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Date updated: 29/04/2024

The Taskforce is chaired by Caroline Haines CC, and led by a Steering Board of 16 senior leaders who represent a diverse group of influential leaders across a range of sub sectors, regions and business sizes who are passionate about solving this issue.

The Taskforce membership is comprised of three different levels:

  • Strategy Steering Board: comprised of 16 senior leaders in this space, responsible for overseeing the overall strategic direction of the Taskforce.
  • Taskforce members: comprised of 65 different subject matter experts from across the UK regions with an interest in digital and diversity, responsible for delivering the Workstream outputs.
  • Associate members: comprised of a range of different organisations who will further the reach of the Taskforce.

Steering Board

Caroline Haines, City of London Corporation

Liz Barnsdale, Managing Director, Accenture Song & Accenture UKI Exec Sponsor People, Inclusion & Diversity Accenture

Erin Young, Project Co-Lead and Research Fellow, The Alan Turing Institute

Flavilla Fongang, Founder, TLA Black Women in Tech and Black Rise

Adam Baldwin, Head of Functions and Business Engagement, BNP Paribas

Katey Neate, Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer, Digital Assets, BNY Mellon

Sherry Coutu CBE Non-Executive Director Personal capacity

Birgit Neu, Consultant, D&I Consultant

Suchitra Nair, Director in the EMEA Centre for Regulatory Strategy and lead to the Technological Innovation and Regulation work Deloitte

Cynthia Davis, Co-Founder, Diversifying Group

Claire Tunely, Chief Executive Officer, Financial Services Skills Commission (FSSC)

Kate Ross, Global Programme Manager for Workforce education and skills, IBM UK Ltd

Laura Faulkner, Director of Business Services, Nationwide

Deborah O'Neil, Co-Lead of Digital Europe, Oliver Wyman

Christine Chen, Personal capacity

Sarwar Khan, Head of Government Affairs, Salesforce UK

Purnima Sen, Chief People & Impact Officer, Sparta Global

Sheridan Ash, Founder & Co-CEO, Tech She Can

Karen Blake, Account Project Manager - Data Report & Mapping - Diversity & Inclusion Tech Talent Charter

Julian David, Chief Executive Officer, techUK

Vanessa Vallely OBE, CEO and Founder, We Are The City

Anita Kimber, Financial Services Digital Transformation Leader, EY

Simon Levine, CEO, DLA Piper

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