Most Influential BAME Leaders in UK Tech Sector in 2019
IB100
#IB100 – a list of the top 100 most influential black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) leaders in the Tech Sector returns for the second year in partnership with the Financial Times.
As part of their Inclusive Tech Alliance (ITA) campaign, Inclusive Boards is calling on tech companies to implement inclusive working practices to fix the progression challenges currently facing BAME individuals from moving to senior leadership positions. This year’s #IB100 list showcases role models to encourage and inspire tech’s future BAME senior leaders.
Top 10 BAME Leaders 2019
1. Reshma Sohoni
Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Seedcamp
2. Dr Claudia Natanson
Information and Cyber Security Specialist, Security Practitioners
3. Priya Prakash
Designer and Founder, Design for Social Change (D4SC)
4. Dr Sam Shah
Digital Health Advisor
5. Jacky Wright
Chief Digital Officer & Corporate Vice President, Microsoft US
6. Shaheen Sayed
UK and Ireland Lead for Health & Public Services, Accenture
7. Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon
Chief executive of Stemettes
8. Dr Gordon Sanghera
Chief Executive and Co-founder, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
9. David Germain
Group CIO, RSA Insurance Group
10. Obum Ekeke MBA
Global Lead, University Relations and Educational Partnerships, DeepMind
Top BAME Leaders of 2019
(A-Z)
Adama Ibrahim, EMBA
Associate Director of Global Clinical Operations at Biogen & Founder Founder of EMQT
Ajay Bhalla
President of Cyber & Intelligence at Mastercard
Ali Minaei
Chief Technology Officer at YOYO Wallet
Amali de Alwis, MBE
UK Managing Director at Microsoft for Startups
Andy Ayim
Entrepreneur in Residence with One Tech
Anisah Osman Britton
Founder and Chief Executive of 23 Code Street
Anya Roy
Co-founder of Syrona Women
Aseem Sadana
Group Chief Operating Officer at IMImobile
Azeem Akhtar
Chief Technology Officer of Resources, Manufacturing and Logistics - BT Global
Bayo Adelaja
Chief Do-er at Do it Now Now
Bill Liao
Managing Director RebelBio, General Partner, SOSV, co-founder CoderDojo, co-founder WeForest, Chair of the Social Tech Trust
Bunmi Durowoju
Snr Business Development Manager, Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Cloud (AIIC), Microsoft
Cec Richards
Chief Executive and Founder, Slenky
Cecil Adjalo
UK Managing Director, Hiberus Technology
Chai Rajebahadur
Executive Vice President and Head of Europe for Zensar Technologies
Charmaine Hayden
General Partner, Good Soil VC
Christian Junior Nwaigwe
Founder & CEO of RHICS
Colleen Wong
Founder, My Gator Watch
Damian Corneal
Managing Director of Technology, Accenture
Daniel Ng
CEO of CyberOwl
Dara Nasr
Managing Director, Twitter UK
David Waboso, CBE
Independent Non-Executive Director on Boards
Dayo Akinrinade
Founder of Africlick
Deborah Okenla
Founder and CEO of YSYS (Your Startup, Your Story)
Devie Mohan
Co-Founder and CEO of Burnmark
Disa Lee Choun
Director Head of Innovation, in Global Clinical Sciences & Operations at UCB
Dr Abdullahi Sheriff
Executive - Strategic Partnerships and Solutions, GE Healthcare, Europe
Dr Nira Chamberlain
President Designate of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA)
Dr Nneka Abulokwe, OBE, FAPM, FBCS
Founder and CEO of MicroMax Consulting
Dr Saritha Arunkumar
Master Inventor and Security Leader, IBM
Edosa Odaro
Head of Data at AXA insurance
Eduardo Clinkett
Founder of ESRC Consulting Ltd
Eileen Burbidge
Partner at Passion Capital
Emma Obanye
CEO & Co-founder; Entrepreneur in Residence - Mindful Team; Capital Enterprise
Enass Abo-Hamed
Co-Founder and CEO at H2GO Power Ltd
Genevieve Leveille
Founder and CEO of AgriLedger Ltd
Harris Irfan
Partner; Chairman - Gateway Global LLP; UK Islamic FinTech Panel
Hassan Chaudhury
Digital Health Lead; Co-founder & Director - Healthcare UK, Department for International Trade; Health iQ
Imtiaz Adam
Founder and CEO, Deep Learn Strategies Ltd (DLS)
Irfan Khan
CEO of Yielders
Ismail Ahmed
Founder and CEO of WorldRemit
Ismail Amla
Chief Growth Officer at Capita Plc
Jacqueline de Rojas, CBE
President, TechUK
Joan N. Mill
Managing Director EMEA, CPA Global
Joyeeta Das
Founder and Chief Executive of GYANA
Joysy John
Director of Education at Nesta
Judy Kawaguchi
Global Head, Office of the CIO at Refinitiv
June Angelides
Venture Capitalist, Samos Investments
Justin Gupta
Head of Broadcast and Entertainment, Strategic Partnerships, Google UK & Ireland
Kay Kukoyi
Founder of Purposeful Products
Keji Mustapha
Head of Network & Operations at Connect Ventures
Kevin Obi, MBA
Managing Director of Synergy Inc.
Kike Oniwinde
Founder and Chief Executive of BYP Network
Kish Hirani
Chief Technology Officer of Terra Virtua
Louise Broni-Mensah
CEO and Founder of Shoobs
Lucy Yu
Director of Public Policy at FiveAI
Manisha Mistry, MBA
Head of Digital Culture for R2 Data Labs
Marcel Thomas
Tech Lead of AND Digital
Nader Henein
Research Director, Privacy and Personal Data Protection, Gartner
Nafisa Bakkar
CEO of Amaliah
Namrata Sarmah
Senior Director, Product Management at Viacom
Noor Shaker
Biotech Entrepreneur
Norma Dove-Edwin, MBE
Group Chief Data and Information Officer at Places for People
Pae Natwilai Utoomprurkporn
CEO and Founder of Trik
Pawiter Rana
Head of Service Management, Fujitsu UK
Piers Linney
Entrepreneur and Investor
Priya Guha
Venture Partner at Merian Ventures
Priya Lakhani, OBE
Founder and Chief Executive, Century Tech
Raj Kalia
CEO of Building Digital U.K. (BDUK)
Rajeeb Dey, MBE
Founder and Chief Executive Of Learnerbly
Reece Chowdhry
Founder and Chief Executive of RLC Ventures
Saleha Williams
Digital Partner, Cognizant
Seyi Okuyemi-Daniel
Global Head of End User Technology at HSBC
Sheree Atcheson
Head of Diversity & Inclusion, Monzo
Sofia Hmich
Founder of Future Positive Capital
Stacy-Ann Sinclair
CEO and founder of CodeREG
Sudhir Chaturvedi
President & Executive Board Member at LTI
Sukhi Jutla
Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of MarketOrders.net
Suranga Chandratillake, OBE
General Partner of Balderton Capital
Talal Rajab
Head of National and Cyber Security, techUK
Tariq Khan
Vice President of Consumer Experience at Cotys
Tom Ilube, CBE
Founder and CEO, Crossword Cyber Security Plc
Tomi Davies
President - African Business Angel Network (ABAN)
Tommie Edwards
Founder and CEO of Eventbree
Valerie Moran
Head of Operations and Client Relations of Prepaid Financial Services
Wincie Wong
Head of Rose Review Implementation, NatWest
Yaseed Chaumoo
Co-Founder and CEO of Waive
Yinka Makinde
Programme Director at DigitalHealth.London
Yudee Uzowulu
CEO and founder of Ninos Global Tech
Zia Yusuf
Founder and Chief Executive of Velocity