Eighty of the top female CEOs, CXOs, NEDs & investors in the technology sector from the UK and internationally are registered to attend, including delegates from Samsung, IBM, Microsoft, CISCO, Orange, O2, Shell and Dyson, alongside CEOs & CXOs from ambitious high-growth companies at the forefront of software, smart homes, renewable energy, ecommerce, digital media and healthcare telematics.
Now in its fifth year, Women 4 Technology attracts an international delegation, with CEOs, investors and NEDs flying in from Switzerland, Israel, New York & Silicon Valley to attend the House of Lords event. Investors from New Wave Ventures, IQ Capital, Highland Capital & Business Growth Fund will be attending.
The keynote speaker is Shirin Dehghan (pictured), CEO of Arieso, the network optimisation solutions company she founded in 2002, and built to exit in March 2013, selling to US-based multi-billion dollar company JDSU for $85m.
The House of Lords event is being held in aid of the charity Dreams Come True, and will be attended by Olivia Breen, Paralympic medallist and youth ambassador for the charity. The event is sponsored by Adjust Your Set, Ernst & Young, Field House Associates and Mills & Reeve.
Women 4 Technology was set up in 2009 by Bailey Fisher Executive Search, as an informal network with quarterly invitation-only events for female CEOs, CXOs, NEDs & investors in the technology sector. Previous guest speakers have included Martha Lane Fox, UK Digital Champion & Co-founder of Lastminute.com, Sharon Vosmek, Silicon Valley Woman of Influence 2011; Nickie Smith, Global Head of Marketing at Microsoft; and Angel Gambino, a US/UK based WIRED Top 100 entrepreneur who masterminded the digitalisation of Westfield Shopping Centre for the London 2012 Olympics.
"The format of the event was perfect. This was one of the most effective networking events I have attended, with the sort of people I would sacrifice my evening to meet and exchange views with." Serial entrepreneur & angel investor
Bailey Fisher Executive Search is an international executive search and advisory firm, specialising in the technology sector. Founded in 1998, Bailey Fisher has contributed to the success of some of the most impressive companies to have emerged from the sector in recent years, building the boards and senior management teams by introducing entrepreneurial individuals drawn from its extensive international network. www.baileyfisher.com
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