In 2025, tech leaders are facing more variables than ever: regulatory disruption, economic unpredictability, and rising ESG scrutiny among them. At first glance, these challenges look like constraints. But for leaders willing to adapt, they offer strategic openings.

As artificial intelligence shifts from experiment to enterprise-wide imperative, it’s redrawing the organisational map. New leadership roles are emerging. Sales structures are being retooled. And companies, from Silicon Valley giants to European scale-ups, are rethinking how decisions get made and executed.

Stepping into a CEO role, especially as a woman in tech, is a unique and rewarding challenge. In this blog, Sarah Franklin (CEO of Lattice) and Lidiane Jones (CEO of Bumble) share candid advice on leadership, from embracing authenticity and tackling unconscious bias to building supportive networks and inspiring future leaders.

In this episode of our Women in Tech podcast, Giles Daniels is joined by Samantha Mudd, CEO of Bytes Technology Group. Sam and Giles discuss Sam’s inspiring journey to becoming a CEO of a FTSE-listed company.

With the Fourth Industrial Revolution well underway, and the Fifth already emerging, businesses must be agile and evolve in order to thrive. To do so, their workforce must be equipped to adapt. This blog shares how organisations can future-proof their talent acquisition strategies for changing work landscapes and evolving skill sets.

In this blog, Maggie Buggie, COO at Normative.io shares her perspective on the world imperative for sustainability, the opportunities to be found in chaos, diversity as a competitive advantage and the power of positive culture on innovation.

In this blog, we share the highlights of the inspiring journey of Cristina Fonseca from tech founder to strategic investor. Her story is a source of invaluable insights into the evolution, challenges and opportunities within the European tech market.

In episode four of the ‘Women In Tech’ series, Kira Owen is joined by Solvej Biddle. Solvej is a lawyer, entrepreneur, Dragon’s Den alumni, female business multi-award winner, board-member, speaker and author of leadership programmes.

In the third episode of the ‘Women In Tech’ series, Kira Owen is joined by Portuguese entrepreneur Cristina Fonseca. Cristina co-founded the first cloud native Call Center solution, Talkdesk, which went on to become one of Portugal’s first unicorns.

In the second episode of the ‘Women In Tech’ series, Giles Daniels is joined by Maggie Buggie. Maggie is COO of the carbon accounting company Normative.io. Before joining Normative, she held executive roles at SAP, Capgemini, and Fujitsu.

In the first episode of our ‘Women in Tech’ podcast series, Giles Daniels talks with Angie Vaux, CEO of Women in Tech Forum. Angie shares her experiences as a female executive in the tech industry, the establishment of the forum, its mission and reflections on the theme ‘Equality vs Equity’.