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Director C-Suite Engagement. Events, insights, thought leadership, solutions and DE&I evangelist.

Today we launched #WomenWise<rise> in Birmingham! It's safe to say it was a big success. 26 thoughtful, ambitious, supportive, successful female leaders from tech, data, digital and transformation hearing from an AWESOME, C-level, inspiring panel. We shared challenges, opportunities, ideas, advice, career journeys, passions and interests, and more more. Special thanks to Heena Mistry, Kelly Goodwin MBA, CITP MBCS, Luan Hughes and Helen Blaikie, our fabulous panel, and Emma M. for helping us to move to a bigger venue at Aston University's new central Brum hub at the last minute. Also thanks to Helen Miller and Helen Vlachou and our wider Birmingham team for making this a big success, and founder of WomenWiseData Kalina Tomova for her ongoing support and inspiration! Can't wait until the next one in Sept! Contact me if you'd like to get involved. #inspiring #careers #dei #belonging #impostersyndrome #confidence #justsayyes #visibleleadership #itsoktomakemistakes #authenticity #experimentinasafeplace #resilience #ownworstenemy #cheerleaders #believe #cultureiskey #rolemodels #mentors

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Thank you Natalie for hosting,definitely big success and thank you to you and the team for coordinating. Great to hear about the different journeys that make us who we are today- strong inspiring women, not just from the panel but all who attended. If there’s one thing that everyone was able to take away, action, learn or reflect on, that makes a difference, is powerful in itself.

Hearing some really great feedback from those that attended - love it! 👏

Helen Blaikie

Chief Data & Analytics Officer / Data Strategy Lead /Data and Analytics Director / Non-executive board director

1w

Thank you Natalie and team for inviting me onto the panel … really enjoyed hearing about everyone’s career path, none of which followed a typical linear approach into tech, data and transformation careers 💡

Sharon Bowater

Business Enterprise Architect at The West Brom

1w

Thank you organising and hosting the Women Wise event this morning. It was fabulous! The panelists were women to aspire to and hearing their stories and experiences was so interesting. I've come away enthused to be more open to opportunities and be more authentic in a work setting. Thank you and I look forward to the next event in September !

Kate Southorn

Chartered Manager CMgr MCMI | BSC Hons | Driving Major Digital Initiatives | Digital & Business Transformation | Triathlete

1w

Thank you, for the invite it was great to meet so many awesome women. Looking forward to the next one.

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Emma M.

Building partnerships in education to attract top talent, boost skills and drive innovation

1w

It was so inspiring to hear from the panellists. It’s the best morning I have had in a long time! Really excited to see the network grow 🪴 Thanks for involving us Natalie Whittlesey Helen Vlachou

Heena Mistry

CIO | Non Exec Director | Digital Transformation Specialist | CIO Advisory

1w

Thanks Natalie Whittlesey, what a great morning and what a lovely, supportive and inspirational group of woman, you rock ✨ Congratulations on the success of the launch event, long may it continue!

Sinziana Irimia, PhD

Driving innovation | Digital Tech & Engineering Projects | Research-Industry Collaborations | Workplace wellbeing

1w

Brilliant event, well done to everyone involved! Looking forward to the next event

Thanks Natalie Whittlesey and team, loved being part of todays event. What a fantastic way to start the day!

Kalina Tomova

Technology Community Engagement | WomenWise Founder | Events, Insights, Talent Solutions | DE&I evangelist

1w

What a brilliant event! Congratulations all.

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