Thursday 19 May 2016

12:30

The Female Lead

with Edwina Dunn and Christiane Amanpour

Founded by data science entrepreneur, Edwina Dunn, The Female Lead is a non-profit project that celebrates women’s achievement, endeavour and diversity. Aiming to make women’s stories more visible, and to provide positive role models for future generations, The Female Lead works on three platforms: the website, a book of remarkable women to be launched in Autumn 2016 and an outreach programme targeted at young women.

Through workshops in schools, colleges and youth organisations The Female Lead speaks directly to young women about confidence, ambition and alternative role models to those ever-present in popular culture. 

Edwina Dunn

Edwina Dunn spent the early part of her career working with small area statistics and the OPCS Government (Census) data. She went on to found the groundbreaking data company, dunnhumby, with her partner, Clive Humby.

She has an Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration, awarded by Derby University, is an Honorary Fellow of Cambridge University, Lucy Cavendish College, and was made an Honorary Fellow and Patron of the Market Research Society (for her knowledge of data and best practice Data Privacy and Security). She is also a Trustee of the Science Museum Foundation.

She holds a number of positions aside from her commercial interests (CEO of Starcount and Director/Investor in Purple Seven) which include being Chair of Government backed and Private Sector Sponsored “Your Life Campaign” (a Community Interest Company) which seeks to promote the STEM subjects to 14-16 year olds across the UK.

She was appointed as Non-Executive Director of HMRC in 2012 with an expert focus on Data and Digital Transformation (including Customer/Citizen Charter & Data Sharing Best Practice). She also sits on Minister Ed Vaizey’s Digital Economy Council and is working with a team of experts on a plan to recommend Government Best Practice for consumers around Digital & Internet of Things (Customer Charter).

The Female Lead speaks directly to young women about confidence, ambition and alternative role models to those ever-present in popular culture.

The Female Lead
Edwina Dunn

Edwina Dunn spent the early part of her career working with small area statistics and the OPCS Government (Census) data. She went on to found the groundbreaking data company, dunnhumby, with her partner, Clive Humby.

She has an Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration, awarded by Derby University, is an Honorary Fellow of Cambridge University, Lucy Cavendish College, and was made an Honorary Fellow and Patron of the Market Research Society (for her knowledge of data and best practice Data Privacy and Security). She is also a Trustee of the Science Museum Foundation.

She holds a number of positions aside from her commercial interests (CEO of Starcount and Director/Investor in Purple Seven) which include being Chair of Government backed and Private Sector Sponsored “Your Life Campaign” (a Community Interest Company) which seeks to promote the STEM subjects to 14-16 year olds across the UK.

She was appointed as Non-Executive Director of HMRC in 2012 with an expert focus on Data and Digital Transformation (including Customer/Citizen Charter & Data Sharing Best Practice). She also sits on Minister Ed Vaizey’s Digital Economy Council and is working with a team of experts on a plan to recommend Government Best Practice for consumers around Digital & Internet of Things (Customer Charter).

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