The Digital Leaders Podcast

Sabby Gill, Executive Vice President and Managing Director United Kingdom & Ireland, Sage

In the third episode of this season of the Digital Leaders Podcast, we chat to Debbie Forster MBE, CEO of Tech Talent Charter.

Debbie Forster MBE is a recognised figure in the areas of diversity, tech, innovation and education. She currently works as a portfolio consultant and freelancer and serves as Co-Founder and CEO for the Tech Talent Charter, an industry collective which aims to deliver greater gender diversity in the UK tech workforce.

Debbie discusses how leaders can become more inclusive, anti-racist employers, explaining the mission of Tech Talent Charter's 'Open Playbook' and how it can be used to encourage diversity. She also talks about her journey from rural America, to IT teacher, to tech for good entrepreneur. 

In the second episode of Season Five, we sit down with businessman, angel investor, trustee and digital entrepreneur Professor Adam Beaumont.

In the first episode of season five of the Digital Leaders podcast, we sit down with Seyi Akiwowo.

Digital Leaders 100 Winner 2019 and Founder of Glitch, Seyi Akiwowo talks about her journey, the importance of equality, the Black Lives Matters movement and the part that lived experience has to play in making change happen.

In episode five, we sit down with Emma McGuigan, Senior Managing Director for Accenture’s global business with Microsoft. 

Based in Seattle, Emma is responsible for Accenture’s combined business with Microsoft, including the industry-leading JV, Avanade, where Emma oversees a strategic alliance of 45,000 Accenture & Avanade employees. 

Emma shares her: fascination from an early age to find out how things work; her desire to tackle society’s inequalities; and the need for digital leaders to embrace their own continual learning, curiosity, and openness to new ideas.

In episode four we sit down with Heather Savoury, Co-Chair of the Global Working Group on Big Data for Official Statistics at the United Nations.

Heather shares her journey: from electrical engineering and research at GE, to building the world’s first hardware-accelerated 3D graphics at 3DLabs, followed by the Treasury and ultimately ONS. She also highlights the importance of repurposing data, explaining how looking at it from new angles can help us to better understand how it can be used.

In episode three of season four, we sit down with Gori Yahaya, Founder, and CEO of UpSkill Digital.

In the second episode of Season Four, we sit down with Professor Sue Black OBE, an award-winning Computer Scientist and Technology Evangelist.

Welcome to the Digital Leaders Podcast - Season Four. In our first episode, we sit down with Zoe Amar to talk about the Charity Digital Code, why it is needed and what the latest Skills Report is saying about the Charity sector's digital maturity. Zoe shares her appetite for change and how she is still excited when charities are willing to alter the way they operate by embracing digital.

Listen as Zoe shares her thoughts on the importance of digital leadership, the latest research from the Lloyds Bank Charity Digital Index and her belief in the importance of giving support to leaders receiving online abuse.

Resources mentioned in the podcast include: The Lloyds Charity Digital Index and The Charity Digital Code of Practice.

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