Women in Tech Taskforce

Information about the Women in Tech Taskforce including its role and members.

Background

Women aren’t being given a fair shot in tech - whether that’s getting into the sector, staying in it, progressing into senior roles, or returning after time away bringing up their families. If we don’t address these issues now, we’ll still be having this conversation in decades’ time and that isn’t good enough.

In December 2025, the Technology Secretary, Liz Kendall, launched the Women in Tech Taskforce - a new national effort to ensure women can enter, thrive, and lead across the UK’s tech sector. 

The Taskforce will advise government on how to better support diversity in tech and ensure the UK accesses the full talent pool, market opportunities, and innovation capacity needed for economic growth.  

It will identify and dismantle barriers to education, training, and career progression. It will develop practical solutions for government and industry to implement side by side, shape policy that encourages diversity and levels the playing field, and drive sustainable and inclusive economic growth by expanding opportunities for women across the UK. 

Membership

The founding members of the Women in Tech Taskforce are:

  • Liz Kendall: Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
  • Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE: Founder, Stemmetes
  • Allison Kirkby: Chief Executive, BT Group
  • Anna Brailsford MBE: CEO and Co-Founder, Code First Girls
  • Francesca Carlesi: CEO, Revolut UK
  • Professor Louise Archer OBE: UCL Institute of Education
  • Karen Blake MBE: Tech Inclusion Strategist, Former Co-CEO of the Tech Talent Charter
  • Sue Daley OBE: Director Tech and Innovation, techUK
  • Vinous Ali: Deputy Executive Director, StartUp Coalition
  • Charlene Hunter MBE: Founder and CEO, Coding Black Females
  • Dr. Hayaatun Sillem CBE: Founder and CEO, Argentic Associates
  • Kate Bell: Assistant General Secretary at TUC
  • Amelia Miller: Co-Founder and CEO, Ivee
  • Dr Ismini Vasileiou: Associate Professor at De Montfort University and Director of the East Midlands Cyber Security Cluster
  • Emma O’Dwyer: Director of Public Policy, Uber

Contact details

Members of the public can share views and experiences with the Taskforce by email at DiversityInTech@dsit.gov.uk or by responding to the Taskforce’s call for evidence, which runs from 12 March until 23 April 2026.

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