Women Pivoting to Digital Steering Board

The Taskforce is chaired by Deputy Caroline Haines CC, Elected Member of City of London Corporation and Co-Chaired by Sheridan Ash, CEO of Tech She Can. It is led by a Steering Board of 27 diverse 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 senior leaders in this space, responsible for overseeing the overall strategic direction of the Taskforce.

• Taskforce members: comprised of 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

Adam Baldwin - Head of Functions and Business Engagement - BNP Paribas - UK

Anita Kimber - Financial Services Digital Transformation Leader - EY

Birgit Neu - Consultant - Freelance Consultant

Deputy Caroline Haines - Elected member - City of London

Christine Chen - Personal capacity

Claire Tunley - Chief Executive Officer - Financial Services Skills Commission (FSSC)

Cynthia Davis - Co-Founder - Diversifying Group

Deborah O'Neill - Co-Lead of Digital Europe - Oliver Wyman

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

Flavilla Fongang - Founder - GTA Black Women in Tech

Holly Porter - Managing Director - BCS

Julian David - Chief Executive Officer - TechUK

Karen Blake - CEO - Tech Talent Charter

Kate Neate - Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer, Digital Assets - BNY - London

Kate Ross - Global Programme Manager for Workforce education and skills - IBM

Kate Thompson - BusinessFourZero

Laura Faulkner - Director of Business Services - Nationwide

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

Mark O'Conor - Partner - DLA Piper

Purnima Sen - Chief People & Impact Officer - Sparta Global

Sarah Underhill - HR Director, Technology & Data (Group Chief Operating Office) - Lloyds Banking Group

Sarwar Khan - Head of Government Affairs - Salesforce UK

Semsi Sonmez - Partner - PwC

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

Sherry Coutu CBE - Non-Executive Director - Personal capacity

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

Vanessa Vallely OBE - CEO and Founder - WeAreTheCity