Suzanne Harrison
Suzanne Harrison is a transformational leader with 29 years’ experience in the defence sector, driving business change, innovation and growth
Novi Technology & Digital Innovation Leader of the Year
This award celebrates women in senior technology roles who have demonstrated exceptional leadership in software development, IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, or other digital technologies. The winner will have led technological advancement within their organization while advocating for greater diversity in tech.
Suveni Surinder
Suveni is a Technology Specialist with ~10 years of experience delivering cloud infrastructure, DevOps practices, and platform engineering across the
Shreya Sanyal
Shreya Sanyal is a technology architecture specialist with over eight years of experience delivering digital transformation across insurance, healthcare, utilities
Neha Seth
I am a Senior Manager, Technology at Publicis Sapient, with 18 years’ experience architecting and delivering large-scale digital platforms across
Malini Jeyachandran
Graduated with a degree in Software Engineering with 15 years of experience in leading transformations, building high-performing teams as well
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Leena Kalani
Leena is a Consulting Partner at Wipro Consulting, leading large-scale banking transformation programs. She combines banking domain expertise with strategic
Kiranpreet Chawla
Kiranpreet Chawla is a Senior Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services with over a decade of experience in technology. She
Anastasiia Gubska
Anastasiia Gubska is the first Deaf CNCF Ambassador and a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase (Chase UK). She works
Aji Bawo
Aji Bawo is an award-winning technology leader with 17+ years’ experience delivering large-scale digital transformation across retail. As Head of
Karen Medhat
Karen Medhat is a Global Account Technical Leader at IBM, an IBM Distinguished Technical Specialist, and a globally recognised technology
2026 Novi Awards
Now in its 16th year, the Novi Leadership Summit and Awards honours the impact of female leadership, innovation and entrepreneurism
Constandina Kakaras
Dina is a Deputy Director in the MOD and has been Head of the Software, Data, AI and Cloud Services
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Priya Devine
A strategic and commercial Global Talent Acquisition Director with 15 years’ experience in C-Suite Executive Search and team build outs
Helen Kimber
Dr Helen Kimber is Senior Data Scientist at Genetec, where she leads AI innovation in physical security, a domain where
Dr Claire Thorne
Dr Claire Thorne is Adviser and Venture Partner at Deep Science Ventures, co-founding and now scaling a PhD in invention.
Katherine Lee
Katherine is a Director Global Product Integration at MasterCard, recognised early as a talent and selected for the GDE leadership
Caitlin Keam
Brief Biography Caitlin Keam leads Sustainability Applications at IFS, responsible for the development of new products focused on sustainability data
Mivy James
Mivy is Chief Technology Officer for Defence, driving innovation, governance, and collaboration to transform the sector’s digital capabilities. With over