViacomNoor ShakerEntrepreneurAbdullahi SheriffExecutive - strategic partnerships and solutionsGE Healthcare Partners, EuropeStacy-Ann SinclairFounder and chief executiveCodeREGMarcel ThomasTech leadAND DigitalPae Natwilai UtoomprurkpornChief executiveTrikYudee UzowuluChief executiveNinos Global TechnologyDavid WabosoIndependent non-executive director and adviserSaleha WilliamsDigital partnerCognizantWincie WongHead of Rose Review ImplementationNatWestColleen WongFounderMy Gator WatchLucy YuDirector of public policyFiveAIZia YusufCo-founder and chief executiveVelocityNote: positions as at end-October 2019; highlighted names appeared in the 2018 list “Most influential Bame leaders in technology”
technology.minority ethnic (Bame) leaders ininfluential black, Asian andpublishing a list of the 100 mostmore diverse at board level, arethat supports organisations to beBoards, an executive search agencyFinancial Times and InclusiveFor the second year running, the
Inclusive Boards research found
but that there is no ethnic minoritytechnology sector are Bame people(directors and executives) in thethat 8.5 per cent of senior leaders75 per cent of boards.representation on nearly
Candidates for the list weresubmittedfollowing an open call.tech companies in the UK.scanned the leadership of the topInclusive Boards researchers also
The criteria used for nomineesprofessional roles; and operatingthe sector outside theircommunity; driving progress intheir organisation or in ahaving a sphere of influence inincluded: holding a senior role;i n the UK and / or Europe.
The list is presented injudging panel.selected and ranked by athe top 10 leaders, who werealphabetical order, except for
The judges were: Amy French,Inclusive Boards.Kasumu, managing director,correspondent, FT, and SamuelMurgia, European technologySpecial Reports, FT; MadhumitaLevel 39; Leyla Boulton, editor,head of ecosystem development,Overview
100 Bame leaders driving change
NamePositionOrganisation1
Reshma SohoniManaging partnerSeedcamp2
Claudia NatansonInformation and cyber security specialist Security Practitioners3
Priya PrakashFounder and chief executiveDesign for Social Change , D4SC4
Sam ShahDigital development directorNHSx5
Jacky WrightpresidentChief digital officer and corporate viceMicrosoft US6
Shaheen SayedservicesUK and Ireland lead for health and publicAccenture7
ImafidonAnne-MarieChief executiveStemettes8
Gordon SangheraChief executive and co-founderOxford Nanopore Technologies9
David GermainGroup chief information officerRSA Insurance Group10
Obum Ekekeeducational partnershipsGlobal lead, university relations andDeepMindTop 10FINANCIAL TIMESWednesday13 November 2019FT
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Ms Sohoni,Seedcamp1. Reshma Sohoni, managing partner,right, co-foundedMsNatansonstsecurity specialist, Security Practitioners2. Claudia Natanson, information and cybercatch-up with the US and China.dominated industry that is playingventure capitalist in a male-role model as a leading femaleglobal scale. She is an inspiringthe power to compete on aEuropean entrepreneurs haveSeedcamp in the belief thatudiednuclearchemistryandtwodecadesincomputersciencebeforespendingmorethanthecybersecurityindustry.Shecolleaguesisarolemodelandmentortoyoungeremployers.Asablackfemaleentrepreneur,sheandFortune500companiesandpublicsectorprogrammesthathavetransformedFTSE100hasdevelopedandimplementedsecurity.
theUKgovernmentonsmarturbanprojects,artificialintelligence.SheisalsoanadvisertomakecitiessmarterandsaferbydeployingcompanyD4SCsetupbyMsPrakashaimstoTheurban-techresearchanddevelopmentDesign for Social Change3. Priya Prakash, founder and chief executive,workedonanearlyversionofBBC
iPlayer,andledglobalteamsthat
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DrShahisararehybridofdevelopment director for NHSx4. Sam Shah, digital
practisingdoctor,digitalinnovatorandvocalchampionofdiversity.HeleddiverseteamsbothMsWrightrecentlycorporate vice-president, Microsoft US5. Jacky Wright, chief digital officer andthecreationofNHSx.theNHSwhereheplayedasimilarrolebeforesocialcarefortheNationalHealthService,anddrivethedigitaltransformationofhealthandduringhistimeatNHSx,anewunitsetuptol edthedigitalintheUS.SheMicrosoftaschiefdigitalofficerauthoritybeforereturningtosecondmentattheUKtaxCustomsduringatwo-yeartransformationatHMRevenue&usedherinfluencetechindustry.opportunitiesineducationandthelongstandingadvocateofequalpublicservicesandisatoimprovetheaccessibilityofInvariousrolesatAccenture,Accenturefor health and public services,6. Shaheen Sayed, UK and Ireland leadMsImafidon,S temettes,asocialenterprisesetupbyMsco-founder, Stemettes7. Anne-Marie Imafidon, chief executive andworkingenvironmentforothers.experienceasasinglemothertocreateabetterSayedhasalsodrawninspirationfromherfocusonsocialmobilityandrace.MsdiversityintheCityofLondon,withacampaignerforinclusionandthinking.SheisapassionatenewplatformsandwaysofgovernmentandbusinessadoptSayedhashelpedclientsinleft,isworkingtoattractmorewomenintoStem(science,technology,
engineeringandmaths)careers.A
childprodigy,passingherA-levelin
KebleCollege,OxfordbecameanhonoraryfellowofyoungwomenandStemandwas madeanMBEforservicestocomputingatage11,MsImafidon.
- Gordon Sanghera, chief
executive and co-founder, OxfordNanopore TechnologiesOxfordNanopore,thebiotech
companyledbyMrSanghera,left,makesgenesequencinginlaunchingseveralbloodglucosetechnology,hewasinstrumentalofferedglucosemonitoringOxforduniversityspinoutthatPreviouslyatMediSense,antechnologythatiseasytouse.bioelectronicsystems.
Aschiefinformationofficerofficer, RSA Insurance Group9. David Germain, group chief informationatRSAafterMrEkekejoinedDeepMind,theUKDeepMindrelations and educational partnerships,10. Obum Ekeke, global lead, universitycommunity.role,hechairstheinsurer’sglobaltechnologymodelforminorityemployees.Inhiscurrentgroups,MrGermainhasbeenanimportantroleleadershiprolesinotherbigfinancialservicesa rtificialProfiles compiled by Beniamino Denaromonoculturalfieldinthetechindustry.artificialintelligence,aparticularlytowardsincreasingdiversityin,andaccessto,fromGoogleinSeptember.Hehasworkedintelligencestart-upnowownedbyAlphabet,Top 10
Influential ethnic minority leaders in tech in the UK