Reshma Sohoni, the co-founder of the European seed funding firm Seedcamp, Reshma Sohoni, has been named the most influential BAME leader in tech, by executive search firm Inclusive Boards.
Reshma Sohoni tops #IB100 – a list of the top 100 most influential black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) leaders in tech.
Second on the annual list – developed in partnership with the Inclusive Tech Alliance (ITA) and the Finacial Times – is Dr Claudia Natanson, Information and Cybersecurity Specialist, Security Practitioners.
She was followed in the third seat by Priya Prakash OBE, Founder and Chief Executive of Design for Social Change , D4SC.
An inclusive alliance
The Inclusive Tech Alliance (ITA), is a membership body founded by Inclusive Boards, to improve diversity at the leadership level within UK Tech. Those featured on the list with Reshma Sohoni are predominantly UK based but for the first time, this year, includes BAME leaders from across Europe.
Reshma Sohoni co-founded Seedcamp in 2007 and today the Seedcamp Nation includes more than 300 European companies that are competing on a global scale and solving real-world problems using technology.
Reshma has been recognised as one of the most influential VCs on the continent in both 2017 and 2018 and sits on the Digital Economy Council.
Role models
Reshma said: “Role models are key in promoting diversity and inclusion, and I am glad to be one of them, showing people that it is possible to
Those featured in the list include the most influential leaders from tech companies such including Accenture, Google, IBM, Larsen & Toubro Infotech, Microsoft, Monzo, Rolls-Royce, Twitter and Velocity.
