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At Thoughtworks, we advocate passionately for positive social impact and greater equality in our industry and wider society. As such, we believe it’s important to find space for women leaders to share common concerns, experiences and learnings. We launched Limitless specifically for this purpose.
As we reflect on the initiative, we are delighted to see the Limitless community continue to grow and are proud to facilitate valuable exchanges alongside hugely inspirational, trailblazing women speakers from a wide range of backgrounds. Our next event will take place 12:00-1:15pm GMT on Thursday, March 10, 2022, during International Women's Week.
Upcoming event | March 10
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Keynote Speaker: Anita Sands
Anita Sands is a U.S. based board-director, private investor, advisor, and speaker.
A former Fulbright Scholar, she holds a Master’s in Public Policy and Management as well as a Ph.D. in Atomic and Molecular Physics.
Anita spent ten years in C-suite positions in financial services in Canada and the U.S. including as Group Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of UBS Wealth Management Americas before pivoting into the tech sector eight years ago.
Her current portfolio includes serving on the board of directors of ServiceNow, Nubank, Circle, and a Softbank Vision Fund SPAC. She is also an investor in, and on the board of, several private technology companies including Jumpcloud and Unqork.
During her tenure as a director, she has advised management teams on a broad range of business and governance issues including IPOs, SPACs, hyper-growth and scaling, major M&A, divestitures, private equity and activist investors, multiple CEO transitions, operational restructuring, regulatory requirements, and investigations.
In addition to her board work, Anita currently is a venture partner at NEA, and in 2021, served as the James Wei Visiting Professor in Entrepreneurship at Princeton University, where she taught Female Entrepreneurship.
Hailing originally from Ireland, Anita resides in New Jersey where she and her husband John are parents to five-year-old Rosie and five wonderful millennials.
Limitless interview series
Dame Stephanie Shirley CH
Having arrived in Britain as an unaccompanied child refugee in 1939, Dame Stephanie went on to found her own software firm in the 1960s. What started with £6 in her dining room table, grew into a $3 billion tech empire that pioneered new work practices from flexible working to profit sharing. Having completely revolutionised the position of professional women, Dame Stephanie is a huge inspiration for all women leaders.
Kate Richardson-Walsh
The most capped British hockey player in history, captain of GB’s hockey teams for 13 years, MBE and BBC Sports Personality of the Year nominee, Kate Richardson-Walsh shares with us important lessons on creating a collective culture of success and sense of common purpose from her impressive career in sport. She also discusses diversity, inclusion and the importance of using our platforms to drive positive social change.
Inga Beale
A trailblazing business leader and former CEO of Lloyd’s of London, Inga Beale was the first woman to be promoted to this position in over three centuries of the company’s history. Having revolutionised the global insurance market, in 2017 she was awarded a DBE for her services to the British economy. In an insightful conversation, Inga shares learnings and experiences from her incredibly successful career.