BCS members are well represented among Computer Weekly’s long list of influential UK tech leaders
BCS members are well represented among Computer Weekly’s long list of nominations for this recognition – with Andrea Palmer, President – BCS Women, Charlene Hunter, CEO and Founder of Coding Black Females, Freddie Quek, CTO, Times Higher Education and Sonia Patel – System CIO, NHS England among some of the names included.
Now in its 12th year, the UKtech50 list continues to recognize technology leaders who are driving the digital economy. Congratulations to everyone who signed up for the long list. It’s a great achievement and shows the depth of capabilities of the UK tech industry.
More than 20 BCS members are on this year’s long list, including:
| Andrea Palmer | President, BCS Women |
| Anne-Marie Neatham | COO, Kindred System, Ocado |
| Bella Abram | Director of Computing, University of Sheffield |
| Charlene Hunter | CEO and Founder, Coding Black Females |
| Charles Ewen | Chief Technology Officer and CIO, Met Office |
| Chris Howe | CDIO Group, Department of Environment, Food and Rurality |
| Daljit Rehal | CDIO, HMRC |
| Lady Wendy Hall | professor of computer science at the University of Southampton; British AI Skills Champion |
| David Henderson | Chief Technology and Product Officer, Global |
| Eben Upton | Founder, Raspberry Pi Foundation |
| Freddie Quek | Technical Director, Times Higher Education |
| Jack Stockdale | Technical Director, Darktrace |
| Martha Lane Fox | Entrepreneur, Founder of Dot Everyone |
| Paul Flecher | CEO, Nominet |
| Sarah Armstrong Smith | Senior Security Advisor, EMEA, Microsoft |
| Sarah Burnette | Founding Partner at Emergence Partners; Chief Technology Evangelist, KYP.ai |
| Sharon Moore | CTO for the public sector, IBM UK |
| Sonia Patel | System CIO, NHS England |
| Sue Black | Professor of Computing and Technology Evangelist, Durham University |
| Suresh Viswanathan | Chief Operating Officer, BST |
| Tim Berners-Lee | Inventor of the World Wide Web; Director, Open Data Institute |
| Tristi Tanaka | member of the BCS Women Committee; fellow, ForHumanity; Technology Change Program Manager, currently at the NHS |