Throughout my career, I have always cared passionately about the importance of inclusion. Not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it’s the only way we’ll design the products, make good decisions and flourish as a society in a way that benefits us all. Resolving this for the long-term requires having more women involved in technology and more girls recognising technology is a career for them. It will take many players to overcome the societal barriers to get there but I believe Tech She Can can play a key role in achieving this goal and I’m honoured to support them as a Trustee.

I'm a Venture Partner at Merian Ventures, investing in women-led innovation, an Advisor to Kheiron Medical Technologies (a UK start up using deep learning to transform cancer diagnostics), a NED at UK Research & Innovation, the Digital Catapult & GB Badminton and Adjunct Faculty at the Ashridge Hult Business School. I was previously GM for RocketSpace, launching their UK operations. I used to be a career diplomat, most recently as British Consul General to San Francisco and previously in India and Spain. 

I sit on the Royal Academy of Engineering International Committee, Althea Foundation Board, Tech London Advocates and Global Tech Advocates Advisory Boards. I also am an Advisor to The Youth Group. I was awarded an MBE in 2021 for services to international trade and women in innovation.

I look after teams of software engineers, quality engineers, and agile delivery managers who collectively maintain and deliver all of Zoopla's software and technology solutions. Partnering with Product, Design and Data teams, I help create industry-leading products which delight a broad range of customers, including estate agents, landlords, home seekers, home owners and renters.

Formally, you might call me a ‘technologist’, but truthfully I’m simply a proud geek who loves fiddling and tinkering with anything vaguely technical. From programming languages, to new tools and applications, new and innovative ideas and products, to lifehacking products and gadgets - I’m always happy when exploring the world of possibilities that zeroes and ones can create.

As a technology leader, I’ve observed first-hand some of the challenges in creating and supporting a truly diverse technology workforce. I know I have a lot more to learn about how I can help. My hope for Tech She Can is that we find ways to inspire people to join our industry, help lower the barriers to entry, encourage allyship and advocacy in others, and provide learning and growth opportunities for those who need them.

I’m responsible for Technology & Investments at PwC UK, leading our teams of technologists and working with clients as part of our ‘New world. New skills.’ initiative. I also work closely with colleagues across the international PwC network to develop client technology solutions for a wide range of industries and market sectors. 

Successful business relies on technology, but most importantly technologists, to drive change and realise the potential of the tools we have available to us. I’m passionate about finding the best people to build the best solutions.

In my role on the Executive Board at PwC, I have a unique opportunity to use my platform to promote diversity and to support causes and initiatives that I believe can make a significant difference to the way young people view technology careers. Tech She Can has already made significant progress against this agenda and it’s a privilege to be a trustee as we begin the next phase of the journey.

Auriol Stevens is Chair of the Board of Trustees of Tech She Can and a senior technology leader at OpenText, where she is SVP for Sovereign Capabilities across Public Sector Services. She has spent much of her career at the intersection of technology, innovation and business transformation, including senior leadership roles at Kyndryl and Unilever, and as CEO of Inogesis, which connected emerging technology companies with some of the world’s largest organisations. She is also a Non-Executive Director of England Rugby and a Non-Executive Board Member of the Royal Navy.

Auriol is passionate about ensuring that children see technology as something that is relevant to them, whatever their interests or background. She believes strongly that “you can’t be what you can’t see” and that giving children early exposure to relatable role models, experiences and possibilities can profoundly influence the choices they make later in life.

As Chair of Tech She Can, Auriol is particularly committed to helping children understand that a career in technology doesn’t have to begin with a love of coding or computers. Whether their passion is sport, creativity, science, the environment or solving problems, technology can provide a route to turn that interest into an exciting and rewarding career — and she wants many more girls to grow up believing those opportunities are for them.

A seasoned business leader, board-level consultant and behavioural scientist, Kate is one of the founding leaders at Business Four Zero - a consultancy recently acquired by Heidrick & Struggles to get teams on a mission to actually do business better. 

With deep expertise in purpose, strategy, culture, innovation and tech, she brings a unique combination of behavioural science, design thinking and entrepreneurial commerciality to her work with senior leaders across the private and public sectors. She is an accredited executive coach, an LSE funded academic researcher specialising in the science of meaning, a restless advocate for gender equality, and a trustee and board advisor for a range of mission driven organisations.